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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Chennai
November 21 - 24, 2024

(8) Chaim Schalk/James Shaw, United States

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$354,537.50

James Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$40,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	3	0	US$76,750.00

Previous Chennai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2010	Martin Reader - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	5	7th	520	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Q5	17th	400	US$0.00

Challenge Chennai Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/22/2024	Pool E	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (17)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:52
Fri, 11/22/2024	Pool E	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (5)	Won 20-22, 23-21, 15-12	0:48
Sat, 11/23/2024	Winner 2	Tim Berger / Christoph Dressler, Austria (12)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:30
Sat, 11/23/2024	Winner 3	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (1)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 12-15	0:44

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$42,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	14	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	5	0	0	$76,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chaim Schalk												James Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	$46,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	World Tour Finals
56	0	1	4	0	5	20	18	5	0	$236,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	$21,250.00
49	0	0	1	1	11	8	7	6	0	$47,962.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$9,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	Challenger
117	1	1	5	3	22	29	26	11	1	$354,537.50	Total	18	1	0	2	0	5	4	6	0	0	$40,875.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chaim Schalk													James Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2010	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00	2013	FIVB
11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00	2014	FIVB
11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00	2015	FIVB
15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$29,000.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB
9	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	$9,000.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$26,625.00	2022	FIVB
14	0	0	0	1	5	2	5	0	1	$20,950.00	2023	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$7,375.00	2024	FIVB	7	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00
106	1	1	4	3	19	26	22	11	19	$319,662.50	Total	Total	7	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$5,500.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	13	48.1%	6	22.2%	8	29.6%	19-8	70.4%	7	30.4%	4	17.4%	12	52.2%	7-16	30.4%	13-12	52.0%	13-12	52.0%	1	0	27-24	52.9%
2023-2024	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-3	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	6	60.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-12	33.3%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	7-11	38.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	6	9	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
Total	0	0	3	1	16	12	0	0	7	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	24

Head to Head Results
Schalk/Shaw lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 3	Hodges/Schubert	1	Schalk/Shaw	8	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:44
Series tied with # 5 Aye/Bassereau, France 1-1
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool E	Schalk/Shaw	8	Aye/Bassereau	5	20-22, 23-21, 15-12	0:48
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Aye/Bassereau	9	Schalk/Shaw	5	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Berger/Dressler, Austria 1-0
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 2	Schalk/Shaw	8	Berger/Dressler	12	21-18, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 17 Van Langendonck/Vercauteren, Belgium 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool E	Schalk/Shaw	8	Van Langendonck/Vercauteren	17	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Korotkov/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
11/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 1	Schalk/Shaw	Q5	Korotkov/Tiisaar	Q12	21-18, 20-22, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 23, Q18 Nemec/Petruf, Slovakia 1-0
11/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Schalk/Shaw	5	Nemec/Petruf	20, Q16	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # Q2 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 1-0
11/15/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Schalk/Shaw	5	Chouikh/Gardoque	17, Q11	21-19, 21-17	0:33