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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Masters
August 5 - 8, 2006

(16) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Jan Schnider - 5th	Marcel Gscheidle - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	25, Q5	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q3	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	10/12-16/2005	Argentina Satellite	4	4th	14	US$800.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	22	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	16	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	2	2nd	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	2	2nd	30	US$2,400.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	14	5th	60	€ 3,000.00

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 8/7/2006	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:47
Mon, 8/7/2006	Contender 1	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (9)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
Mon, 8/7/2006	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (11)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 19-21	1:08

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-3
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-17, 21-16	0:47
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 # 3 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Klemperer/Schneider	11	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	17-21, 21-14, 20-18	1:04
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	31, Q10	Heuscher/Kobel	9	16-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:11
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	21-18, 21-12	0:44
8/14/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-1
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
Lead the series against # 9 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 2-0
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	Benes/Benes	9	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
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 # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-19, 18-21, 21-19	1:08
Series tied with # 12 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
Lead the series against Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	Galli/Raffaelli	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:00