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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 23 - 27, 2006

(27, Q7) Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, Switzerland

Marcel Gscheidle
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 14, 1973 (51 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 (41 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 Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	25, Q5	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q3	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	10/12-16/2005	Argentina Satellite	4	4th	14	US$800.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	22	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/23/2006	Qualifier 2	Fangtian Gao / Shengwei Han, China (Q26)	Won 22-20, 17-21, 15-7	0:48
Tue, 5/23/2006	Qualifier 3	Agus Salim / Supriadi Supriadi, Indonesia (Q23)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:42
Wed, 5/24/2006	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:42
Wed, 5/24/2006	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (22, Q6)	Lost 19-21, 21-13, 11-15	0:58

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 7-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
10/16/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	4	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
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 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-2
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:58
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 # Q8 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	Berg/Svensson	18	21-14, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # Q18 Aoki/Hata, Japan 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Aoki/Hata	Q21	21-15, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # Q23 Salim/Supriadi, Indonesia 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	Salim/Supriadi	Q23	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q26 Gao/Han, China 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	Gao/Han	Q26	22-20, 17-21, 15-7	0:48