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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Yucatan
March 19 - 23, 2025

(15) 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 Yucatan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

BPT Challenge Yucatan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/20/2025	Pool B	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (18)	Won 21-16, 23-25, 15-9	0:48
Fri, 3/21/2025	Pool B	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (2)	Lost 21-11, 18-21, 13-15	0:46
Fri, 3/21/2025	Winner 1	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (3)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 9-15	0:42

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	$11,250.00	9	7	56.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
108	1	1	4	3	20	26	23	11	19	$321,787.50	Total	Total	9	1	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	0	$8,125.00

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	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	14-14	50.0%	16-10	61.5%	1	0	16-12	57.1%

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 7-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
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 # 3 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 0-1
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	3	Schalk/Shaw	15	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
Series tied with # 13 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 # 18 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 # 21 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Schalk/Shaw	7	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	18, Q4	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 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
Series tied with # Q5 Korotkov/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-1
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Korotkov/Tiisaar	19, Q6	Schalk/Shaw	7	21-19, 21-16	0:35
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 # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q19 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