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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(14) 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 CEV Best:

5th (Lucerne 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$65,794.07

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:

122

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Blackpool 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$155,915.86

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$7,849.60
FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	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	0	US$5,400.00
Overall	37	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	5	6	1	12	2	2	3	US$85,749.60

Previous Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q11	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	26, Q17	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	22, Q16	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	23, Q12	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	2	13th	18	US$700.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	31	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	16	13th	30	€ 1,300.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 2	Sebastian Beck / Michael Bleiker, Switzerland	Won 17-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:59
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 3	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (13)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 18-16	0:58
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (3)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:45
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 2	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (6)	Won 21-23, 22-20, 15-11	1:07
Mon, 8/8/2005	Winner 3	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (2)	Lost 21-23, 10-21	0:41
Tue, 8/9/2005	Contender 4	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (1)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:44

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	21-19, 21-18	0:44
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	8	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	23-21, 21-10	0:41
Series tied with # 3 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	Canet/Hamel	3	21-18, 21-17	0:45
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-15, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 6 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	Lione/Varnier	6	21-23, 22-20, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 7 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q11	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q22	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	Grinbergs/Stals	13	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	14	Beck/Bleiker		17-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	Benes/Benes		22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39