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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Austrian Masters
May 17 - 20, 2007

(3) 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 St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	16	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$4,900.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	1	3rd	480	€ 5,850.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	7	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	8	17th	160	US$4,900.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (14)	Won 24-26, 21-18, 15-8	0:58
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (6)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:46
Sat, 5/19/2007	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:39
Sat, 5/19/2007	Contender 4	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:46

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	$49,450.00	17	16	51.5 %
2006	CEV	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,950.00	15	2	88.2 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	1	4	1	0	$215,050.00	65	39	62.5 %
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	8	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$64,400.00	35	9	79.5 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$24,725.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$25,725.00
3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,975.00	2006	CEV	5	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$17,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
123	9	9	9	1	21	16	18	16	24	$329,340.00	Total	Total	160	16	17	10	10	45	32	22	6	2	$686,910.00

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%
2006-2007	13	92.9%	1	7.1%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	13-4	76.5%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	17-4	81.0%
Against the Field	10	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	20-8	71.4%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	12-4	75.0%

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 25-10 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Egger/Laciga	3	21-14, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Egger/Laciga	3	21-14, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-2
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	27	Egger/Laciga	12	By Forfeit
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Semi-Finals	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Egger/Laciga	1	21-16, 21-19	0:40
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	1	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	21-16, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 5-2
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	3	Herrera/Mesa	6	21-18, 21-19	0:46
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Egger/Laciga	7	Herrera/Mesa	26	21-13, 18-21, 18-16	1:02
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	26	Egger/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Herrera/Mesa	2	21-13, 21-17	0:45
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	5	Egger/Laciga	1	25-23, 21-15	0:51
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 21-14	0:33
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 4-1
5/21/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	6	21-14, 21-19	0:46
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 5	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Egger/Laciga	3	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:02
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	4	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-19, 21-17	0:49
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	8	21-16, 21-16	0:45
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Lione/Varnier	13	20-22, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-3
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Egger/Laciga	8	21-18, 21-16	0:44
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	5	Egger/Laciga	4	21-19, 21-16	0:49
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	6	Kais/Vesik	10	21-11, 21-13	0:31
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	14	Egger/Laciga	3	21-12, 24-22	0:42
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 # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 5-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Egger/Laciga	7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	18-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:03
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	13	21-19, 24-22	0:40
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-16, 21-13	0:40
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	1:03
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	27	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	12	Amore/Tomatis	21	21-11, 13-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	24-26, 21-18, 15-8	0:58
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-17, 21-19	0:39
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	21-9, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against 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 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	3	Kolar/Tichy	30, Q37	21-14, 21-14	0:36