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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 27 - October 1, 2006

(29) 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 Vitória Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	28, Q5	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	31, Q10	9th	320	US$9,000.00
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

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (4)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:45
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 1	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (20)	Lost 21-17, 21-23, 12-15	0:59

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 3-14 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-3
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Gscheidle/Schnider	29	21-18, 21-16	0:45
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 # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
10/16/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Bronze Medal	De Gruijter/Ronnes	3	Gscheidle/Schnider	4	21-19, 22-20	0:43
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 20 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-2
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Ces/Dugrip	20	Gscheidle/Schnider	29	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:59
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 # 22 "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
Trail the series against # 25 Fenili/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Fenili/Tomatis	21	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 28 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 # Q7 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 0-2
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q19	Gscheidle/Schnider		21-17, 24-26, 15-13	1:00
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q24	Gscheidle/Schnider		18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q13 Flores/Macias, Mexico 1-0
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	25, Q5	Flores/Macias	Q28	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:50