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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 (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 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

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	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	$30,000.00	15	12	55.6 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	3	0	$51,800.00	21	22	48.8 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$13,300.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	4	3	1	$81,800.00	36	34	51.4 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	$17,300.00	17	11	60.7 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	2	1	$23,800.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	3	$25,250.00
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
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	3	0	$25,900.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	3	0	$25,900.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$6,650.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$6,650.00
188	16	17	12	11	51	38	29	11	3	$748,185.00	Total	Total	77	0	3	1	5	9	17	13	16	13	$96,175.00

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%
2007-2008	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%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	18-12	60.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%

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 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