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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(16) Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aarberg

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

206

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$784,010.00

Paul Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 24, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$599,960.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	119	5	12	5	9	32	4	18	7	19	6	2	US$1,003,870.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,800.00
Overall	121	6	13	5	9	32	4	18	7	19	6	2	US$1,011,670.00

Previous Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	10	4th	210	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	11	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	8	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	8	9th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	10	5th	180	US$7,300.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	10	9th	105	US$3,100.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	9	13th	90	US$2,700.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	13	5th	180	US$7,300.00
FIVB C&S	6/25-29/1997	Czech Republic Challenger	1	1st	60	US$6,000.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	14	9th	120	US$3,500.00
FIVB	12/13-15/1996	South Africa Open	18	17th	60	US$1,500.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Premysl Kubala / Michal Palinek, Czech Republic (17)	Won 12-9, 10-12, 12-10	1:34
Fri, 9/12/1997		Eduardo Bacil / Jose Loiola, Brazil (1)	Lost 10-12, 12-9, 14-16	1:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Paul Laciga - 9th	Martin Laciga - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Markus Egger - 17th	Sascha Heyer - 2nd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Paul Laciga - 17th	Martin Laciga - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Jonas Weingart - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	16	9th	210	US$6,200.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	6	2nd	540	US$39,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	3	5th	300	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	3	5th	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	13	17th	200	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$77,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	2	1	1	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	$171,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	94	5	9	4	8	25	3	14	5	15	5	0	$750,670.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	121	6	13	5	9	32	4	18	7	19	6	0	$1,011,670.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Laciga												Paul Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00	World Championships	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$61,100.00
53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	2	1	2	4	7	4	3	0	$113,775.00
139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	106	5	9	4	8	29	27	18	5	0	$405,085.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
206	8	15	7	11	52	45	40	19	0	$770,410.00	Total	141	6	14	5	10	38	35	23	8	0	$586,360.00

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
1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	$54,100.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	0	$54,100.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Laciga													Paul Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00	1995	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	$16,000.00
10	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$27,050.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$27,050.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
32	1	0	0	2	3	11	9	4	2	$51,550.00	Total	Total	31	1	0	0	2	3	11	8	4	2	$50,800.00

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	110	71.9%	27	17.6%	16	10.5%	137-16	89.5%	27	33.8%	13	16.3%	40	50.0%	27-53	33.8%	110-40	73.3%	54-29	65.1%	3	2	175-74	70.3%
1996-1997	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	19	57.6%	5	15.2%	9	27.3%	24-9	72.7%	8	57.1%	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	8-6	57.1%	38-6	86.4%	26-12	68.4%	0	0	36-11	76.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	20	4	0	0	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	38	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	31	8	0	0	55	22	8	2	2	0	3	5	113	47
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Total	0	0	0	0	61	13	0	0	72	36	11	2	2	0	3	8	179	75

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bacil/Loiola, Brazil 0-1
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Bacil/Loiola	1	Laciga/Laciga	16	12-10, 9-12, 16-14	1:36
Lead the series against # 17 Kubala/Palinek, Czech Republic 1-0
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	16	Kubala/Palinek	17	12-9, 10-12, 12-10	1:34