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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Russian Masters
June 15 - 18, 2006

(3) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Stefan Kobel - 2nd	Patrick Heuscher - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	7	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	3	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	6	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	2	9th	160	US$6,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	3	2nd	180	€ 15,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	1	1st	34	US$3,400.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	9	2nd	90	€ 8,150.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	4	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	5	1st	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	4	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	4	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	11	3rd	448	US$21,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	9	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	6	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Russian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/16/2006	Winner 1	Leonid Kalinine / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (14)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 20-22	1:07
Fri, 6/16/2006	Contender 1	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (6)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 12-15	0:54

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	9	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	$87,000.00	31	14	68.9 %
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 %
2004	FIVB	11	1	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$151,500.00	49	18	73.1 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2005	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	$129,750.00	35	21	62.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	CEV	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00	13	4	76.5 %
2006	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,300.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	54	3	3	6	2	9	4	14	4	8	1	0	$510,610.00	172	100	63.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,900.00	18	1	94.7 %
Total	CEV	12	0	3	2	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	$63,875.00	36	18	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
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
9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00
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
11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00	2004	FIVB	11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00	2005	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	CEV	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$19,000.00	2006	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$19,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,150.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,150.00
92	7	8	9	2	20	24	11	1	10	$302,548.75	Total	Total	93	8	8	9	2	20	24	11	1	10	$304,448.75

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%
2005-2006	13	61.9%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4-7	36.4%	13-5	72.2%	8-6	57.1%	2	0	23-11	67.6%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	8-3	72.7%

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 9-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 3-2
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Laciga	1	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:56
8/9/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Egger/Laciga	1	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Egger/Laciga	1	21-17, 21-16	0:36
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	4	14-21, 24-22, 15-7	0:51
5/15/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	3	21-17, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 2 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-16, 21-18	0:36
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	7	21-11, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Klemperer/Schneider	6	21-18, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Benes/Benes	6	Heuscher/Kobel	3	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Canet/Gagliano, France 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Canet/Gagliano	31, Q17	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Kalinine/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Kalinine/Kolodinsky	14	Heuscher/Kobel	3	17-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:07
Lead the series against # 15 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 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 2-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	31, Q32	21-13, 21-14	0:37
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger		21-19, 21-19	0:37