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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
June 23 - 27, 2004

(Q22) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Markus Egger - 25th
2002	Bernhard Vesti - 33rd	Marcel Gscheidle - 33rd
2003	Did not play	Jan Schnider - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	28	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q19	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	4	5th	18	US$800.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	28, Q10	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q14	41st	16	US$0.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/23/2004	Qualifier 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France (Q11)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:40

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,000.00	4	9	30.8 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	3	2	60.0 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,000.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	12	$21,550.00	26	36	41.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	8	4	66.7 %

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
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00
33	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	6	14	$17,625.00	Total	Total	67	0	2	2	0	5	2	4	14	38	$31,650.00

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%
2003-2004	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	3-8	27.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	3	5-15	25.0%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	11	68.8%	2-14	12.5%	6-18	25.0%	6-12	33.3%	0	2	6-17	26.1%

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 7-19 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 15 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
8/16/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gscheidle/Vesti	4	21-18, 21-11	0:36
8/18/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Semi-Finals	Gscheidle/Vesti	5	Heuscher/Kobel	2	11-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 7 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	5	Gscheidle/Vesti	28	21-12, 19-21, 15-6	0:51
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 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 # 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17, Q9 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q1 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 # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	21	Gscheidle/Vesti	28	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 26 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 # 29 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
Trail the series against # 31, Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	Gscheidle/Vesti	24	21-19, 21-10	0:38
Series tied with # 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
Trail the series against # Q11 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 0-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q11	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q22	21-13, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # Q14 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kogel/Mulder	30, Q4	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q13	21-17, 21-17	0:36
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
Trail the series against # Q18 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/VanHuizen	23	Gscheidle/Vesti	24	16-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q23 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
Lead the series against # Q29 Stoyanov/Yankov, Bulgaria 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Vesti	24	Stoyanov/Yankov	25, Q4	21-19, 21-13	0:33