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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(28, Q10) 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 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
2002	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Marcel Gscheidle - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q14	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	26	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q6	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/15-18/2002	Swiss Satellite	5	2nd	28	US$2,300.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	22, Q7	25th	30	US$1,650.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Oleg Kiselev / Sergey Sinkevich, Kazakhstan (Q42)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 3	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (Q7)	Won 25-23, 25-27, 15-10	1:11
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool E	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (12)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:40
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool E	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (21)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:42
Sat, 7/26/2003	Pool E	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (5)	Lost By Forfeit

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$10,550.00	13	13	50.0 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	5	2	71.4 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,000.00	2	7	22.2 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	8	$16,550.00	23	28	45.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	5	2	71.4 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$5,275.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$5,275.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
26	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	5	10	$14,725.00	Total	Total	60	0	2	2	0	4	2	3	13	34	$28,750.00

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%
2002-2003	7	46.7%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	12	57.1%	4-17	19.0%	7-12	36.8%	10-7	58.8%	0	3	17-22	43.6%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	14	70.0%	3-17	15.0%	8-22	26.7%	10-10	50.0%	0	3	9-19	32.1%

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 8-14 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Gscheidle/Vesti	26	By Forfeit
8/18/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Gold Medal	Baracetti/Conde	1	Gscheidle/Vesti	5	23-21, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Marques/Neto	5	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q10	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 11 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 # 12 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-2
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	12	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q10	21-17, 21-12	0:40
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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 21 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Holden/Leinemann	21	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q10	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Series tied with # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Kogel/Mulder	23, Q2	Gscheidle/Vesti	26	By Forfeit
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 # 27, Q9 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 # 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, Q16 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 # Q7 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q7	25-23, 25-27, 15-10	1:11
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q13 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q19	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q14	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # Q24 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
Lead the series against # Q42 Kiselev/Sinkevich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Vesti	28, Q10	Kiselev/Sinkevich	Q42	22-20, 21-16	0:34