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(6) Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zug

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Stare Jablonki 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$256,327.50

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	US$215,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	22	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	US$217,050.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 17th
1997	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 5th
1998	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 5th
1999	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Paul Laciga - 2nd
2001	Sascha Heyer - 33rd	Paul Laciga - 2nd
2002	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2003	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2004	Sascha Heyer - 9th	Paul Laciga - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	8	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	11	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	6	3rd	320	US$16,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Jake Gibb / Stein Metzger, United States (38)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:34
Thu, 6/23/2005	Winner 3	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (43)	Lost 21-7, 19-21, 13-15	0:51
Fri, 6/24/2005	Contender 3	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (28)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 15-17	1:01

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Paul Laciga - 2nd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Martin Laciga - 17th	Markus Egger - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Jonas Weingart - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	6	17th	200	US$7,500.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	$45,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	$162,500.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	22	2	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	0	$217,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Egger												Martin Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,625.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$44,050.00
20	0	2	0	0	2	6	5	2	0	$74,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	53	0	2	2	1	5	16	14	6	0	$188,825.00
73	1	3	2	1	13	10	9	14	0	$166,052.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	139	6	11	5	10	42	27	24	13	0	$530,135.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,175.00	Satellite	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
106	3	7	5	1	17	16	17	16	0	$256,327.50	Total	206	8	15	7	11	52	45	40	19	0	$770,410.00

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
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$37,500.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$37,500.00	13	8	61.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Egger													Martin Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00
											1996	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$16,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,850.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	$6,050.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	$4,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,725.00	1999	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$2,250.00	2000	FIVB	15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50	2002	FIVB	10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00
10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$18,750.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$18,750.00
88	1	5	5	0	12	12	14	15	24	$166,552.50	Total	Total	122	6	13	6	9	37	26	19	4	2	$516,535.00

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	47	72.3%	8	12.3%	10	15.4%	55-10	84.6%	10	27.8%	10	27.8%	16	44.4%	10-26	27.8%	47-16	74.6%	18-20	47.4%	0	3	65-39	62.5%
2004-2005	38	80.9%	2	4.3%	7	14.9%	40-7	85.1%	8	33.3%	5	20.8%	11	45.8%	8-16	33.3%	38-11	77.6%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	48-23	67.6%
Against the Field	30	71.4%	5	11.9%	7	16.7%	35-7	83.3%	9	29.0%	9	29.0%	13	41.9%	9-22	29.0%	60-24	71.4%	28-32	46.7%	0	1	44-29	60.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	10	3	2	1	1	1	2	52	23
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	34	17	4	2	1	1	2	2	70	39

Head to Head Results
Egger/Laciga lead the series against the field 10-8 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Laciga	8	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	2	Egger/Laciga	11	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
5/22/05	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Laciga	6	Insfran/Marques	4	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Egger/Laciga	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	32-30, 21-19	0:51
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
5/21/05	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Egger/Laciga	6	22-20, 21-12	0:36
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	Egger/Laciga	6	21-13, 16-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Heyer/Laciga	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	22	Egger/Laciga	11	21-15, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Kais/Vesik	21	18-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	6	Horrem/Pettersen	24	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 19 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Berger/Doppler	24	Egger/Laciga	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 28 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	28	Egger/Laciga	6	15-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:01
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	8	Leinemann/VanHuizen	25, Q4	21-18, 21-12	0:39
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22, Q3	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 33 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	6	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	27, Q1	21-11, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 38 Gibb/Metzger, United States 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Gibb/Metzger	38	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 42 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 43 Polte/Schoen, Germany 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Polte/Schoen	43	Egger/Laciga	6	7-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51