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European Championship Tour
€ 300,000 European Championships
September 7 - 9, 2001

(5) 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 Jesolo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	16	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	9	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	16	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	17	9th	136	US$4,000.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 2	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (21)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 9/8/2001	Winner 3	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (20)	Lost 19-21, 21-11, 8-15	0:50
Sat, 9/8/2001	Contender 3	Janis Grinbergs / Andris Krumins, Latvia (12)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:42

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 %
2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$44,750.00	20	19	51.3 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$44,750.00	20	19	51.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$13,200.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
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
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	$22,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	$22,375.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
35	2	3	0	1	5	8	6	0	10	$40,331.25	Total	Total	36	3	3	0	1	5	8	6	0	10	$42,231.25

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%
2000-2001	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	6-8	42.9%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%

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 trail the series against the field 11-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	27-25, 26-24	0:46
Lead the series against # 2 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
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
Trail the series against # 3 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 2-3
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	Heuscher/Kobel	13	18-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:54
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	11	24-22, 21-18	0:37
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	9	23-21, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	21-16, 21-17	0:32
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	6	15-3	0:25
Trail the series against # 4 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-2
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	19	Heuscher/Kobel	14	21-14, 26-24	0:46
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Berger/Stamm	25	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 12 Grinbergs/Krumins, Latvia 0-1
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Grinbergs/Krumins	12	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 16 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
Trail the series against # 20 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
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 # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Brenha/Maia	21	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 3-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Pimponi/Raffaelli	9	21-15, 21-18	0:42
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	26	21-15, 21-14	0:32
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	10	15-2	0:20