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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 (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 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
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Bruno Schmidt - 17th	Joao Maciel - 17th
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

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	10	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	$62,500.00	32	17	65.3 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00	6	3	66.7 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	3	$75,750.00	40	23	63.5 %
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
10	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	$31,250.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	$31,250.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,625.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,625.00
20	1	2	0	2	3	4	2	1	5	$43,375.00	Total	Total	20	2	2	0	2	3	5	2	1	3	$43,375.00

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%
2008-2009	44	72.1%	9	14.8%	8	13.1%	53-8	86.9%	9	25.7%	8	22.9%	18	51.4%	9-26	25.7%	44-18	71.0%	18-16	52.9%	0	0	62-34	64.6%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	13	61.9%	4-17	19.0%	20-24	45.5%	14-14	50.0%	0	1	17-20	45.9%

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 10-9 (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