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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(19, Q3) Joao Maciel/Bruno Schmidt, Brazil

Joao Luis Pianca "Billy" Maciel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vila Velhales

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$77,225.00

Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$958,775.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2010
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Best Offensive Player 2015
Most Outstanding 2015, 2016
Sportsperson 2015, 2016
Team of the Year 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)
Tour Champion 2015 (with Alison Cerutti)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	27	0	1	0	2	2	2	6	1	3	1	1	8	US$143,450.00
FIVB C&S	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,000.00
Overall	32	1	2	0	3	3	2	7	1	3	1	1	8	US$154,450.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	24, Q5	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	3	2nd	30	US$2,400.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	6	4th	56	US$2,300.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	31, Q16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	32, Q14	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/16-19/2007	Lausanne Satellite	4	1st	34	US$3,400.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-29/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	13, Q7	5th	48	US$1,950.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Qualifier 1	Christoph Augsburger / Hannes Wyder, Switzerland (Q14)	Won 21-12, 21-8	0:35
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool C	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:41
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool C	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (3)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool C	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (30, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:38
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (17)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:44
Sat, 7/26/2008	Winner 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (5)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:47

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$53,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	$82,650.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00
Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
Total	32	1	2	0	3	3	2	7	1	3	1	0	$154,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joao Maciel												Bruno Schmidt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$66,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	$26,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	71	8	5	4	7	9	27	6	0	0	$593,900.00
24	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	1	0	$41,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	3	4	3	3	16	12	8	2	0	$185,875.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,600.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
38	1	2	0	3	5	8	3	1	0	$77,225.00	Total	149	17	10	7	11	30	44	16	2	0	$958,775.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,300.00	15	6	71.4 %
2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	$17,500.00	15	9	62.5 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	$19,500.00	17	11	60.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	21	9	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joao Maciel													Bruno Schmidt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$8,750.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$8,750.00
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
14	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	5	$15,250.00	Total	Total	14	2	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	3	$15,250.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	54	74.0%	10	13.7%	9	12.3%	64-9	87.7%	13	27.7%	10	21.3%	24	51.1%	13-34	27.7%	54-24	69.2%	23-19	54.8%	0	1	77-44	63.6%
2007-2008	24	77.4%	4	12.9%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	6	27.3%	5	22.7%	11	50.0%	6-16	27.3%	24-11	68.6%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	34-19	64.2%
Against the Field	14	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	28-18	60.9%	10-12	45.5%	0	1	19-16	54.3%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	3	4	0	9	3	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	5	12	1	0	0	0	0	15	11	1	1	0	1	0	1	49	30
Challenger	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	8	3
Total	13	8	21	1	11	4	0	0	31	19	1	4	0	3	1	2	98	53

Head to Head Results
Maciel/Schmidt lead the series against the field 10-7 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Wu/Xu	3	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	4	22-20, 21-23, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 12 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	21-18, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Herrera/Mesa	14	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Series tied with # 17 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	17	21-17, 21-16	0:44
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	16, Q2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 18, Q4 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 0-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	Maciel/Schmidt	32, Q14	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	21-18, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/19/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Pedrosa/Rosas	27, Q1	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	1:08
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q2	24-26, 22-20, 15-13	1:12
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Dumek/Kubala	30, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	Blauel/Huber	Q17	21-17, 21-11	0:38
Trail the series against # Q8 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
8/19/07	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Semi-Finals	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	6	Maciel/Schmidt	4	21-19, 14-21, 12-15	0:57
Lead the series against # Q11 Folmli/Zurgilgen, Switzerland 1-0
8/17/07	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Contender 1	Maciel/Schmidt	4	Folmli/Zurgilgen	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q14 Augsburger/Wyder, Switzerland 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Augsburger/Wyder	Q14	21-12, 21-8	0:35