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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship
August 24 - 26, 2007

(11) Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, 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:

238

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$926,968.48

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (42 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	21	25	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$25,490.15
FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	0	4	1	US$97,800.00
Overall	26	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	3	4	1	4	1	US$123,290.15

Previous Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Markus Egger - 1st	Marcel Gscheidle - 19th
2006	Markus Egger - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	28, Q2	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	28, Q6	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q10	41st	24	US$0.00

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2007	Winner 1	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (22)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 8/24/2007	Winner 2	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (6)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:38
Fri, 8/24/2007	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (3)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:36
Sat, 8/25/2007	Contender 3	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (10)	Won 21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:53
Sun, 8/26/2007	Contender 4	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (2)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 11-15	0:50

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$28,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	3	2	0	$69,700.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	22	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	3	4	4	0	$103,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Laciga												Jan Schnider
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,700.00
53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	0	$40,850.00
139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	16	0	$77,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Satellite	8	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
13	2	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$48,375.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00
219	10	17	7	11	55	51	40	19	0	$818,785.00	Total	105	0	3	0	4	7	22	16	26	0	$137,450.00

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$10,500.00	8	5	61.5 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$10,500.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Laciga													Jan Schnider
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00	1997	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1997	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1997	CEV
13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00	1998	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	1998	CEV
13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00	1999	FIVB
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00	1999	CEV
15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00	2000	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2000	CEV
11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00	2001	FIVB
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2001	CEV
10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2002	CEV
											2002	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2003	CEV
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2004	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$12,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00
4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,725.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$25,725.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	$13,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
5	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$17,375.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	$14,050.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	3	$15,500.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,425.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
169	16	17	11	10	47	32	25	8	3	$705,885.00	Total	Total	58	0	3	0	4	5	11	9	13	13	$53,875.00

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	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	12-6	66.7%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	17-11	60.7%
2006-2007	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	8-10	44.4%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	8	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	27
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	0	0	4	1	10	8	0	0	18	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	48	44

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Schnider lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	20-22, 21-9, 15-13	1:14
Trail the series against # 2 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 4	Boersma/Ronnes	2	Laciga/Schnider	11	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Laciga/Schnider	11	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	11	Matysik/Uhmann	6	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Series tied with # 10 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	11	Gosch/Horst	10	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:53
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	11	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 17 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Lione/Varnier	21	23-21, 21-18	1:01
Lead the series against # 22 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	11	Babich/Nikolaev	22	21-14, 21-15	0:35