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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(21) Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland

Jefferson Bellaguarda
Switzerland

/ Brazil

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2002)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Moscow 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$196,025.00

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	18	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	5	3	US$154,200.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Sascha Heyer - 9th
2010	Martin Laciga - 17th	Sascha Heyer - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	19	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	16	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool D

Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (45)

Won 22-20, 14-21, 16-14

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jefferson Bellaguarda	Total	57	29	12	0.298	0	12	0	2
	1	17	13	3	0.588	0	2	0	1
	2	24	9	3	0.250	0	2	0	1
	3	16	7	6	0.063	0	8	0	0
Patrick Heuscher	Total	17	10	3	0.412	3	5	1	2
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	1	0
	2	3	2	1	0.333	0	2	0	2
	3	7	3	1	0.286	3	1	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool D

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jefferson Bellaguarda	Total	27	14	8	0.222	0	6	0	3
	1	13	9	4	0.385	0	4	0	0
	2	14	5	4	0.071	0	2	0	3
Patrick Heuscher	Total	17	9	1	0.471	1	1	1	2
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	1	0	1
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	0	1	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool D

Alexander Likholetov / Alexey Pastukhov, Russia (28)

Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jefferson Bellaguarda	Total	13	9	1	0.615	0	10	3	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	7	1	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	3	1	0
	3	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0
Patrick Heuscher	Total	49	24	11	0.265	2	4	1	1
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	2	0	0
	2	21	10	5	0.238	0	0	0	1
	3	14	8	4	0.286	2	2	1	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (9)

Lost 21-18, 13-21, 13-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jefferson Bellaguarda	Total	12	9	0	0.750	0	4	0	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	0	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	0	0
	3	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	0	0
Patrick Heuscher	Total	35	21	4	0.486	3	2	1	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	3	2	1	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	0	0	1
	3	14	9	2	0.500	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jefferson Bellaguarda	109	61	21	0.367	0	32	3	7
Patrick Heuscher	118	64	19	0.381	9	12	4	6
Total	227	125	40	0.374	9	44	7	13
Opponents	218	133	21	0.514	17	51	7	27

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Paulao Moreira - 33rd	Stefan Kobel - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Juca Dultra - 33rd	Stefan Kobel - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Stefan Kobel - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Sascha Heyer - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Sascha Heyer - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	21	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	21-12, 19-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	21-17, 21-13	0:39
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Insfran/Schmidt	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
Series tied with # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	9	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:51
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Gavira/Herrera	10	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Boersma/Spijkers	17	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	18	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	17	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 28 Likholetov/Pastukhov, Russia 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	Likholetov/Pastukhov	28	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	17	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Jaani/Vesik	23, Q5	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	45	22-20, 14-21, 16-14	0:50