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US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 21 - 25, 2006

(31, Q10) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Did not play
2002	Bernhard Vesti - 9th	Did not play
2003	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Michel Kertai - 57th
2004	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Tino Schutz - 25th
2005	Jan Schnider - 17th	Marcel Gscheidle - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	27	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	26, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	26, Q6	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	27, Q7	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 2	Mathieu Daguerre / Gregory Gagliano, France (Q23)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:39
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 3	Jessi Lelliott / Martin Reader, Canada (Q26)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:41
Thu, 6/22/2006	Contender 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (18)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:45
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 2	Roberto Lopes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (16, Q15)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:56
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (9)	Won 16-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:11
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 4	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (11)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 18-20	1:04

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$25,500.00	17	19	47.2 %
2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,400.00	11	7	61.1 %
2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$18,000.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	2	$43,500.00	31	29	51.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,400.00	11	7	61.1 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$12,750.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$12,750.00
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$9,000.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$9,000.00
53	1	4	2	3	2	7	5	13	16	$44,025.00	Total	Total	32	0	3	0	3	0	8	4	8	6	$28,675.00

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%
2005-2006	21	58.3%	9	25.0%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	6	15.8%	6	15.8%	26	68.4%	6-32	15.8%	21-26	44.7%	15-12	55.6%	0	0	36-38	48.6%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	2	7.7%	4	15.4%	20	76.9%	2-24	7.7%	20-40	33.3%	8-18	30.8%	0	0	14-29	32.6%

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 12-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 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 # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	21-19, 21-16	0:41
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Heuscher/Kobel	9	16-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:11
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	21-18, 21-12	0:44
8/14/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27	21-17, 21-16	0:40
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 # 11 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Klemperer/Schneider	11	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	17-21, 21-14, 20-18	1:04
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Lopes/Solberg	16, Q15	21-16, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Brenha/Maia	18	21-19, 21-13	0:45
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Brenha/Maia	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-5	0:59
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 26 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 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 # Q6 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	22-20, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # Q7 Bosma/Lario, Spain 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Lario	24	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	21-13, 29-27	0:43
Lead the series against # Q11 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 # Q12 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 # Q17 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 # Q18 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	29, Q12	Gscheidle/Schnider	25, Q5	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # Q19 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	Gscheidle/Schnider	27	21-16, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q22 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	Galli/Raffaelli	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # Q23 Daguerre/Gagliano, France 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Daguerre/Gagliano	Q23	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q26 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Lelliott/Reader	Q26	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q27 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	Li/Zhou	Q35	21-14, 21-15	0:39