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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Italian Open
May 12 - 16, 2004

Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (49 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 (52 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	14	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	5	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	12	2nd	540	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	13	17th	60	US$2,500.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		3rd	160	€ 9,000.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/14/2004	Pool B	Alfredo Tabarini / Francesco Tabarini, San Marino	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:29
Fri, 5/14/2004	Pool B	Kresimir Peric / Grga Trimcevski, Croatia	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:35
Sat, 5/15/2004	Pool B	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:38
Sat, 5/15/2004	Winner 1	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:37
Sat, 5/15/2004	Winner 2	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany	Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-11
Sun, 5/16/2004	Semi-Finals	Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain	Lost 16-21, 21-14, 9-15	0:55
Sun, 5/16/2004	Bronze Medal	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France	Won By Forfeit

Head to Head Results
Egger/Heyer lead the series against the field 36-13 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 3 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 2-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-11, 25-23	0:42
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:00
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
Trail the series against Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-2
5/16/04	CEV	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	Bosma/Herrera		Egger/Heyer		21-16, 14-21, 15-9	0:55
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Herrera	24	Egger/Heyer	10	21-19, 21-16	0:40
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Bosma/Herrera	29	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:55
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 5-0
5/16/04	CEV	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer		Canet/Hamel		By Forfeit
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 Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-0
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		21-18, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-2
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		14-21, 21-15, 15-11
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Egger/Heyer	18	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:43
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Egger/Heyer	18	14-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:43
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
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 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Gilbertsson/Svensson	31	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
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
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 8-2
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-17, 21-19	0:44
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	Egger/Heyer	5	23-21, 25-23	0:44
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
Lead the series against Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-11, 21-13	0:37
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
Lead the series against Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Peric/Trimcevski		21-17, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	15	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	31, Q32	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against Tabarini/Tabarini, San Marino 1-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Tabarini/Tabarini		21-8, 21-13	0:29