Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Bahrain Open
May 8 - 12, 2007
(24) 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: 11
Tournaments: 70
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: 12
Tournaments: 102
Career Best: 2nd (3 times)
Career FIVB WT Best: 4th (Fortaleza 2007)
Career Winnings: US$133,200.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341CQMoney
FIVB2900000013612223 US$72,500.00
FIVB C&S40201000100000 US$5,400.00
Overall3302010014612223 US$77,900.00
Previous Manama Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/24-28/2006 Mexico Open 30 13th 180 US$4,500.00
FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open 29 25th 60 US$2,000.00
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
Bahrain Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 5/9/2007 Winner 1 Qader Abdulla / Osama Omran, Bahrain (9) Won 21-16, 21-18 0:34
Wed, 5/9/2007 Winner 2 Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8) Lost 18-21, 11-21 0:42
Thu, 5/10/2007 Contender 2 Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (10) Lost 17-21, 19-21 0:39
Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 8-19 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
10/16/05FIVB C&SArgentina 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 0-3
9/28/06FIVBVitória Open Winner 1 Brink/Dieckmann 4 Gscheidle/Schnider 29 21-18, 21-16 0:45
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 1 Brink/Dieckmann 2 Gscheidle/Schnider 31, Q10 21-19, 21-16 0:41
5/24/06FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Brink/Dieckmann 6 Gscheidle/Schnider 27, Q7 21-18, 21-15 0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
8/10/06FIVBPoland Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 5 Gscheidle/Schnider 28, Q5 21-17, 21-16 0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
10/25/06FIVBMexico Open Winner 1 Cunha/Neto 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 30 21-17, 21-19 0:52
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 8 Gscheidle/Schnider 24 21-18, 21-11 0:42
Lead the series against # 9 Abdulla/Omran, Bahrain 1-0
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 24 Abdulla/Omran 9 21-16, 21-18 0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/10/07FIVBBahrain Open Contender 2 Kjemperud/Skarlund 10 Gscheidle/Schnider 24 21-17, 21-19 0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/1/06FIVBCroatia Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 7 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 21-16, 21-12 0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3-1
10/26/06FIVBMexico Open Contender 2 Gscheidle/Schnider 30 Herrera/Mesa 13 21-19, 21-16 0:45
8/2/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Qualifier 3 Herrera/Mesa 30, Q7 Gscheidle/Schnider Q10 21-23, 21-17, 15-12 0:50
6/1/06FIVBCroatia Open Contender 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 Herrera/Mesa 23 19-21, 21-18, 15-2 1:00
6/16/05FIVBSwitzerland Open Contender 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 31 Herrera/Mesa 15 21-15, 21-15 0:33
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Kais/Vesik 6 Gscheidle/Schnider 27 21-17, 21-16 0:40
7/21/05FIVBPoland Open Winner 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 22, Q16 Kais/Vesik 11 26-24, 15-21, 19-17 0:57
Trail the series against # 17 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-2
9/1/05FIVBGreece Open Winner 1 Leinemann/VanHuizen 11 Gscheidle/Schnider 22 14-21, 29-27, 15-6 0:59
8/26/05FIVBCanada Open Contender 3 Leinemann/VanHuizen 9 Gscheidle/Schnider 16 21-15, 21-17 0:42
Trail the series against # 20 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
10/16/05FIVB C&SArgentina Satellite Bronze Medal De Gruijter/Ronnes 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 4 21-19, 22-20 0:43
6/17/05FIVBSwitzerland Open Contender 2 De Gruijter/Ronnes 17 Gscheidle/Schnider 31 21-18, 22-20 0:39
Series tied with # 23, Q3 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
10/25/06FIVBMexico Open Contender 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 30 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 19, Q2 21-18, 21-18 0:45
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 22, Q9 Gscheidle/Schnider 27 21-16, 21-18 0:46
Lead the series against # Q11 Li/Zhou, China 2-0
8/9/06FIVBPoland Open Qualifier 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 28, Q5 Li/Zhou 26, Q12 33-31, 21-14 0:51
6/7/06FIVBItalian Open Qualifier 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q3 Li/Zhou Q35 21-14, 21-15 0:39
Trail the series against # Q14 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 0-2
7/25/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Country Quota Gabathuler/Wenger Q19 Gscheidle/Schnider 21-17, 24-26, 15-13 1:00
6/27/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Country Quota Gabathuler/Wenger Q24 Gscheidle/Schnider 18-21, 25-23, 15-10 0:49
Trail the series against # Q39 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/28/05FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 1 Canet/Hamel 10 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q17 14-21, 21-18, 15-11 0:45