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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Spain Open
August 7 - 11, 2002

(22, Q7) Marcel Gscheidle/Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland

Marcel Gscheidle
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 14, 1973 (52 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 (55 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 Cadiz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q14	41st	10	US$0.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/8/2002	Qualifier 2	Oleg Bilynskyy / Danylo Konstantinov, Ukraine (Q26)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 8/8/2002	Qualifier 3	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:33
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool F	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (6)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:38
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool F	Yoyi Rodriguez / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (27)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool F	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Lost 11-21, 11-21	0:34

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	$16,550.00
Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
Total	25	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	0	$31,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcel Gscheidle												Bernhard Vesti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$12,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
39	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	14	0	$31,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	13	0	$22,175.00
5	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$4,950.00	Challenger	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00
10	1	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	$6,550.00	Satellite	6	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$3,875.00
70	1	4	2	3	2	8	8	18	0	$58,525.00	Total	69	0	3	2	0	5	3	4	14	0	$33,700.00

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
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	$10,550.00	11	12	47.8 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$12,550.00	19	20	48.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcel Gscheidle													Bernhard Vesti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$750.00
											1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00
											1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	$6,050.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$525.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	$4,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,475.00	1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$2,250.00
3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$5,275.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$5,275.00
21	1	0	2	2	1	3	1	3	8	$11,575.00	Total	Total	54	0	1	2	0	4	2	3	11	31	$25,600.00

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	13	54.2%	6	25.0%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	7	20.0%	7	20.0%	21	60.0%	7-28	20.0%	13-21	38.2%	13-12	52.0%	0	3	26-36	41.9%
2001-2002	10	55.6%	5	27.8%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	6	25.0%	5	20.8%	13	54.2%	6-18	25.0%	10-13	43.5%	11-8	57.9%	0	0	21-21	50.0%
Against the Field	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	12	63.2%	4-15	21.1%	10-20	33.3%	16-14	53.3%	0	2	13-19	40.6%

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	2	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	15	11	2	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	28
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	4
Total	3	0	17	15	9	15	0	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	38	41

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Vesti trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	6	Gscheidle/Vesti	22, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Schacht/Slack	11	Gscheidle/Vesti	22, Q7	21-11, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	21-13, 25-27, 15-11	1:12
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	18	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	21-11, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 24 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	32	Gscheidle/Vesti	17	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 25, Q13 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
Trail the series against # 27 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	27	Gscheidle/Vesti	22, Q7	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, 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
Series tied with # 29, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 30 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
Series tied with Cadieux/Mackay, Canada 1-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	Cadieux/Mackay	39	21-19, 21-12	0:38
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Cadieux/Mackay	Q18	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q15	21-17, 14-21, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # Q2 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q10 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Vesti	22, Q7	Goranson/Goranson	Q10	21-13, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # Q26 Bilynskyy/Konstantinov, Ukraine 1-0
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Vesti	22, Q7	Bilynskyy/Konstantinov	Q26	21-16, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # Q31 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
Lead the series against # Q34 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
Lead the series against # Q37 Andelhof/Coucke, Belgium 1-0
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q15	Andelhof/Coucke	Q50	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:44