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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

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:

175

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$627,165.63

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:

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 Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1997	Did not play	Sascha Heyer - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9	40	€ 1,500.00
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
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	20	3	240	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	16	17	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	11	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	13	9	120	US$3,900.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	6	5	60	€ 2,375.00
FIVB C&S	8/15-18/2002	Swiss Satellite	2	3	24	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	13	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	9	9	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	13	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	14	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	6	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	13	3	240	US$11,940.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	8	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	8	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	11	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	14	5	216	US$9,000.00
CEV	9/7-9/2001	European Championships	5	9	80	€ 4,650.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	11	13	0	US$1,500.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2003		Javier Bosma / Raul Mesa, Spain	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:45
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool C	Anton Kulikovsky / Alexei Verbov, Russia	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:36
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool C	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:43
Sat, 8/30/2003	Pool C	Kresimir Peric / Grga Trimcevski, Croatia	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:43
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:59

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Kobel lead the series against the field 31-19

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 3-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-14, 21-13	0:30
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	9	21-14, 21-13	0:36
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	35	By Forfeit
Trail the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-3
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Berg/Dahl	14	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:48
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool J	Berg/Dahl	16	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	0:51
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Berg/Dahl	14	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-1
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
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Berger/Doppler	2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against Bosma/Mesa, Spain 2-0
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships		Heuscher/Kobel		Bosma/Mesa		23-21, 21-18	0:45
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
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 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		21-14, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
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 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 3-2
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Heuscher/Kobel		21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	3	21-14, 23-21	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Egger/Heyer	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Egger/Heyer	20	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-19, 11-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 3-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel		Gartmayer/Nowotny		21-11, 21-15	0:43
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 Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios	32	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Grinbergs/Stals		22-20, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 4-3
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud		Heuscher/Kobel		21-15, 21-18	0:54
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	4	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-19	0:37
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	25-23, 21-19	0:46
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-15, 21-15	0:35
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	5	21-13, 34-32	0:39
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Heuscher/Kobel	8	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Series tied with Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Horrem/Maaseide	13	21-15, 21-11	0:32
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	30	Heuscher/Kobel	14	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-12, 21-17	0:36
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	25	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against 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 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kogel/Mulder	29	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against Kulikovsky/Verbov, Russia 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Heuscher/Kobel		Kulikovsky/Verbov		21-11, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-5
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga		Heuscher/Kobel		21-19, 21-17	0:43
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-16, 21-18	0:38
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	17	21-18, 21-19	0:39
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Heuscher/Kobel	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Laciga/Laciga	3	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	0:56
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	27-25, 26-24	0:46
Lead the series against Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Heuscher/Kobel		Peric/Trimcevski		21-15, 21-16	0:37