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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Open
July 7 - 10, 2005

(1) Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

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:

124

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$363,546.36

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	8	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$80,770.96
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	30	6	2	3	1	3	5	4	1	4	1	US$297,820.96

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	12	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	6	17th	200	US$7,500.00
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
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	8	1st	100	€ 11,050.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 1	Tim Joosen / Dieter Melis, Belgium (16)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 2	Javier Bosma / Alex Ortiz, Spain (9)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:36
Sat, 7/9/2005	Winner 3	Agustin Correa / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain (12)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:35
Sat, 7/9/2005	Semi-Finals	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (13)	Won 20-22, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
Sun, 7/10/2005	Gold Medal	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (2)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:42

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	23	2	2	1	1	2	5	4	1	4	1	0	$222,550.00

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
7	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$36,500.00	Confederation Championship	13	2	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	$48,375.00
113	4	9	6	1	19	16	18	16	0	$292,827.50	Total	219	10	17	7	11	55	51	40	19	0	$818,785.00

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	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$46,100.00	15	10	60.0 %
2005	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,100.00	11	1	91.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$46,100.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,100.00	11	1	91.7 %

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
											1997	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
											1998	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,312.50	1999	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,250.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	2000	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	2001	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
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
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
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
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2004	CEV
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$23,050.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00	2005	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00
100	5	7	7	0	14	13	15	15	24	$222,715.00	Total	Total	134	12	15	8	9	37	28	19	4	2	$575,885.00

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	28	84.8%	3	9.1%	2	6.1%	31-2	93.9%	4	36.4%	1	9.1%	6	54.5%	4-7	36.4%	28-6	82.4%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	35-9	79.5%
2004-2005	15	78.9%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	15-2	88.2%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	18-5	78.3%
Against the Field	17	94.4%	0	0.0%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	34-2	94.4%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	18-2	90.0%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	36	18	4	2	1	1	2	2	72	41

Head to Head Results
Egger/Laciga lead the series against the field 10-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-3
7/10/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	21-17, 21-10	0:42
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Egger/Laciga	12	21-17, 21-19	0:36
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 # 3 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:42
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Canet/Hamel	4	28-26, 21-15	0:53
Series tied with # 5 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Heyer/Laciga	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	9	Egger/Laciga	8	16-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 9 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Bosma/Ortiz	9	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Correa/Ruiz Nunez	12	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	13	20-22, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Joosen/Melis, Belgium 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	1	Joosen/Melis	16	21-15, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	8	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-16, 21-12	0:35