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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(27) Philip Gabathuler/Jan Schnider, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$178,350.00

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	9	10	4	US$78,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	9	10	4	US$79,000.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	David Wenger - 17th	Did not play
2010	Jan Schnider - 33rd	Philip Gabathuler - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q12	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q7	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	24, Q6	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	20	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool C

Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)

Lost 15-21, 21-19, 18-20

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	32	17	6	0.344	1	3	1	2
	1	12	5	4	0.083	0	0	0	0
	2	11	5	2	0.273	0	2	0	1
	3	9	7	0	0.778	1	1	1	1
Jan Schnider	Total	40	18	13	0.125	0	11	4	6
	1	11	4	4	0.000	0	2	2	1
	2	15	7	5	0.133	0	6	2	3
	3	14	7	4	0.214	0	3	0	2

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool C

Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (46)

Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-12

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	42	25	7	0.429	4	1	6	2
	1	13	9	2	0.538	2	0	1	1
	2	15	10	2	0.533	1	0	1	1
	3	14	6	3	0.214	1	1	4	0
Jan Schnider	Total	22	12	3	0.409	0	8	1	3
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	3	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	4	1	2
	3	2	1	0	0.500	0	1	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool C

Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (22)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	22	15	1	0.636	5	4	1	0
	1	11	7	1	0.545	4	2	0	0
	2	11	8	0	0.727	1	2	1	0
Jan Schnider	Total	28	13	2	0.393	0	12	0	0
	1	17	7	2	0.294	0	7	0	0
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	5	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (36)

Lost 21-12, 18-21, 12-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	43	20	9	0.256	3	0	2	3
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	0	2	1
	2	16	6	5	0.063	2	0	0	1
	3	16	9	2	0.438	0	0	0	1
Jan Schnider	Total	15	7	5	0.133	0	12	0	1
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	2	0	0
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	8	0	1
	3	3	1	2	-0.333	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	139	77	23	0.388	13	8	10	7
Jan Schnider	105	50	23	0.257	0	43	5	10
Total	244	127	46	0.332	13	51	15	17
Opponents	224	117	35	0.366	20	48	3	21

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	David Wenger - 33rd	Marcel Gscheidle - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	David Wenger - 37th	Andreas Sutter - 37th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Jonas Weingart - 33rd	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Mirco Gerson - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	27	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Schnider trail the series against the field 10-27 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 17 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Araujo/Santos	3	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	21-15, 19-21, 20-18	1:02
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-14, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-11, 25-23	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	28	21-18, 33-31	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-19, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	22-20, 21-13	0:36
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	21-17, 15-21, 15-7	0:48
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Series tied with # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-19, 21-18	0:39
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	42	Skarlund/Spinnangr	23	20-22, 21-18, 19-17	1:02
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-14, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	Hoyer/Soderberg	12	21-16, 24-22	0:47
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q9	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Ces/Ces	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	19-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:57
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q9	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-3
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	30-28, 21-18	0:49
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	26-24, 20-22, 16-14	1:12
Series tied with # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-19, 21-17	0:42
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Lario/Mesa	7	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	14-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Jaani/Vesik	23, Q5	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	26-28, 21-16, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q22	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	36	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	12-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:42
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 41 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19, Q15	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q2	21-18, 10-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 42 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	Boehm/Kapa	Q23	21-14, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 46 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	Redmann/Saxton	46	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Redmann/Saxton	29, Q11	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:34