Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(6) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Bruno Schmidt - 2nd	Joao Maciel - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	8, Q1	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	14, Q1	5th	480	US$11,400.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	8, Q1	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	12	17th	200	US$7,000.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (27, Q7)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 2	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (22)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:41
Fri, 8/14/2009	Winner 3	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 9-15	0:55
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 4	Benjamin Insfran / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:38

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	$45,750.00	24	13	64.9 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	1	2	1	5	$110,250.00	58	32	64.4 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	$22,875.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	$22,875.00
26	1	2	0	2	5	6	2	1	7	$60,625.00	Total	Total	26	2	2	0	2	5	7	2	1	5	$60,625.00

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	14	63.6%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	7	46.7%	6-9	40.0%	28-12	70.0%	22-10	68.8%	0	1	25-12	67.6%

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 21-11 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Marques	2	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Insfran/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Solberg	2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	21-18, 21-15	0:38
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Insfran/Solberg	4	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	21-18, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-2
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Maciel/Schmidt	6	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	9	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	21-16, 17-21, 15-7	1:02
Lead the series against # 4, Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-1
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Araujo/Magalhaes		21-18, 16-21, 15-13	1:08
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Araujo/Magalhaes	Q1	Maciel/Schmidt		19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:05
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 3	Maciel/Schmidt	5	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	15-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:07
Lead the series against # 7 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Gosch/Horst	13	21-19, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 8 "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 # 9 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 # 10 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
Series tied with # 12 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15, Q6 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
7/11/08	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	3	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	6	21-14, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 2-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q16	22-20, 21-17	0:44
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	27	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
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 # 18, Q5 Huth/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Maciel/Schmidt	9, Q1	Huth/Urbatzka	25	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Benes/Kubala	22	21-18, 24-22	0:41
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	21-11, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 26 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q10	21-13, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Dumek/Tichy	27, Q7	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 32, Q20 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 Barbosa/Ferreira, Brazil 2-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Country Quota	Maciel/Schmidt	14, Q1	Barbosa/Ferreira		24-22, 16-21, 15-11	1:01
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Country Quota	Maciel/Schmidt		Barbosa/Ferreira		21-18, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q9 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	14, Q1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	19, Q15	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54