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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

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 Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1997	Did not play	Sascha Heyer - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	2	1st	30	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	8	3rd	416	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	13	5th	324	US$11,500.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	16	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	17	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	20	3rd	240	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	11	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	13	9th	120	US$3,900.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	6	5th	60	€ 2,375.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2003		Javier Bosma / Raul Mesa, Spain	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:45
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool C	Anton Kulikovsky / Alexei Verbov, Russia	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:36
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool C	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:43
Sat, 8/30/2003	Pool C	Kresimir Peric / Grga Trimcevski, Croatia	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:43
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:59

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	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	$60,750.00	26	23	53.1 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	0	$43,610.00	21	21	50.0 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$60,000.00	23	8	74.2 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	3	1	3	2	9	2	6	1	0	$164,360.00	70	52	57.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	13	1	92.9 %
Total	CEV	6	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$21,575.00	14	9	60.9 %

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
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
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
10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50
6	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$30,000.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$30,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
58	3	3	4	1	11	16	9	1	10	$106,573.75	Total	Total	59	4	3	4	1	11	16	9	1	10	$108,473.75

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%
2002-2003	9	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	9-4	69.2%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
Against the Field	12	85.7%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	24-12	66.7%	4-6	40.0%	2	0	16-9	64.0%

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 31-19 (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 3-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-14, 21-13	0:30
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 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	35	By Forfeit
Trail the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-3
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Berg/Dahl	14	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:48
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool J	Berg/Dahl	16	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:51
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Berg/Dahl	14	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Berger/Doppler	9	26-24, 21-19	0:47
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Berger/Doppler	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:03
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Berger/Doppler	2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against Bosma/Mesa, Spain 2-0
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships		Heuscher/Kobel		Bosma/Mesa		23-21, 21-18	0:45
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against 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 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		21-14, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against 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 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 3-2
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Heuscher/Kobel		21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	3	21-14, 23-21	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Egger/Heyer	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
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 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 3-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel		Gartmayer/Nowotny		21-11, 21-15	0:43
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q14	21-15, 21-19	0:33
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22, Q4	22-20, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios	32	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Grinbergs/Stals		22-20, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 4-3
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud		Heuscher/Kobel		21-15, 21-18	0:54
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	4	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-19	0:37
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
Series tied with Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Horrem/Maaseide	13	21-15, 21-11	0:32
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	30	Heuscher/Kobel	14	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
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 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 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kogel/Mulder	29	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against Kulikovsky/Verbov, Russia 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Heuscher/Kobel		Kulikovsky/Verbov		21-11, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-5
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga		Heuscher/Kobel		21-19, 21-17	0:43
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-16, 21-18	0:38
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	17	21-18, 21-19	0:39
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Heuscher/Kobel	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
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 Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Heuscher/Kobel		Peric/Trimcevski		21-15, 21-16	0:37