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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(7, Q1) 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	11	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/25/2009	Country Quota	Thiago Barbosa / Jan Ferreira, Brazil	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:45
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 2	Michael Watson / Russell Watson, New Zealand (Q32)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 3	Aliaksandr Kavalenka / Andrei Zharykau, Belarus (Q17)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 1	Gianluca Casadei / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (26, Q14)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 20-22	1:10
Thu, 8/27/2009	Contender 1	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (23)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Fri, 8/28/2009	Contender 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (8)	Lost 24-26, 18-21	0:24

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	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	2	$54,550.00	30	17	63.8 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	1	0	1	2	2	5	1	3	1	5	$119,050.00	64	36	64.0 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	$27,275.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	$27,275.00
28	1	2	0	2	5	7	3	1	7	$65,025.00	Total	Total	28	2	2	0	2	5	8	3	1	5	$65,025.00

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	21	75.0%	5	17.9%	2	7.1%	26-2	92.9%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	42-10	80.8%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	29-10	74.4%

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 27-10 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Maciel/Schmidt	14, Q1	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-2
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Marques	3	Maciel/Schmidt	11	20-22, 21-17, 15-7	1:03
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Marques	2	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 3-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	11	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	21-17, 21-9	0:51
9/20/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 6	Maciel/Schmidt	5	Insfran/Neto	6	21-14, 21-17	0:57
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Insfran/Neto	3	21-16, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Laciga	8	Maciel/Schmidt	7, Q1	26-24, 21-18	0:24
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Bellaguarda/Laciga	7	Maciel/Schmidt	11	21-10, 21-23, 15-5	0:49
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	11	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 # 14 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	26-24, 21-18	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 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 # 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, Q12 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 # 23 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Maciel/Schmidt	7, Q1	Doppler/Mellitzer	23	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 26, Q14 Casadei/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Casadei/Tomatis	26, Q14	Maciel/Schmidt	7, Q1	18-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:10
Lead the series against # 28 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 Barbosa/Ferreira, Brazil 3-0
8/25/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Country Quota	Maciel/Schmidt	7, Q1	Barbosa/Ferreira		21-17, 21-16	0:45
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
Trail the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q6 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 # Q17 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Maciel/Schmidt	7, Q1	Kavalenka/Zharykau	Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q23 Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds, Latvia 1-0
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds	Q32	21-11, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # Q26 Apicella/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
9/3/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	Apicella/Raffaelli	Q18	21-16, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q32 Watson/Watson, New Zealand 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	7, Q1	Watson/Watson	Q32	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q34 Jadot/Jadot, Belgium 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	Jadot/Jadot	Q21	21-7, 21-10	0:26