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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(3) Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, 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:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$671,335.00

Jonas Reckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rheine

Resides:

Köln

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$691,427.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	33	5	7	9	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	US$657,500.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 41st
2002	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 5th
2003	Kjell Schneider - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Kjell Schneider - 25th	Did not play
2005	Kjell Schneider - 17th	Markus Dieckmann - 4th
2006	Christoph Dieckmann - 5th	Did not play
2007	Christoph Dieckmann - 5th	Mischa Urbatzka - 9th
2008	Christoph Dieckmann - 3rd	Mischa Urbatzka - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	3	4	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	4	1	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	3	3	480	US$15,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool C

Mykola Babich / Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine (46)

Won 21-12, 21-10

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	9	5	4
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	6	3	1
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	3	2	3
Jonas Reckermann	Total	13	12	0	0.923	2	1	1	0
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	1	1	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	2	0	0	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool C

Emiel Boersma / Joppe Paulides, Netherlands (27)

Won By Forfeit

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool C

Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (22)

Won 21-13, 21-11

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	20	18	1	0.850	0	8	3	3
	1	13	12	1	0.846	0	4	3	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	4	0	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	13	11	1	0.769	3	0	1	4
	1	4	3	1	0.500	1	0	0	3
	2	9	8	0	0.889	2	0	1	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Won By Forfeit

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (23)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	18	10	3	0.389	0	6	0	6
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	0	5
	2	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	0	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	14	10	1	0.643	10	1	1	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	6	1	1	2
	2	9	6	0	0.667	4	0	0	0

Sat, 7/4/2009

Winner 3

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (5)

Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-13

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	26	19	2	0.654	0	6	0	6
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	3
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	0	0	2
	3	14	9	1	0.571	0	4	0	1
Jonas Reckermann	Total	31	18	0	0.581	1	1	3	3
	1	15	6	0	0.400	1	0	0	2
	2	11	8	0	0.727	0	1	3	1
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	0	0

Sun, 7/5/2009

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-10

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	44	23	6	0.386	0	19	3	6
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	3
	2	19	8	4	0.211	0	5	2	3
	3	13	9	0	0.692	0	10	0	0
Jonas Reckermann	Total	20	12	1	0.550	6	0	0	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	3	0	0	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	2	0	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	1	0	0	1

Sun, 7/5/2009

Gold Medal

Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	Total	9	6	3	0.333	0	6	2	4
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	3	2	1
	2	4	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	3
Jonas Reckermann	Total	30	16	4	0.400	4	0	4	5
	1	13	7	2	0.385	1	0	3	4
	2	17	9	2	0.412	3	0	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Julius Brink	137	91	16	0.547	0	54	13	29
Jonas Reckermann	121	79	7	0.595	26	3	10	16

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Markus Dieckmann - 17th
2005	Berlin	Kjell Schneider - 3rd	Markus Dieckmann - 9th
2007	Gstaad	Christoph Dieckmann - 17th	Mischa Urbatzka - 17th
2011	Rome	Jonas Reckermann - 3rd	Julius Brink - 3rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	3	1	1000	US$60,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	4	3	800	US$35,000.00

Head to Head Results
Brink/Reckermann lead the series against the field 20-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-3
7/5/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Marques	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-17, 21-16	0:44
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Marques	1	Brink/Reckermann	4	22-20, 21-15	0:49
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Marques	1	Brink/Reckermann	3	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:11
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
7/5/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 3-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	4	By Forfeit
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:10
5/17/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Reckermann	4	Cunha/Solberg	2	28-26, 20-22, 15-13	1:23
Lead the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-0
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Rego/Santos	5	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Rego/Santos	3	21-12, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-23, 21-9, 15-8	1:04
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:58
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-12, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-17, 21-18	0:52
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	10	21-17, 21-9	0:37
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	10	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Baracetti/Salema	22	21-13, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-2
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-18, 21-16	0:47
5/31/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	13-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Boersma/Paulides	27	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	4	Horrem/Maaseide	29	22-20, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 46 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Babich/Mykhaylov	46	21-12, 21-10	0:40