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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(22) 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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	16	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	2	2nd	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	2	2nd	30	US$2,400.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q11	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	26, Q17	25th	56	US$3,250.00
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

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (11)	Lost 21-14, 27-29, 6-15	0:59
Thu, 9/1/2005	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (27, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:46

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	$23,500.00	16	15	51.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,600.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	$23,500.00	16	15	51.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,600.00	7	4	63.6 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	$11,750.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	$11,750.00
3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,300.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,300.00
45	1	4	2	2	2	6	4	9	15	$33,625.00	Total	Total	24	0	3	0	2	0	7	3	4	5	$18,275.00

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	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	12-20	37.5%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	12-18	40.0%

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 7-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 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 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/21/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-2
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	11	Gscheidle/Schnider	22	14-21, 29-27, 15-6	0:59
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	9	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Brenha/Maia	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 24, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q11	Asahi/Watanabe	Q6	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	Gscheidle/Schnider	22	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q10 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
Trail the series against # Q19 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 2	Blauel/Huber	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44