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July 24 - 29, 2007
(42) 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 Gstaad Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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
2006 Jan Schnider - 9th Marcel Gscheidle - 9th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam Q11 41st 24 US$0.00
FIVB 7/3-8/2007 Montréal Open 20 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 30, Q11 25th 80 US$3,500.00
FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 26, Q6 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open Country Quota 0 US$0.00
FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open 19 17th 120 US$3,000.00
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
Gstaad World Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 7/24/2007 Pool T Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (7) Lost 14-21, 21-19, 12-15 0:53
Wed, 7/25/2007 Pool T Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (18) Lost 19-21, 19-21 0:49
Thu, 7/26/2007 Pool T Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (31) Won 21-16, 21-17 0:37
Fri, 7/27/2007 Winner 1 David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (17) Lost 14-21, 19-21 0:45
World Championships Results 
YearEventLocationPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2009World ChampionshipsStavanger Did not play Andreas Sutter - 37th
2011World ChampionshipsRome Did not play Philip Gabathuler - 17th
World Championships Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships 42 17th 200 US$7,000.00
Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 10-31 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 19 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 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool C Cunha/Neto 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 30, Q11 21-17, 21-15 0:50
10/25/06FIVBMexico Open Winner 1 Cunha/Neto 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 30 21-17, 21-19 0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/14/07FIVBEspinho Open Winner 1 Araujo/Magalhaes 7 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 21-18, 21-10 0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
10/26/06FIVBMexico Open Contender 3 Dalhausser/Rogers 5 Gscheidle/Schnider 30 21-15, 25-23 1:02
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool T Heuscher/Heyer 7 Gscheidle/Schnider 42 21-14, 19-21, 15-12 0:53
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool C Lambert/Metzger 14 Gscheidle/Schnider 30, Q11 21-18, 21-17 0:43
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 15 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool C Reckermann/Urbatzka 19 Gscheidle/Schnider 30, Q11 21-16, 21-13 0:36
5/24/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Reckermann/Urbatzka 14 Gscheidle/Schnider 19 21-10, 21-14 0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/1/06FIVBCroatia Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 7 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 21-16, 21-12 0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/27/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Winner 1 Klemperer/Koreng 17 Gscheidle/Schnider 42 21-14, 21-19 0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/25/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool T Gosch/Horst 18 Gscheidle/Schnider 42 21-19, 21-19 0:49
Series tied with # 19 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 # 20 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Doppler/Gartmayer 13 Gscheidle/Schnider 19 22-20, 23-21 0:50
Series tied with # 21 "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 # 22 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-1
6/14/07FIVBEspinho Open Contender 1 Brenha/Maia 10 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 16-21, 21-14, 15-8 0:54
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Contender 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 31, Q10 Brenha/Maia 18 21-19, 21-13 0:45
7/14/05FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Gscheidle/Schnider 23, Q12 Brenha/Maia 10 21-18, 19-21, 15-5 0:59
Trail the series against # 23 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-3
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Winner 1 De Gruijter/Ronnes 13 Gscheidle/Schnider 20 21-15, 18-21, 16-14 0:58
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
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 31 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-2
7/26/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool T Gscheidle/Schnider 42 Leinemann/VanHuizen 31 21-16, 21-17 0:37
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
Lead the series against # 33 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 # 36 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 # 43 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 0-1
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Contender 1 Biza/Lebl 29 Gscheidle/Schnider 20 15-21, 21-18, 15-6 0:57
Trail the series against # 45 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