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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(23, Q12) Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, Switzerland

Marcel Gscheidle
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 14, 1973 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frauenfeld

Resides:

St-Gallen

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Jona 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$58,525.00

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Resides:

Bern

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	12	2	2	3	US$72,500.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,400.00
Overall	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	6	12	2	2	3	US$77,900.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Did not play
2003	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	2	13	18	US$700.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q16	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	31	17	80	US$3,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 2	Shinpei Aoki / Shinya Hata, Japan (Q21)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:32
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 3	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (20, Q5)	Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (10)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-5	0:59
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (7)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:49
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 2	Javier Bosma / Alex Ortiz, Spain (25, Q10)	Lost 17-21, 22-24	0:41

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Gscheidle/Schnider	Q16	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Brenha/Maia	10	21-18, 19-21, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Engvik/Goranson	20, Q5	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against Hauser/Weglo, Canada 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	Hauser/Weglo	16	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	2	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # Q21 Aoki/Hata, Japan 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	Aoki/Hata	Q21	21-15, 21-13	0:32