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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Russian Masters
June 15 - 18, 2006

(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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1998	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Paul Laciga - 4th
FIVB 1999	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Paul Laciga - 5th
2005	Martin Laciga - 5th	Markus Egger - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	4	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	3	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	6	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	3	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	4	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	4	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	1	5th	120	€ 5,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	1	3rd	80	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	11	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	6	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	8	1st	400	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	6	7th	200	US$8,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	1	1st	100	€ 11,050.00
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

Russian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/16/2006	Winner 1	Tomasz Sinczak / Rafal Szternel, Poland (16)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:30
Fri, 6/16/2006	Winner 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (8)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 6/17/2006	Winner 3	Eric Koreng / Kay Matysik, Germany (4)	Won 21-23, 21-16, 18-16	1:01
Sat, 6/17/2006	Semi-Finals	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (8)	Won 21-15, 27-25	0:47
Sun, 6/18/2006	Gold Medal	Eric Koreng / Kay Matysik, Germany (4)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:43

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	13	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	$165,600.00	48	23	67.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	CEV	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,450.00	18	5	78.3 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$18,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
2006	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,100.00	11	1	91.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	2	1	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	0	$184,100.00	55	29	65.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$55,550.00	29	6	82.9 %

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
											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
13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00	2005	FIVB	13	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$82,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,725.00	2005	CEV	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,725.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,250.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,250.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00	2006	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00
116	9	9	8	1	19	15	16	15	24	$309,440.00	Total	Total	150	16	17	9	10	42	30	20	4	2	$662,610.00

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%
2005-2006	27	84.4%	3	9.4%	2	6.3%	30-2	93.8%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	27-4	87.1%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	33-7	82.5%
Against the Field	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	14-6	70.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-5	64.3%

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
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 11-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 2-1
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	21-18, 21-14	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	Egger/Laciga	1	22-20, 21-16	0:43
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-3
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Laciga	1	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:56
8/9/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Egger/Laciga	1	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Egger/Laciga	1	21-17, 21-16	0:36
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	4	14-21, 24-22, 15-7	0:51
5/15/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	3	21-17, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 2-0
6/18/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Koreng/Matysik	4	21-16, 21-18	0:43
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Koreng/Matysik	4	21-23, 21-16, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	6	Klemperer/Schneider	9	21-17, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Benes/Benes	11	28-26, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 2-0
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-15, 27-25	0:47
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 1-0
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	1	Sinczak/Szternel	16	21-11, 21-10	0:30