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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
November 6 - 10, 2024

(Q5) Chaim Schalk/James Shaw, United States

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$363,237.50

James Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$55,175.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	2	2	3	0	US$87,950.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Ben Saxton - 9th	Did not play
2016	Ben Saxton - 9th	Did not play
2017	Ben Saxton - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/6/2024	Qualifier 1	Dimitriy Korotkov / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (Q12)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-8	0:49
Wed, 11/6/2024	Qualifier 2	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (14, Q4)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 10-15	0:48

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	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	0	$53,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	2	5	0	0	$87,950.00

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
59	0	1	4	0	5	23	18	5	3	$245,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	0	8	5	1	0	$35,550.00
49	0	0	1	1	11	8	7	6	15	$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
120	1	1	5	3	22	32	26	11	19	$363,237.50	Total	24	1	0	2	0	5	9	6	1	0	$55,175.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$3,875.00	2024	FIVB	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,000.00
104	1	1	4	3	17	26	22	11	19	$316,162.50	Total	Total	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,000.00

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	43.3%	7	23.3%	10	33.3%	20-10	66.7%	7	25.9%	5	18.5%	15	55.6%	7-20	25.9%	13-15	46.4%	14-15	48.3%	1	0	28-30	48.3%
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	30.0%	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	6-10	37.5%	16-8	66.7%	0	0	11-9	55.0%

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	7	14	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	21
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	17	17	0	0	7	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	30

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 14, Q4 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
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
Lead the series against # Q12 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