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

(4) Pedro Cunha/Pedro Solberg, Brazil

Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha
Brazil

Photo: Mauricio Kaye

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1983 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Resides:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$493,000.00

Pedro Salgado Collett Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 27, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Resides:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

197

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,119,687.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	US$92,200.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	11	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	US$92,200.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - Country Quota	Did not play
2005	Luiz Dulinski - Country Quota	Did not play
2006	Franco Neto - 9th	Roberto Lopes - Country Quota
2007	Franco Neto - 17th	Harley Marques - Country Quota
2008	Did not play	Harley Marques - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	2	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	2	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	2	2	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	5	9	240	US$6,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool D

Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (45)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	21	13	5	0.381	0	6	2	1
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	13	8	4	0.308	0	2	2	1
Pedro Solberg	Total	12	10	0	0.833	5	4	0	2
	1	9	7	0	0.778	2	2	0	1
	2	3	3	0	1.000	3	2	0	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool D

Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (28)

Lost 14-21, 21-23

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	Total	18	9	7	0.111	0	4	1	5
	1	8	3	4	-0.125	0	1	0	3
	2	10	6	3	0.300	0	3	1	2
Pedro Solberg	Total	14	9	2	0.500	2	0	0	2
	1	4	3	0	0.750	2	0	0	1
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	0	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool D

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena, United States (21)

Lost By Forfeit

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)

Lost By Forfeit

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Cunha	39	22	12	0.256	0	10	3	6
Pedro Solberg	26	19	2	0.654	7	4	0	4

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Tande Ramos - 17th	Did not play
2007	Gstaad	Franco Neto - 9th	Harley Marques - 17th
2011	Rome	Did not play	Rhooney Ferramenta - 5th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Bruno Schmidt - 5th
2015	The Hague	Did not play	Evandro Goncalves - 3rd
2017	Vienna	Did not play	Guto Carvalhaes - 9th
2019	Hamburg	Did not play	Vitor Felipe - 17th
2023	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Guto Carvalhaes - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	4	17	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Cunha/Solberg lead the series against the field 14-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-1
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Solberg	2	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:08
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Marques	1	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-14, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Cunha/Solberg	5	21-14, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
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
Series tied with # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Solberg	2	Rego/Santos	4	15-21, 21-10, 15-13	0:56
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	3	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against # 7 Li/Xu, China 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Li/Xu	5	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-13, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	8, Q1	21-15, 28-26	0:57
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cunha/Solberg	2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Solberg	2	Kais/Vesik	10	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:51
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	10	Cunha/Solberg	2	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 19 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Biza/Rotrekl	16	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 21 Keenan/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Keenan/Lucena	21	Cunha/Solberg	4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Cunha/Solberg	2	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:58
Series tied with # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Cunha/Solberg	4	21-14, 23-21	0:41
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	5	Heuscher/Heyer	20	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 32 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 1-0
5/16/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 6	Cunha/Solberg	2	Nicolai/Varnier	9	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Solberg	2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 34 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	18	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Cunha/Solberg	4	Horrem/Maaseide	45	21-13, 21-14	0:39