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June 22 - 26, 2005

(9) Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Resides:

Zürich

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

Stefan Kobel
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Winterthur

Resides:

Duebendorf

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$299,405.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	57	Money
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	84	8	5	7	3	11	6	17	5	12	1	2	5	2	US$595,010.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Stefan Kobel - 57th	Patrick Heuscher - 57th
2001	Stefan Kobel - 4th	Patrick Heuscher - 4th
2002	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Patrick Heuscher - 9th
2003	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Patrick Heuscher - 9th
2004	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Patrick Heuscher - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	6	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	6	5	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	2	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	3	2	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	5	3	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	1	13	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	1	4	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	3	2	504	US$27,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	2	5	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	2	1	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	4	3	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	4	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	2	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	6	2	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	6	5	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	6	9	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	2	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	2	1	30	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	8	3	416	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	13	5	324	US$11,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	16	5	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	17	9	240	US$8,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Julien Prosser / Brett Richardson, Australia (24)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:30
Thu, 6/23/2005	Winner 3	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (8)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 11-15	0:39
Fri, 6/24/2005	Contender 3	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (7)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Klagenfurt	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Patrick Heuscher - 17th
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Patrick Heuscher - 5th
2007	Gstaad	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Did not play
2009	Stavanger	Sascha Heyer - 9th	Did not play
2011	Rome	Jefferson Bellaguarda - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	13	17	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	6	5	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	9	17	200	US$7,500.00

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Kobel lead the series against the field 45-25

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-4
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-16	0:31
8/23/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	4	21-14, 21-16	0:38
3/21/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 21-18	0:43
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Rego/Santos	1	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Rego/Santos	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-16	0:40
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 3 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Neto/Ramos	7	Heuscher/Kobel	1	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:03
7/25/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Semi-Finals	Neto/Ramos	7	Heuscher/Kobel	1	21-15, 21-18	0:38
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Neto/Ramos	8	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Neto/Ramos	14	19-21, 22-20, 23-21	1:11
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-6
9/26/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Heuscher/Kobel	3	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	By Forfeit
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	21-18, 27-25	0:54
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 21-18	0:38
3/20/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	By Forfeit
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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 # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 4-2
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-16, 21-15	0:40
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	3	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:46
7/17/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	24-22, 29-27	0:55
3/27/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 5	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Heuscher/Kobel	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Heyer/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:39
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Heyer/Laciga	9	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Series tied with # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-19	1:19
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	17	Schacht/Slack	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 13 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Brink/Schneider	22	21-14, 21-15	0:37
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 15 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Heuscher/Kobel	1	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:04
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Kais/Vesik	18	18-21, 28-26, 16-14	1:02
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Horrem/Pettersen	24	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 19 Berger/Doppler, Austria 4-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Berger/Doppler	17	21-13, 16-21, 17-15	0:52
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Berger/Doppler	8	21-11, 24-22	0:48
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Berger/Doppler	11	Heuscher/Kobel	6	27-25, 21-19	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 23 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Baracetti/Depiaggio	14	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 24 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Prosser/Richardson	24	21-16, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 25 Child/Heese, Canada 4-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Child/Heese	20	28-26, 21-18	1:01
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Child/Heese	27	23-21, 21-7	0:43
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Child/Heese	11	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 3-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22	21-15, 21-14	0:36
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	Heuscher/Kobel	2	15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:50
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 # 28 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Leinemann/VanHuizen	27, Q8	16-21, 21-19, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 29 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 3-0
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	21-14, 21-9	0:36
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	17	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 30 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Rossell/Villar	27, Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 32 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Boersma/Kogel	18, Q9	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 40 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 42 Canet/Hamel, France 3-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	23-21, 21-15	0:40
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Canet/Hamel	19	21-13, 21-12	0:37
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 # 43 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 46 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 48 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 4-0
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Brenha/Maia	18	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-15, 26-24	0:43
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Brenha/Maia	15	19-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:05
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Brenha/Maia	20	20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:47