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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(47) Morais Abreu/Mario Silva, Angola

Morais Abreu
Angola

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1968 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moxico

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Guarujá 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$6,550.00

Mario Silva
Angola

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Luanda

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,737.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	49	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	1	US$8,800.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Miguel Xisto - 57th
2004	Did not play	Miguel Xisto - 41st
2008	Emanuel Fernandes - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	Q15	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool B

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 8-21, 11-21

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Morais Abreu	Total	24	6	11	-0.208	0	9	0	2
	1	15	2	6	-0.267	0	6	0	0
	2	9	4	5	-0.111	0	3	0	2
Mario Silva	Total	16	6	6	0.000	0	0	0	0
	1	7	2	4	-0.286	0	0	0	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	0	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool B

Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (26)

Lost 14-21, 14-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Morais Abreu	Total	21	11	3	0.381	0	4	0	3
	1	14	7	3	0.286	0	3	0	2
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	1	0	1
Mario Silva	Total	14	6	5	0.071	2	2	2	2
	1	6	3	1	0.333	2	1	0	1
	2	8	3	4	-0.125	0	1	2	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool B

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (23)

Lost 12-21, 10-21

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Morais Abreu	Total	20	8	2	0.300	0	4	0	4
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	0	0	3
	2	11	3	1	0.182	0	4	0	1
Mario Silva	Total	19	8	5	0.158	2	1	0	2
	1	8	4	3	0.125	1	0	0	2
	2	11	4	2	0.182	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Morais Abreu	65	25	16	0.138	0	17	0	9
Mario Silva	49	20	16	0.082	4	3	2	4
Total	114	45	32	0.114	4	20	2	13
Opponents	102	70	9	0.598	11	36	8	13

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Miguel Xisto - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Mario Silva - 37th	Morais Abreu - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	47	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	48	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Abreu/Silva trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Abreu/Silva	47	21-8, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Abreu/Silva	47	21-12, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Abreu/Silva	47	21-14, 21-14	0:37