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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(15) Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany

Julius Brink
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Düsseldorf

Resides:

Koeln

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$803,500.00

Kjell Schneider
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Resides:

Kiel

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Hamburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$156,854.23

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$19,490.92
FIVB	34	1	0	2	0	1	2	5	2	6	6	3	2	4	US$184,520.00
Overall	41	1	0	2	0	2	2	10	2	7	6	3	2	4	US$204,010.92

Previous Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	1	9	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	4	3	448	US$21,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	7	1	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	6	5	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	13	17	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	13	3	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	12	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	22	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	14	7	200	US$8,000.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	11	9	40	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	19	17	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		9	34	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q8	25	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	24, Q2	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	28, Q6	25	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	28, Q8	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	29, Q9	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	30, Q12	25	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		17	40	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	21, Q10	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	18	17	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	24, Q15	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	20, Q15	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	19, Q6	17	60	US$2,500.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		5	120	€ 4,500.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (12)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:10
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 1	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:40
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 1	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (7)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:37
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (4)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 13-15	1:01

Head to Head Results
Brink/Schneider trail the series against the field 14-19

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	22	Egger/Laciga	11	21-15, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Brink/Schneider	11	21-17, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-4
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	Brink/Schneider	15	21-17, 21-17	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Brink/Schneider	12	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	4	21-18, 21-18	0:46
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Brink/Schneider	14	21-17, 21-14	0:40
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Brink/Schneider		By Forfeit
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Brink/Schneider		21-18, 22-20	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	4	Brink/Schneider	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-5
7/17/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Schneider	7	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	25-27, 21-19, 15-12	1:10
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Brink/Schneider	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Brink/Schneider	13	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	26-24, 21-16	1:05
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	By Forfeit	0:40
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	30, Q12	23-21, 21-18	0:55
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Brink/Schneider		21-17, 21-17	0:41
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 2-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Brink/Schneider	15	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	7	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	11	Garcia-Thompson/Luna		21-13, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	11	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	12	21-15, 18-21, 15-7	1:11
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Brink/Schneider	22	21-14, 21-15	0:37
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Brink/Schneider	11	21-15, 21-13	0:45
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:35
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel		Brink/Schneider		21-17, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	15	Horrem/Pettersen	12	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	1:10
Series tied with # 13 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-15	0:38
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 14 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 4-2
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes		15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	23-21, 21-18	0:46
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-11	0:47
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Brink/Schneider		18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:55
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Brink/Schneider		21-14, 12-21, 15-13	0:57