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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(28) Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

16

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

9

Career FIVB WT Wins:

3

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

Sascha Heyer
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

18

Tournaments:

155

Career Wins:

2

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$413,192.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	36	0	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$258,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	37	1	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$260,050.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Stefan Kobel - 41st	Martin Tschudi - 25th
2001	Did not play	Markus Egger - 25th
2002	Stefan Kobel - 3rd	Markus Egger - 25th
2003	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Markus Egger - 17th
2004	Did not play	Markus Egger - 5th
2005	Stefan Kobel - 3rd	Paul Laciga - 13th
2006	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2007	Sascha Heyer - 5th	Patrick Heuscher - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	11	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool D

Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena, United States (21)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Patrick Heuscher	Total	17	11	4	0.412	0	5	0	1
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	0	0	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	0	5	0	1
Sascha Heyer	Total	21	16	1	0.714	2	6	1	3
	1	13	9	1	0.615	1	6	0	2
	2	8	7	0	0.875	1	0	1	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool D

Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Won 21-14, 23-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Patrick Heuscher	Total	17	12	2	0.588	2	3	1	5
	1	10	8	1	0.700	1	2	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	1	1	4
Sascha Heyer	Total	17	9	4	0.294	0	1	3	4
	1	4	2	2	0.000	0	0	2	4
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	1	0

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool D

Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (45)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Patrick Heuscher	Total	30	18	5	0.433	2	10	2	4
	1	17	9	2	0.412	1	6	2	1
	2	13	9	3	0.462	1	4	0	3
Sascha Heyer	Total	13	7	0	0.538	1	4	0	3
	1	8	4	0	0.500	1	3	0	1
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	0	2

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (13)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Patrick Heuscher	Total	28	17	3	0.500	2	4	0	2
	1	16	9	3	0.375	1	2	0	1
	2	12	8	0	0.667	1	2	0	1
Sascha Heyer	Total	6	5	0	0.833	1	3	1	4
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	2	1	2
	2	3	2	0	0.667	1	1	0	2

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (10)

Lost 18-21, 22-24

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Patrick Heuscher	Total	27	10	7	0.111	2	4	2	5
	1	8	2	4	-0.250	1	1	1	3
	2	19	8	3	0.263	1	3	1	2
Sascha Heyer	Total	20	14	4	0.500	1	2	0	4
	1	12	8	3	0.417	0	1	0	2
	2	8	6	1	0.625	1	1	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Patrick Heuscher	119	68	21	0.395	8	26	5	17
Sascha Heyer	77	51	9	0.545	5	16	5	18
Total	196	119	30	0.454	13	42	10	35
Opponents	210	107	42	0.310	12	38	6	30

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Martin Tschudi - 41st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Markus Egger - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Markus Egger - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Paul Laciga - 2nd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Patrick Heuscher - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Jefferson Bellaguarda - 17th	Sebastian Chevallier - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	28	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Heyer lead the series against the field 24-23 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-15, 21-10	0:41
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Heuscher/Heyer	17	21-18, 21-18	0:57
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Heuscher/Heyer	16	21-14, 21-15	0:43
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Heuscher/Heyer	12	21-13, 22-20	0:43
Series tied with # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Cunha/Solberg	4	21-14, 23-21	0:41
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	5	Heuscher/Heyer	20	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-0
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:55
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Rego/Santos	1	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:59
Series tied with # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Heuscher/Heyer	12	26-28, 22-20, 15-13	1:05
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	22, Q2	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-2
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Heuscher/Heyer	9	21-19, 21-13	0:47
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Heuscher/Heyer	21	22-20, 16-21, 15-9	1:03
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	19-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:09
Trail the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-3
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	14	Heuscher/Heyer	22, Q2	21-14, 26-24	0:47
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:56
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-9, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	17	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-5
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Heuscher/Heyer	28	21-18, 24-22	0:55
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Magalhaes	12	Heuscher/Heyer	21	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-6	1:01
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-19, 21-16	0:47
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-18, 26-24	1:00
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 11 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
Lead the series against # 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Heuscher/Heyer	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Kais/Vesik	16	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 21 Keenan/Lucena, United States 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Keenan/Lucena	21	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Heuscher/Heyer	18	21-17, 22-20	0:42
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Heuscher/Heyer	20	29-31, 24-22, 15-12	1:15
Lead the series against # 24 Gosch/Horst, Austria 4-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Gosch/Horst	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Gosch/Horst	24	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-11, 21-19	0:39
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Gosch/Horst	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27	23-21, 21-17	0:43
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:34
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	21	Hoyer/Soderberg	28, Q19	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 30 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Lario/Mesa	19	24-22, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 31 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	Heuscher/Heyer	12	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 35 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Henriquez/Mussa	29, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Horrem/Maaseide	45	21-19, 21-17	0:47
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	1:05
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 46 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	9	Babich/Mykhaylov	26, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:41