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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(22) 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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	16	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	2	2	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	2	2	30	US$2,400.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q11	25	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	26, Q17	25	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	22, Q16	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	23, Q12	17	80	US$3,000.00
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

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (11)	Lost 21-14, 27-29, 6-15	0:59
Thu, 9/1/2005	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (27, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:46

Head to Head Results
Gscheidle/Schnider trail the series against the field 7-10

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 # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/21/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Gold Medal	Egger/Laciga	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	14	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-2
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	11	Gscheidle/Schnider	22	14-21, 29-27, 15-6	0:59
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	9	Gscheidle/Schnider	16	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 19 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Baracetti/Depiaggio	Q1	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q11	Asahi/Watanabe	Q6	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 27, Q5 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	Gscheidle/Schnider	22	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	Rossell/Villar	Q16	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q17	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # Q10 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # Q19 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 2	Blauel/Huber	10	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44