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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
April 29 - May 3, 2026

(15) 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:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$357,637.50

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$43,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	3	0	US$82,950.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Matt Zbyszewski - 41st	Did not play
2025	James Shaw - 13th	Chaim Schalk - 13th

Recent 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
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool C	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (10)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:41
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:36
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool C	Timothy Brewster / Logan Webber, United States (22, Q10)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 16-18	1:00
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (4)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:32

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	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$48,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	5	0	0	$82,950.00

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
57	0	1	4	0	5	21	18	5	0	$239,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	$24,350.00
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
118	1	1	5	3	22	30	26	11	1	$357,637.50	Total	19	1	0	2	0	5	5	6	0	0	$43,975.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	5	0	0	$82,950.00	28	27	50.9 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
118	1	1	5	3	22	30	26	11	19	$357,637.50	Total	Total	19	1	0	2	0	5	5	6	0	0	$43,975.00

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	44.8%	7	24.1%	9	31.0%	20-9	69.0%	7	28.0%	4	16.0%	14	56.0%	7-18	28.0%	13-14	48.1%	14-13	51.9%	1	0	28-27	50.9%
2025-2026	10	47.6%	4	19.0%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	5	25.0%	4	20.0%	11	55.0%	5-15	25.0%	10-11	47.6%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	20-22	47.6%
Against the Field	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	6-6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	6	50.0%	3-9	25.0%	4-12	25.0%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	9-15	37.5%

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	11	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	18
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	14	0	0	7	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	27

Head to Head Results
Schalk/Shaw trail the series against the field 9-15 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3 Aye/Daubas, France 1-3
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Aye/Daubas	3	Schalk/Shaw	15	23-21, 21-19	0:36
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Aye/Daubas	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/Daubas	5	20-22, 23-21, 15-12	0:48
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Aye/Daubas	9	Schalk/Shaw	5	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Schalk/Shaw	15	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 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 # 10 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 1-0
4/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Schalk/Shaw	15	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 Brewster/Webber, United States 0-1
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C	Brewster/Webber	22, Q10	Schalk/Shaw	15	18-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:00
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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