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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(12) Joao Maciel/Bruno Schmidt, Brazil

Joao Luis Pianca "Billy" Maciel
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1978 (46 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 (38 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

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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	9, Q1	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	5	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	6, Q2	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	6	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	16, Q3	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	19, Q3	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool L

Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (37)

Lost 15-21, 21-18, 15-17

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joao Maciel	Total	17	11	5	0.353	3	0	2	5
	1	10	7	2	0.500	1	0	1	1
	2	3	2	1	0.333	1	0	1	2
	3	4	2	2	0.000	1	0	0	2
Bruno Schmidt	Total	34	18	8	0.294	0	8	0	3
	1	10	2	5	-0.300	0	2	0	3
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	3	0	0
	3	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool L

Jorn Huiskamp / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (36)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joao Maciel	Total	12	8	3	0.417	1	0	3	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	1	2
	2	5	3	2	0.200	1	0	2	1
Bruno Schmidt	Total	20	12	0	0.600	1	10	2	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	0	5	0	1
	2	10	4	0	0.400	1	5	2	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool L

Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (13)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joao Maciel	Total	5	3	0	0.600	3	0	2	3
	1	3	1	0	0.333	1	0	2	1
	2	2	2	0	1.000	2	0	0	2
Bruno Schmidt	Total	23	18	2	0.696	0	9	3	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	5	2	1
	2	16	12	2	0.625	0	4	1	3

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (31)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joao Maciel	Total	8	7	1	0.750	0	0	1	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	0	1	0
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	0	0	2
Bruno Schmidt	Total	40	19	8	0.275	0	6	0	2
	1	18	7	6	0.056	0	2	0	1
	2	22	12	2	0.455	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joao Maciel	42	29	9	0.476	7	0	8	13
Bruno Schmidt	117	67	18	0.419	1	33	5	11
Total	159	96	27	0.434	8	33	13	24
Opponents	168	94	26	0.405	9	30	10	26

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Benjamin Insfran - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Pedro Solberg - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 1st
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Evandro Goncalves - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Saymon Barbosa - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	12	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Maciel/Schmidt lead the series against the field 10-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Maciel/Schmidt	16, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:41
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Maciel/Schmidt	32, Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Maciel/Schmidt	5	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	15-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:07
Series tied with # 11 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Maciel/Schmidt	9, Q1	Ces/Ces	7	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
9/6/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 5	Ces/Ces	20	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	21-17, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Maciel/Schmidt	12	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	24	Maciel/Schmidt	9, Q1	21-15, 18-21, 17-15	1:08
Trail the series against # 21 Keenan/Lucena, United States 0-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Keenan/Lucena	32, Q21	Maciel/Schmidt	9, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	Baracetti/Salema	22	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-1
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Lochhead/Pitman	10	21-10, 23-21	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 4	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 31 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Maciel/Schmidt	12	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 33 "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 # 36 Huiskamp/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Maciel/Schmidt	12	Huiskamp/Ronnes	36	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 37 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool L	Redmann/VanHuizen	37	Maciel/Schmidt	12	21-15, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with # 39 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	35-33, 21-14	0:59
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	Maciel/Schmidt	32, Q14	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:56