Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007
(19) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2006 Jan Schnider - 25th Marcel Gscheidle - 25th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open 24 17th 120 US$3,000.00
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
Italian Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 5/24/2007 Winner 1 Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (14) Lost 10-21, 14-21 0:35
Thu, 5/24/2007 Contender 1 Riccardo Bizzotto / Fosco Cicola, Italy (30) Won 21-12, 21-14 0:34
Fri, 5/25/2007 Contender 2 Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (13) Lost 20-22, 21-23 0:50
Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 8-16 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 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 # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 8 Gscheidle/Schnider 24 21-18, 21-11 0:42
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
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Doppler/Gartmayer 13 Gscheidle/Schnider 19 22-20, 23-21 0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
5/24/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Reckermann/Urbatzka 14 Gscheidle/Schnider 19 21-10, 21-14 0:35
Series tied with # 15 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 # 16 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 # 18, Q2 "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 # 30 Bizzotto/Cicola, Italy 1-0
5/24/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 19 Bizzotto/Cicola 30 21-12, 21-14 0:34
Trail the series against # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Morikawa/Yamamoto, Japan 1-0
6/1/06FIVBCroatia Open Qualifier 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 Morikawa/Yamamoto Q22 21-13, 21-18 0:38
Trail the series against # Q28 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
7/2/05FIVB C&SItaly Challenger Contender 2 Blauel/Huber 10 Gscheidle/Schnider 2 14-21, 21-15, 15-10 0:44
Lead the series against # Q34 Litva/Mracko, Slovakia 1-0
8/9/06FIVBPoland Open Qualifier 2 Gscheidle/Schnider 28, Q5 Litva/Mracko Q28 21-19, 17-21, 15-10 0:48