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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 24 - 29, 2008

(16) Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1975 (49 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

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:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	4	4	1	US$97,800.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Paul Laciga - 4th	Did not play
2000	Paul Laciga - 9th	Did not play
2001	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Did not play
2002	Paul Laciga - 9th	Did not play
2003	Paul Laciga - 5th	Did not play
2005	Markus Egger - 9th	Marcel Gscheidle - 33rd
2006	Markus Egger - 9th	Marcel Gscheidle - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	15	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	8	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	15	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	16	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/26/2008	Pool A	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (17)	Won 22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:57
Thu, 6/26/2008	Pool A	Oivind Hordvik / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (32)	Won 21-9, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 6/27/2008	Pool A	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 15-21, 22-20, 12-15	0:56
Sat, 6/28/2008	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (20)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 22-24	1:03

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Schnider trail the series against the field 13-21 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
6/14/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-9	0:40
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-16, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-18, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	4	Laciga/Schnider	8	22-20, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-4
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	3	Laciga/Schnider	14	21-18, 23-21	0:44
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Marques/Solberg	2	Laciga/Schnider	8	21-18, 21-16	0:43
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	18	Marques/Solberg	2	21-16, 21-18	0:43
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	4	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-19, 21-15	0:39
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	5	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-14, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	17-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Reckermann/Urbatzka	16	Laciga/Schnider	17	21-19, 30-32, 15-6	1:08
Lead the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
9/29/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Laciga/Schnider	18	Boersma/Ronnes	14	15-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 17 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Laciga/Schnider	16	Lione/Varnier	17	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:57
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 # 18 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:54
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	1:00
Trail the series against # 19 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
9/30/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-14, 21-17	0:46
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-13, 21-10	0:39
Trail the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-15, 16-21, 24-22	1:03
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 25, Q7 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Dugrip/Gagliano	22, Q5	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 27, Q12 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 28, Q4 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-2
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/Heese	17	Laciga/Schnider	16	21-12, 21-19	0:37
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/Heese	18	Laciga/Schnider	17	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 30 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
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 # 32 Hordvik/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Laciga/Schnider	16	Hordvik/Spinnangr	32	21-9, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # Q3 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	8	Li/Zhou	9	21-18, 24-22	0:49
Lead the series against # Q10 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q6	Goranson/Hoidalen	21	21-11, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Laciga/Schnider	15	Pedrosa/Rosas	31, Q17	29-31, 21-15, 15-11	1:21
Lead the series against # Q16 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	8	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	19-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:50