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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(26, Q17) Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, 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

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	12	2	2	3	US$72,500.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,400.00
Overall	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	6	12	2	2	3	US$77,900.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	22, Q16	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	23, Q12	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	2	13th	18	US$700.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	31	17th	80	US$3,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 1	Juan Rossell / Wilfredo Villar, Cuba (Q16)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 2	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:43
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 1	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (7)	Lost 13-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:56
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (10)	Lost 21-14, 18-21, 11-15	0:45

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	$19,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	0	$46,500.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00
Satellite	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,700.00
Total	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	6	12	0	$77,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marcel Gscheidle												Jan Schnider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,700.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$12,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	0	$40,850.00
39	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	14	0	$31,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	16	0	$77,400.00
5	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$4,950.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
10	1	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	$6,550.00	Satellite	8	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
70	1	4	2	3	2	8	8	18	0	$58,525.00	Total	102	0	3	0	4	6	20	16	26	0	$133,200.00

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
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$13,750.00	12	9	57.1 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$13,750.00	12	9	57.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marcel Gscheidle													Jan Schnider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$525.00	1998	FIVB C&S
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,475.00	1999	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	FIVB
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$5,275.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2002	FIVB C&S
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	2004	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$6,875.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$6,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
40	1	2	2	2	2	5	4	7	15	$26,800.00	Total	Total	19	0	1	0	2	0	6	3	2	5	$11,450.00

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	28	60.9%	9	19.6%	9	19.6%	37-9	80.4%	6	11.8%	9	17.6%	36	70.6%	6-45	11.8%	28-36	43.8%	15-18	45.5%	0	0	43-54	44.3%
2004-2005	9	56.3%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	13	65.0%	3-17	15.0%	9-13	40.9%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	17-19	47.2%
Against the Field	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	4	14.8%	6	22.2%	17	63.0%	4-23	14.8%	18-34	34.6%	14-20	41.2%	0	0	16-27	37.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	2	10	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	18	2	0	0	0	0	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	37
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	10	5
Total	0	3	28	5	1	5	0	0	10	23	0	1	0	1	0	2	54	61

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Gscheidle/Schnider	Q16	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	23-21, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Kais/Vesik	11	26-24, 15-21, 19-17	0:57
Trail the series against # 16 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	14	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 18 Conde/Salema, Argentina 1-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Conde/Salema	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Baracetti/Depiaggio	Q1	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # Q1 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 1-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	Neto/Ramos	Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:43
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q15 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Engvik/Goranson	20, Q5	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q16 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	Rossell/Villar	Q16	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # Q20 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # Q25 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q17	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:55