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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 (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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Jan Schnider - 25th	Marcel Gscheidle - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
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

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	$26,500.00	19	19	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	9	5	$58,000.00	38	42	47.5 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	$13,250.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	$13,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
61	1	4	2	3	2	8	7	15	19	$51,275.00	Total	Total	41	0	3	0	3	1	9	6	10	9	$36,250.00

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%
2006-2007	19	63.3%	4	13.3%	7	23.3%	23-7	76.7%	3	9.7%	5	16.1%	23	74.2%	3-28	9.7%	19-23	45.2%	7-12	36.8%	0	0	26-35	42.6%
Against the Field	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	1	5.6%	4	22.2%	13	72.2%	1-17	5.6%	18-26	40.9%	6-16	27.3%	0	0	12-21	36.4%

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 8-16 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 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 0-3
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 # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain 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
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain 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
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	30	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 21-16	0:45
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	Gscheidle/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	Herrera/Mesa	23	19-21, 21-18, 15-2	1:00
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland 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
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian 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
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	Gscheidle/Schnider	19	21-10, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
6/15/06	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 # 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
Series tied with # 18, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	30	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:45
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 # 30 Bizzotto/Cicola, Italy 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian 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
7/25/06	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 # Q23 Morikawa/Yamamoto, Japan 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia 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
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy 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
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q5	Litva/Mracko	Q28	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:48