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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Canada Open
July 10 - 14, 2002

(5, Q5) Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil

Márcio Henrique Barroso Araújo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 12, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,041,687.50

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

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2005
Best Setter 2006, 2007, 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	57	Money
FIVB	50	8	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	3	1	US$621,925.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,000.00
Overall	51	9	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	3	1	US$625,925.00

Previous Montréal Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	2, Q10	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	25, Q23	2nd	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q16	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	Q2	33rd	28	US$0.00

Canada Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2002	Country Quota	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Harley Marques, Brazil	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-8	0:55
Thu, 7/11/2002	Qualifier 2	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 7/12/2002	Pool E	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (21, Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:38
Fri, 7/12/2002	Pool E	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (12)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:46
Sat, 7/13/2002	Pool E	John Hyden / Chip McCaw, United States (28, Q10)	Won 30-28, 21-15	0:51
Sat, 7/13/2002	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:54
Sat, 7/13/2002	Winner 2	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 9-15	1:02

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	2	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	$191,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	6	7	2	3	5	3	2	1	2	1	0	$400,325.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	51	9	7	3	5	10	3	6	1	2	1	0	$625,925.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcio Araujo												Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$83,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$27,250.00
57	6	3	5	4	9	15	2	4	0	$386,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	2	1	1	3	12	15	4	1	0	$236,525.00
104	13	14	10	10	19	13	8	3	0	$569,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	97	9	9	8	6	27	9	6	2	0	$435,262.50
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
170	21	19	16	14	29	30	11	7	0	$1,041,687.50	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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$25,575.00	25	4	86.2 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	$25,575.00	26	6	81.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcio Araujo													Benjamin Insfran
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1996	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	$76,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$12,787.50	2002	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$12,787.50
30	3	4	1	1	4	3	3	0	11	$97,537.50	Total	Total	23	3	4	1	1	4	2	1	0	7	$93,787.50

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	116	77.9%	20	13.4%	13	8.7%	136-13	91.3%	17	33.3%	8	15.7%	26	51.0%	17-34	33.3%	116-26	81.7%	37-21	63.8%	6	5	159-52	75.4%
2001-2002	45	84.9%	5	9.4%	3	5.7%	50-3	94.3%	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	6	50.0%	5-7	41.7%	45-6	88.2%	10-4	71.4%	2	3	57-13	81.4%
Against the Field	55	78.6%	11	15.7%	4	5.7%	66-4	94.3%	9	40.9%	3	13.6%	10	45.5%	9-13	40.9%	110-14	88.7%	40-14	74.1%	2	1	77-15	83.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	19	7	2	2	0	2	2	0	44	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	9	3	31	5	0	0	40	10	8	3	1	2	4	4	107	33
Total	6	0	9	3	56	10	0	0	62	18	10	6	2	4	6	4	159	52

Head to Head Results
Araujo/Insfran lead the series against the field 17-3 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 1-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Ramos/Rego	1	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	21-19, 22-20	0:39
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Ramos/Rego	1	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	3	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	21-14, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	3	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-18	0:54
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Fonoimoana/Holdren	15	21-17, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-0
6/23/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Metzger/Wong	5	21-19, 16-21, 17-15	1:07
Lead the series against # 12 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 2-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Holden/Leinemann	12	21-17, 21-16	0:46
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Holden/Leinemann	24	21-17, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-13, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Canet/Hamel	18	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Ahmann/Hager	21, Q1	21-14, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Ljubicic/Slean	Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Hyden/McCaw, United States 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Hyden/McCaw	28, Q10	30-28, 21-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 30 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Insfran	2, Q10	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against Arseneau/Hauser, Canada 1-0
11/27/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Araujo/Insfran	Q2	Arseneau/Hauser	Q15	29-27, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 2-0
7/10/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Ferreira/Marques		21-17, 17-21, 15-8	0:55
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Ferreira/Marques		18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q12 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Kogel/Mulder	Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:34