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European Championship Tour
€ 180,000 European Championships
August 25 - 27, 2000

(9) 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:

175

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$627,165.63

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:

103

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$356,630.61

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	57	Money
CEV	17	0	4	3	0	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$91,050.88
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	101	8	9	10	3	16	7	19	7	12	1	2	5	2	US$686,060.88

Previous Bilbao Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2000	Lausanne Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	Q22	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	32	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	Q23	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/5-9/2000	Greece Challenger	3	1st	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	Q22	37th	20	US$0.00
CEV	5/24-28/2000	CEV Almere Open		2nd	82	€ 5,850.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/25/2000	Winner 1	Raul Aro Perez / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (24)	Won 15-13	0:40
Fri, 8/25/2000	Winner 2	Javier Bosma / Fabio Diez, Spain (8)	Lost 13-15	0:45
Fri, 8/25/2000	Contender 2	Maurizio Pimponi / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (10)	Won 15-2	0:20
Sat, 8/26/2000	Contender 3	Christoph Dieckmann / Markus Dieckmann, Germany (15)	Won 15-10	0:45
Sat, 8/26/2000	Contender 4	Sergey Ermishin / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (6)	Won 15-3	0:25
Sat, 8/26/2000	Contender 5	Dmitry Karasev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (14)	Lost 3-15	0:28

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
Confederation Championship	7	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$48,725.00
Total	91	8	6	9	3	13	7	18	5	12	1	0	$643,735.00

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
13	0	1	2	1	6	3	0	0	0	$36,987.50	Confederation Championship	7	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$24,362.50
154	9	8	11	4	32	45	29	6	0	$544,167.50	Total	93	9	6	9	3	20	23	12	1	0	$323,767.50

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	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,550.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,550.00	4	2	66.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$281.25	1999	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$281.25
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$2,000.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2000	FIVB C&S	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00
22	2	1	0	0	4	2	3	0	10	$11,581.25	Total	Total	23	3	1	0	0	4	2	3	0	10	$13,481.25

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	27	77.1%	4	11.4%	4	11.4%	31-4	88.6%	5	25.0%	4	20.0%	11	55.0%	5-15	25.0%	27-11	71.1%	9-8	52.9%	3	0	43-21	67.2%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	6-8	42.9%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	11	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	26	12
Total	0	0	1	0	58	22	0	0	101	55	10	12	9	3	6	4	239	125

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Kobel lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	6	15-3	0:25
Trail the series against # 8 Bosma/Diez, Spain 0-1
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Bosma/Diez	8	Heuscher/Kobel	9	15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	10	15-2	0:20
Trail the series against # 14 Karasev/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Karasev/Sayfulin	14	Heuscher/Kobel	9	15-3	0:28
Lead the series against # 15 Dieckmann/Dieckmann, Germany 1-0
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Dieckmann/Dieckmann	15	15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 Aro Perez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Aro Perez/Rodriguez Herrera	24	15-13	0:40