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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
August 5 - 9, 2026

(12) 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$52,675.00

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 Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Ben Saxton - 17th	Did not play
2017	Ben Saxton - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	15	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (5)	Lost 14-21, 23-25	0:36
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Paul Henning / Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany (4)	Lost 21-17, 20-22, 12-15	0:48
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (13, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 14-16	0:47

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	7	5	1	0	$33,050.00
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	8	6	1	0	$52,675.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,200.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	2	5	0	0	$87,950.00	28	30	48.3 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$8,700.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	$11,800.00
120	1	1	5	3	22	32	26	11	19	$363,237.50	Total	Total	23	1	0	2	0	5	8	6	1	0	$52,675.00

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%
2025-2026	10	45.5%	4	18.2%	8	36.4%	14-8	63.6%	5	22.7%	5	22.7%	12	54.5%	5-17	22.7%	10-12	45.5%	9-13	40.9%	1	0	20-25	44.4%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	2-12	14.3%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	3-11	21.4%

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
Schalk/Shaw trail the series against the field 3-11 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 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 # 4 Henning/Pfretzschner, Germany 0-1
8/6/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Henning/Pfretzschner	4	Schalk/Shaw	12	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-2
8/6/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	5	Schalk/Shaw	12	21-14, 25-23	0:36
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Schalk/Shaw	15	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 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
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Friedli/Jordan, Switzerland 0-1
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Friedli/Jordan	13, Q1	Schalk/Shaw	12	21-16, 17-21, 16-14	0:47
Series tied with # Q8 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