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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(9) 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 Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	17, Q2	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	19, Q4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	7	7th	400	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	8	5th	640	US$4,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool I	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (40)	Lost 21-16, 22-24, 15-17	0:54
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool I	Matthew Immers / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (33)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:39
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool I	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (16)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:46
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (11)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (6)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:38
Fri, 11/21/2025	Winner 3	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:42

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Ben Saxton - 5th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Ben Saxton - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Ben Saxton - 5th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Theo Brunner - 4th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Tri Bourne - 37th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	James Shaw - 5th	Chaim Schalk - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	$9,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	$67,750.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	5	0	0	$76,750.00	27	24	52.9 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$8,375.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00
117	1	1	5	3	22	29	26	11	19	$354,537.50	Total	Total	18	1	0	2	0	5	4	6	0	0	$40,875.00

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%
2024-2025	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%
Against the Field	5	35.7%	3	21.4%	6	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	7	38.9%	3	16.7%	8	44.4%	7-11	38.9%	10-16	38.5%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	15-17	46.9%

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 trail the series against the field 15-17 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Schalk/Shaw	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 3 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 3	Schalk/Shaw	19, Q4	Ahman/Hellvig	1	21-19, 13-21, 15-8	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Schalk/Shaw	17, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Schalk/Shaw	9	Alayo/Diaz	6	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-3
11/21/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Andersson/Nilsson	7	Schalk/Shaw	9	21-18, 22-20	0:42
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Schalk/Shaw	10	21-17, 21-13	0:32
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Schalk/Shaw	12	21-16, 18-21, 20-18	0:52
Trail the series against # 11 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-2
11/18/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Schalk/Shaw	9	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	11	13-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
3/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Semi-Finals	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	Schalk/Shaw	19, Q4	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 2	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	Schalk/Shaw	19, Q4	21-17, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Schalk/Shaw	10	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Aye/Bassereau, France 1-2
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Aye/Bassereau	21, Q7	Schalk/Shaw	9	21-17, 20-22, 16-14	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 15 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 0-1
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Berger/Hammarberg	17, Q2	Schalk/Shaw	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-0
11/17/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Schalk/Shaw	9	Budinger/Evans	16	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 19 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Schalk/Shaw	7	Campos/Pedrosa	8	11-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 22 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 0-2
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 3	Barbosa/Wanderley	3	Schalk/Shaw	9	21-18, 21-19	0:34
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Barbosa/Wanderley	16	Schalk/Shaw	9	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Series tied with # 23 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-1
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	8	Schalk/Shaw	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool C	Schalk/Shaw	15	Berntsen/Mol	10	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 28 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 1-0
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool B	Schalk/Shaw	15	Amieva/Bueno	18	21-16, 23-25, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 29 Dressler/Waller, Austria 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Schalk/Shaw	19, Q4	Dressler/Waller	18, Q2	20-22, 22-20, 15-6	0:46
Lead the series against # 31 Bello/Bello, England 2-1
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Schalk/Shaw	10	Bello/Bello	15, Q6	15-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:46
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Schalk/Shaw	19, Q4	Bello/Bello	6	21-19, 21-17	0:37
11/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 2	Bello/Bello	14, Q4	Schalk/Shaw	Q5	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 32 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-1
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Benesh/Partain	8	Schalk/Shaw	17, Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 33 Immers/Penninga, Netherlands 2-0
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Schalk/Shaw	9	Immers/Penninga	33	21-18, 24-22	0:39
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool H	Schalk/Shaw	9	Immers/Penninga	25	21-15, 21-19	0:32
Series tied with # 36 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Schalk/Shaw	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	21-16, 21-14	0:34
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Schalk/Shaw	15	11-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 40 Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-1
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Pearse/Potts	40	Schalk/Shaw	9	16-21, 24-22, 17-15	0:54