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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 27 - July 1, 2007

(Q12) Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil

Bruno Marcelo Lima de Paula
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manaus (AM)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$25,875.00

Benjamin Insfran
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Porto Murtinho-MS

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$704,037.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	US$16,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
Overall	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	US$22,000.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 2nd
2002	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 9th
2003	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 17th
2005	Did not play	Harley Marques - 2nd
2006	Did not play	Harley Marques - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/26/2007	Country Quota	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil	Won 16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:08
Wed, 6/27/2007	Qualifier 1	Alexey Sidorenko / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q21)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:38
Wed, 6/27/2007	Qualifier 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (23, Q5)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:54

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$16,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$22,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bruno de Paula												Benjamin Insfran
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0	$17,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	Challenger	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	Satellite
43	3	1	0	1	2	6	4	1	0	$25,875.00	Total	152	13	10	10	9	39	27	10	3	0	$704,037.50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bruno de Paula													Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2000	FIVB	13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	10	1	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$50,162.50
											2003	FIVB	10	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$86,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	0	$75,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	14	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	$103,425.00
5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	4	$36,550.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
10	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	$6,750.00	Total	Total	79	9	9	8	8	19	8	3	1	14	$432,887.50

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	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3-9	25.0%	10-4	71.4%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	14-13	51.9%
2006-2007	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	3-9	25.0%	10-4	71.4%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	14-13	51.9%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3-7	30.0%	8-6	57.1%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	7-10	41.2%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	4	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	13

Head to Head Results
Insfran/de Paula trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 23, Q5 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-2
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	Marques/Solberg		16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:08
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Marques/Solberg	Q1	Insfran/de Paula		21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Country Quota	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Insfran/de Paula		17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:16
Lead the series against # Q21 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q21	21-14, 21-15	0:38