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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(10) Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland

Martin Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

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:

238

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$926,968.48

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	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 Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	18	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	20	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	8	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	7	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	9	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
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
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q9	21st	60	€ 0.00
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (7)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:41
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 3	Gianluca Casadei / Paolo Ficosecco, Italy (16, Q14)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:41
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 4	Adrian Gavira / Raul Mesa, Spain (9)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:42
Sat, 9/13/2008	Semi-Finals	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:42
Sat, 9/13/2008	Bronze Medal	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (3)	Won 13-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:55

Head to Head Results
Laciga/Schnider lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 1-1
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Matysik/Uhmann	2	Laciga/Schnider	9	22-20, 23-21	0:45
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	11	Matysik/Uhmann	6	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-5
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Laciga/Schnider	10	21-18, 21-19	0:42
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Laciga/Schnider	10	21-16, 22-20	0:41
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Laciga/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:47
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-17, 21-15	0:40
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Laciga/Schnider	11	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 3 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-3
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Bronze Medal	Laciga/Schnider	10	Klemperer/Koreng	3	13-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:55
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Laciga/Schnider	18	21-15, 21-18	0:36
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool E	Laciga/Schnider	20	Klemperer/Koreng	8	21-15, 21-15	0:48
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Laciga/Schnider	21	21-16, 25-23	0:48
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Laciga/Schnider	9	21-13, 21-16	0:46
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 # 4 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-2
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	2	Laciga/Schnider	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:59
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	15	Heuscher/Heyer	14	21-19, 21-17	0:44
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Laciga/Schnider	16	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-13, 21-17	0:42
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	9	Fijalek/Prudel	11	21-17, 21-17	0:42
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	15	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 9 Gavira/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	10	Gavira/Mesa	9	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Ces/Ces, France 0-2
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Laciga/Schnider	7	26-24, 15-21, 15-12	1:10
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Series tied with # 12, Q2 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	16	Laciga/Schnider	8	21-19, 21-14	0:47
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	9	Hoyer/Soderberg	15, Q6	20-22, 21-8, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	10	Kais/Vesik	13	21-18, 21-19	0:41
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kais/Vesik	12	Laciga/Schnider	21	21-16, 21-16	0:37
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Laciga/Schnider	15	Kais/Vesik	18	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Gooding/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Laciga/Schnider	Q9	Gooding/Miedzybrodzki	Q24	21-10, 21-8	0:30
Lead the series against # 16, Q14 Casadei/Ficosecco, Italy 1-0
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	10	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q4 Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink, Netherlands 1-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	7	Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink	16, Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # Q6 Cavaliere/Galli, Italy 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	8	Cavaliere/Galli	26	22-20, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # Q13 Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds, Latvia 1-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds	Q18	21-13, 21-10	0:27