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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(9) Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Vivian Danielle da Conceição Cunha
Azerbaijan

/ Brazil

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 14, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belem (PA)

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Guarujá 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$128,900.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$593,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	US$161,150.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	29	0	1	2	1	1	1	6	1	8	0	4	4	US$161,950.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Taiana Lima - 33rd	Vivian Cunha - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	11	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	6, Q3	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	4, Q1	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24, Q7	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	40	US$0.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool I

Rieke Brink-Abeler / Angelina Grun, Germany (33)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vivian Cunha	Total	33	18	5	0.394	0	6	1	3
	1	18	11	1	0.556	0	3	1	2
	2	15	7	4	0.200	0	3	0	1
Taiana Lima	Total	19	12	1	0.579	1	8	1	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	1	4	0	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	4	1	1

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool I

Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (16)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vivian Cunha	Total	25	12	2	0.400	0	8	3	1
	1	14	7	2	0.357	0	4	2	1
	2	11	5	0	0.455	0	4	1	0
Taiana Lima	Total	32	18	4	0.438	0	19	0	0
	1	15	5	2	0.200	0	11	0	0
	2	17	13	2	0.647	0	8	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool I

Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (40)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vivian Cunha	Total	27	18	2	0.593	1	9	2	1
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	2	2	0
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	0	1
Taiana Lima	Total	19	11	2	0.474	0	6	1	0
	1	7	2	1	0.143	0	1	1	0
	2	12	9	1	0.667	0	5	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (12)

Lost 23-25, 20-22

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vivian Cunha	Total	40	19	5	0.350	1	6	3	2
	1	19	9	3	0.316	1	3	1	1
	2	21	10	2	0.381	0	3	2	1
Taiana Lima	Total	14	9	4	0.357	0	9	2	3
	1	9	7	2	0.556	0	4	0	1
	2	5	2	2	0.000	0	5	2	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vivian Cunha	125	67	14	0.424	2	29	9	7
Taiana Lima	84	50	11	0.464	1	42	4	4
Total	209	117	25	0.440	3	71	13	11
Opponents	203	94	25	0.340	2	52	7	14

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Talita Antunes - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Fernanda Alves - 2nd
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Elize Maia - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Hegeile Almeida - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	9	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Lima lead the series against the field 20-11 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:44
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Bronze Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	21-18, 21-12	0:36
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	27-25, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Cunha/Lima	10	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Series tied with # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cunha/Lima	6	21-16, 21-16	0:33
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Xue/Zhang	3	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Series tied with # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	5	Cunha/Lima	11	21-18, 23-21	0:46
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Salgado/Salgado	8	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Fendrick/Niles, United States 0-2
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	12	Cunha/Lima	9	25-23, 22-20	0:44
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	22, Q5	Cunha/Lima	11	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Cunha/Lima	9	Lessard/Martin	16	21-16, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 2-0
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:39
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Bawden/Palmer	22	17-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:00
Lead the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23, Q3	21-16, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-0
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Kohler/Sude	29, Q9	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 25 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Lima	6	Kadijk/Mooren	27, Q27	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 3-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cunha/Lima	10	Hansel/Montagnolli	23	21-16, 21-16	0:35
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	26-24, 21-17	0:50
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-18, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Martins/Santanna	18	14-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 29 Giombini/Rosso, Italy 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cunha/Lima	10	Giombini/Rosso	26	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 30 Huang/Yue, China 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Huang/Yue	21	Cunha/Lima	4, Q1	21-17, 17-21, 25-23	1:03
Trail the series against # 32 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-1
6/8/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	21, Q3	Cunha/Lima	Q14	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 33 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Cunha/Lima	9	Brink-Abeler/Grun	33	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 36 Boulton/Johns, England 2-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Cunha/Lima	11	Boulton/Johns	27, Q9	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/27/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Boulton/Johns	Q10	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
8/17/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	Q14	21-10, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 39 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Lima	4, Q1	Bansley/Maloney	30, Q24	21-12, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool I	Cunha/Lima	9	Holtwick/Semmler	40	21-17, 21-17	0:39