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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(Q14) Marcel Gscheidle/Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland

Marcel Gscheidle
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 14, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frauenfeld

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$58,525.00

Bernhard Vesti
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 9, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bad Ragaz

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Marseille 1998)

Career Winnings:

US$33,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	4	8	US$21,550.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,600.00
Overall	25	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	4	8	US$31,150.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Patrick Heuscher - 41st
1998	Did not play	Markus Egger - 49th
1999	Did not play	Markus Egger - 33rd
2000	Did not play	Markus Egger - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	17	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	Q15	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	27	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	Q13	41st	14	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 2	Javier Luna / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain (Q46)	Lost 21-23, 21-11, 12-15	0:49

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Vesti trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	23-21, 28-26	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	Prosser/Zahner	11	12-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Metzger/Wong	5	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	21-16, 22-24, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 18 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Rogers/Scott	11, Q2	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q18	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 24, Q12 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 7	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q21	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q23	14-21, 28-26, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 25, Q9 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Gscheidle/Vesti	17	Shiratori/Watanabe	41	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q17	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 5	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q21	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against Cadieux/Mackay, Canada 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Cadieux/Mackay	Q18	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q15	21-17, 14-21, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # Q4 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q19	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # Q5 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	Amore/Lione	22, Q6	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q18 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q21	Kogel/Mulder	Q44	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q38 Liukkonen/Tolonen, Finland 1-0
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 1	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q18	Liukkonen/Tolonen	Q47	21-11, 19-21, 15-4	0:48
Trail the series against # Q46 Luna/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 0-1
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Luna/Ruiz Nunez	Q46	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q14	23-21, 11-21, 15-12	0:49