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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 3 - 7, 2002

(13) Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

Stefan Kobel
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Winterthur

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$299,405.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	73	3	3	6	3	10	5	16	5	12	1	2	5	2	US$572,660.00
FIVB C&S	11	5	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$22,350.00
Overall	84	8	5	7	3	11	6	17	5	12	1	2	5	2	US$595,010.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Stefan Kobel - 41st	Patrick Heuscher - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	8	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	8	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	11	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	14	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	11	13th	0	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/16-19/2001	Swiss Satellite	1	2nd	30	US$2,600.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	14	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	13	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	11	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	11	9th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	8	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool D	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (29)	Won 15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:42
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool D	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-18, 23-25, 11-15	1:01
Sat, 7/6/2002	Pool D	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (20)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Sat, 7/6/2002	Winner 1	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (30)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:35
Sat, 7/6/2002	Winner 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (12)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:46
Sun, 7/7/2002	Semi-Finals	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:43
Sun, 7/7/2002	Bronze Medal	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Harley Marques, Brazil (8)	Won By Forfeit

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$25,250.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	1	1	2	0	2	1	5	2	3	0	0	$208,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	51	2	2	3	3	7	4	11	2	7	1	0	$337,810.00
Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Satellite	9	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$16,850.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	84	8	5	7	3	11	6	17	5	12	1	0	$595,010.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Heuscher												Stefan Kobel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$25,125.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$12,625.00
47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	0	$238,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	1	1	2	0	3	7	3	0	0	$104,050.00
72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	0	$230,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	2	2	3	3	11	13	7	1	0	$168,905.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00	Satellite	10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
141	9	7	9	3	26	42	29	6	0	$507,180.00	Total	86	9	5	7	3	17	22	12	1	0	$299,405.00

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
2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	$60,750.00	26	23	53.1 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$19,740.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	2	3	0	0	$80,490.00	35	29	54.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Heuscher													Stefan Kobel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00	1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,075.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$9,870.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$9,870.00
35	2	2	1	1	5	8	6	0	10	$51,320.00	Total	Total	36	3	2	1	1	5	8	6	0	10	$53,220.00

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	120	71.4%	25	14.9%	23	13.7%	145-23	86.3%	40	31.7%	21	16.7%	65	51.6%	40-86	31.7%	120-65	64.9%	65-44	59.6%	5	3	190-112	62.9%
2001-2002	30	63.8%	7	14.9%	10	21.3%	37-10	78.7%	8	19.0%	8	19.0%	26	61.9%	8-34	19.0%	30-26	53.6%	15-18	45.5%	2	0	47-44	51.6%
Against the Field	52	72.2%	7	9.7%	13	18.1%	59-13	81.9%	14	23.3%	9	15.0%	37	61.7%	14-46	23.3%	104-62	62.7%	42-44	48.8%	4	2	77-55	58.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	18	6	0	0	20	15	2	2	2	0	1	1	55	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	23	13	0	0	55	31	4	6	3	3	2	2	123	73
Satellite	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	10	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	23	1
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	53	21	0	0	90	50	9	10	7	3	6	3	213	113

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Kobel lead the series against the field 22-21 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-4
7/7/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-17, 21-19	0:43
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Bronze Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-16, 21-18	0:34
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-19, 21-18	0:31
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 2, Q10 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Baracetti/Conde	2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	3	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-15, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 4 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Loiola/Santos	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	18-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:01
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Loiola/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	11	20-22, 29-27, 15-11	1:06
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Loiola/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-2
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Lopes/Neto	7	Heuscher/Kobel	8	27-25, 21-16	0:49
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Lopes/Neto	8, Q2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Series tied with # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Laciga/Laciga	3	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	0:56
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	27-25, 26-24	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 1-0
7/7/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Ferreira/Marques	8	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 9 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	10	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-12, 21-17	0:36
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	25	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 4-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	25-23, 21-19	0:46
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-15, 21-15	0:35
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	5	21-13, 34-32	0:39
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Heuscher/Kobel	8	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	20	Heuscher/Kobel	13	17-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:00
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 3-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Holden/Leinemann	24	21-16, 21-16	0:39
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Holden/Leinemann	13	19-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:08
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Holden/Leinemann	18	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Canet/Hamel	22	16-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Brenha/Maia	20	20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 23 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Berg/Dahl	14	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 2-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	9	21-14, 21-13	0:36
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Pedrosa/Teixeira	27	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 29 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 30 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # Q1 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	22	Heuscher/Kobel	11	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Bosma/Cotrino	22, Q2	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # Q7 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # Q9 Maderbock/Stamm, Austria 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Maderbock/Stamm	24, Q3	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22, Q4	22-20, 21-18	0:42