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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, 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

Sascha Heyer
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$534,068.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	49	Money
CEV	7	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$80,071.16
FIVB	45	0	3	1	0	7	1	9	1	13	7	1	1	1	US$256,855.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,000.00
Overall	56	3	6	5	0	7	2	9	1	13	7	1	1	1	US$343,926.16

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1996	Did not play	Martin Walser - 25th
FIVB 1997	Did not play	Stefan Kobel - 41st
FIVB 1998	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	3	3rd	24	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	15	5th	312	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	13	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	18	9th	216	US$7,000.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		1st	100	€ 8,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	13	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	9	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	18	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	23	17th	60	US$2,520.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	8	7th	50	€ 1,800.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool A	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 13-15	1:05
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool A	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:40
Sat, 8/30/2003	Pool A	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden	Won 23-21, 26-24	0:55
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
Sun, 8/31/2003	Semi-Finals	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:48
Sun, 8/31/2003	Bronze Medal	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$104,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	1	0	6	1	5	1	9	6	0	$145,005.00
Satellite	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,000.00
Total	54	2	6	4	0	7	2	9	1	13	7	0	$329,855.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Egger												Sascha Heyer
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,625.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$38,875.00
20	0	2	0	0	2	6	5	2	0	$74,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	0	$193,725.00
73	1	3	2	1	13	10	9	14	0	$166,052.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	0	$173,027.50
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Challenger	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,100.00
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,175.00	Satellite	8	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,465.00
7	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$36,500.00	Confederation Championship	12	1	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$44,125.00
113	4	9	6	1	19	16	18	16	0	$292,827.50	Total	167	3	8	9	1	21	47	39	19	0	$457,317.50

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
2000	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,700.00	5	1	83.3 %
2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$25,250.00	29	21	58.0 %
2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	$44,305.00	19	18	51.4 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00	19	11	63.3 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2003	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	12	2	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	1	0	0	5	0	4	0	7	7	1	$113,055.00	67	50	57.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	CEV	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$62,000.00	24	6	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Egger													Sascha Heyer
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$2,500.00
											1996	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,850.00	1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,850.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	$6,050.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	$4,000.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,725.00	1999	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,140.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,312.50	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$2,250.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,412.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
7	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	$21,750.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	$21,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00	2003	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00
75	3	4	4	0	10	5	10	15	24	$110,065.00	Total	Total	69	3	3	5	1	7	9	11	10	20	$101,505.00

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	20	76.9%	6	23.1%	0	0.0%	26-0	100.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	6	50.0%	3-9	25.0%	20-6	76.9%	9-3	75.0%	1	0	35-9	79.5%
2002-2003	9	69.2%	4	30.8%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	9-3	75.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	13-4	76.5%
Against the Field	13	65.0%	6	30.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	0-9	0.0%	26-12	68.4%	12-4	75.0%	1	0	21-8	72.4%

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	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	12	6	0	0	11	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	32	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	4	20	16	0	0	16	21	1	1	1	0	0	1	83	57
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	12	2	3	1	1	0	1	2	22	8
Total	0	0	24	5	43	25	0	0	41	31	6	3	3	0	1	5	147	88

Head to Head Results
Egger/Heyer lead the series against the field 29-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	8	Ahmann/Hager		21-15, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Lead the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Backer/Boersma		21-12, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 3-2
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Egger/Heyer		Berg/Dahl		23-21, 26-24	0:55
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	23	Berg/Dahl	16	21-15, 21-14	0:42
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	21	Egger/Heyer	28	21-19, 21-15	0:43
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Egger/Heyer	30	Berg/Dahl	14	21-16, 21-17	0:41
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Egger/Heyer	20	13-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-2
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Berger/Doppler		Egger/Heyer		21-19, 21-16	0:48
7/13/03	CEV	Greek Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Heyer		Berger/Doppler		21-19, 21-14	0:40
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against Bosma/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Bosma/Mesa		21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	16-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against Canet/Hamel, France 4-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Egger/Heyer		Canet/Hamel		21-14, 21-14	0:40
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Canet/Hamel	24	21-18, 21-19	0:39
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:37
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
Series tied with Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		Egger/Heyer		21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Reckermann	15	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Grinbergs/Stals		21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-3
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Heuscher/Kobel		21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	3	21-14, 23-21	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Egger/Heyer	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Egger/Heyer	20	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-19, 11-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 7-1
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer	3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	21-12, 21-15	0:32
7/13/03	CEV	Greek Open	Gold Medal	Egger/Heyer		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		21-16, 21-15	0:46
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		21-19, 34-36, 15-12	1:25
8/4/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Egger/Heyer	23	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:59
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool A	Egger/Heyer	17	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
9/9/01	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Egger/Heyer	20	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	2	21-19, 21-14	0:40
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	10-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:50
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Egger/Heyer	19	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	2	15-12	0:44
Trail the series against Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Horrem/Maaseide	3	Egger/Heyer	8	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer		Kais/Vesik		21-9, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Egger/Heyer	22	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	17-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:55
Trail the series against Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-5
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Egger/Heyer	23	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	1	Egger/Heyer	8	21-18, 21-18	0:40
9/9/01	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Egger/Heyer	20	Laciga/Laciga	1	21-18, 23-21	0:38
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	1	Egger/Heyer	20	21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:57
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:35
8/27/00	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Laciga/Laciga	1	Egger/Heyer	19	12-11, 12-4	1:06