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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters
August 22 - 26, 2012

(14, Q9) Bernhard Beyeler/Rafael Bissig, Switzerland

Bernhard Beyeler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Baden

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (CEV C&S Baden 2012)

Career CEV Best:

13th (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$991.24

Rafael Bissig
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (CEV C&S Lausanne 2013)

Career CEV Best:

13th (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$1,266.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	US$625.70
CEV C&S	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	US$819.57
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	3	US$1,445.27

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2011	Rafael Bissig - 17th	Bernhard Beyeler - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/4-8/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Q13	25th	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/13-17/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Umag	16, Q2	17th	20	€ 125.00
CEV C&S	5/23-27/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	13, Q13	7th	50	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q43	57th	6	US$0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/23/2012	Qualifier 2	Tim Oude Elferink / Jeroen Vismans, Netherlands (Q8)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:48
Thu, 8/23/2012	Qualifier 3	Mathias Loftesnes / Lars Fredrik Tvinde, Norway (Q16)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:40
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (3)	Lost 14-21, 22-24	0:36
Fri, 8/24/2012	Contender 1	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (6)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:39

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bernhard Beyeler												Rafael Bissig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$200.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	3	3	50.0 %
2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$425.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	$625.00	9	9	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bernhard Beyeler													Rafael Bissig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$212.50	2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$212.50	2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$212.50
12	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	2	$675.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	$562.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	3-5	37.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2011-2012	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

Head to Head Results
Beyeler/Bissig lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/28/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Beyeler/Bissig	Q15	21-19, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	3	Beyeler/Bissig	14, Q9	21-14, 24-22	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 1	Garcia/Marco	6	Beyeler/Bissig	14, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against Latunov/Marinov, Bulgaria 1-0
5/24/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Qualifier 1	Beyeler/Bissig	13, Q13	Latunov/Marinov	Q20	21-9, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # Q8 Oude Elferink/Vismans, Netherlands 1-0
8/23/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Qualifier 2	Beyeler/Bissig	14, Q9	Oude Elferink/Vismans	Q8	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q10 Sutter/Sutter, Switzerland 2-0
6/13/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Umag	Country Quota	Beyeler/Bissig	16, Q2	Sutter/Sutter		21-15, 21-17	0:37
5/25/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Beyeler/Bissig	13, Q13	Sutter/Sutter	7	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q11 Gordieiev/Iemelianchyk, Ukraine 1-0
5/25/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 1	Beyeler/Bissig	13, Q13	Gordieiev/Iemelianchyk	12, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # Q16 Loftesnes/Tvinde, Norway 1-0
8/23/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Qualifier 3	Beyeler/Bissig	14, Q9	Loftesnes/Tvinde	Q16	21-14, 21-15	0:40