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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
July 20 - 25, 1999

(6) Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

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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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Paul Laciga - 25th	Martin Laciga - 25th
1996	Paul Laciga - 5th	Martin Laciga - 5th
1997	Paul Laciga - 9th	Martin Laciga - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/1999	Italian Open	3	17th	68	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/7-11/1999	Norway Open	3	4th	238	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/1999	German Open	4	2nd	306	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/1999	Russian Open	6	5th	204	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Toronto Open	9	5th	204	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/7-11/1999	Mexico Open	8	4th	238	US$11,000.00
FIVB	1/13-17/1999	Argentina Open	7	9th	136	US$4,500.00
FIVB	12/3-6/1998	Brazil Open	8	4th	238	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/11-13/1998	Turkey Open	4	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-6/1998	Spain Open	11	5th	204	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/21-23/1998	Russian Open	2	4th	238	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/14-16/1998	Belgium Open	3	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/7-9/1998	Portugal Grand Slam	2	4th	280	US$14,600.00
FIVB	7/31-8/2/1998	Austria Open	3	13th	102	US$3,200.00
FIVB	7/22-26/1998	Goodwill Games		7th	170	US$5,000.00

Marseille World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/1999		Bill Boullianne / Ian Clark, United States (27)	Won 15-13	0:45
Thu, 7/22/1999		Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (11)	Won 15-7	0:28
Fri, 7/23/1999		Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Guilherme Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-16	0:35
Sat, 7/24/1999		Maurizio Pimponi / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (31)	Won 15-6	0:38
Sat, 7/24/1999		Rob Heidger / Kevin Wong, United States (13)	Won 15-9	0:35
Sat, 7/24/1999		Adam Johnson / Karch Kiraly, United States (5)	Won 17-15	0:55
Sat, 7/24/1999		Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Guilherme Marques, Brazil (3)	Won 15-11	0:56
Sat, 7/24/1999		Jose Loiola / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 8-15	0:50

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	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	$56,600.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	8	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$104,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	2	0	3	4	0	8	1	1	0	0	$160,600.00	7	3	70.0 %

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
11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00
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
13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00
8	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	$52,000.00	1999	FIVB	8	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	$52,000.00
54	2	3	0	7	11	14	11	4	2	$176,200.00	Total	Total	53	2	3	0	7	11	14	10	4	2	$175,450.00

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%
1998-1999	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	26	57.8%	6	13.3%	13	28.9%	32-13	71.1%	10	52.6%	0	0.0%	9	47.4%	10-9	52.6%	52-10	83.9%	32-10	76.2%	1	0	51-13	79.7%

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
Laciga/Laciga lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Loiola/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Loiola/Rego	2	Laciga/Laciga	6	15-8	0:50
Series tied with # 3 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 1-1
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Ferreira/Marques	3	15-11	0:56
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Ferreira/Marques	3	Laciga/Laciga	6	16-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Johnson/Kiraly, United States 1-0
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Johnson/Kiraly	5	17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Brenha/Maia	11	15-7	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Heidger/Wong, United States 1-0
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Heidger/Wong	13	15-9	0:35
Lead the series against # 27 Boullianne/Clark, United States 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Boullianne/Clark	27	15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 31 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Laciga/Laciga	6	Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	15-6	0:38