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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(7) Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia

Andrew Schacht
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaïde

Height:

191 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$237,120.00

Joshua Slack
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$268,020.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	69	0	1	3	2	6	10	16	8	16	6	1	US$435,690.00

Previous Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Joshua Slack - 9th	Andrew Schacht - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	8	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	17, Q1	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	20, Q3	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	17	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	16	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	11	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	10	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	14	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	8	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (26)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Martin Ruul, Estonia (23)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:44
Fri, 9/2/2005	Winner 3	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:51
Fri, 9/2/2005	Winner 4	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:48
Sat, 9/3/2005	Contender 6	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (29, Q14)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 21-19	1:18
Sat, 9/3/2005	Semi-Finals	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:46
Sun, 9/4/2005	Bronze Medal	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:59

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	9	5	0	$113,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	0	1	2	2	6	9	10	6	7	1	0	$283,240.00
Total	69	0	1	3	2	6	10	16	8	16	6	0	$435,690.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andrew Schacht												Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,375.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,750.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	6	11	5	0	$59,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	6	0	$68,700.00
85	0	1	2	2	15	17	14	10	0	$157,520.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	1	2	2	15	25	16	5	0	$177,570.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00	Challenger
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
118	0	1	3	2	16	27	25	15	0	$237,120.00	Total	136	0	1	3	2	18	35	27	11	0	$268,020.00

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
2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	$38,740.00	23	19	54.8 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	$44,750.00	17	18	48.6 %
2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	$76,100.00	33	28	54.1 %
2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	0	1	$66,100.00	26	21	55.3 %
Total	FIVB	42	0	0	1	1	4	7	11	4	9	4	1	$225,690.00	99	86	53.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andrew Schacht													Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,500.00	1996	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,000.00	1997	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	$2,400.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	$5,250.00	1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	7	$6,250.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	$11,000.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	$22,375.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$19,370.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$19,370.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	$22,375.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	$22,375.00
13	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	$38,050.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	$38,050.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$33,050.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$33,050.00
91	0	0	1	1	11	18	18	13	29	$132,120.00	Total	Total	79	0	0	1	1	12	26	17	5	17	$147,470.00

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	106	64.2%	26	15.8%	33	20.0%	132-33	80.0%	35	26.1%	21	15.7%	78	58.2%	35-99	26.1%	106-78	57.6%	61-54	53.0%	3	8	170-140	54.8%
2004-2005	35	64.8%	9	16.7%	10	18.5%	44-10	81.5%	14	26.9%	10	19.2%	28	53.8%	14-38	26.9%	35-28	55.6%	23-20	53.5%	1	1	59-49	54.6%
Against the Field	36	67.9%	6	11.3%	11	20.8%	42-11	79.2%	9	26.5%	5	14.7%	20	58.8%	9-25	26.5%	72-36	66.7%	30-32	48.4%	2	0	53-34	60.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	15	24	0	0	9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	46
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	25	14	0	0	55	36	1	4	2	2	0	1	123	85
Total	0	0	10	1	45	42	0	0	67	53	1	5	3	2	0	1	170	140

Head to Head Results
Schacht/Slack lead the series against the field 28-18 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Schacht/Slack	17	21-13, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-6
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	7	Rego/Santos	2	21-16, 21-18	0:51
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	8	27-25, 17-21, 15-8	1:08
7/23/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	2	Schacht/Slack	17	21-11, 21-19	0:47
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:14
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	13	21-17, 21-17	0:44
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	17	30-32, 21-17, 15-12	1:14
7/27/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	16	23-21, 21-16	0:48
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Rego/Santos	1	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-2
9/4/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Bronze Medal	Insfran/Marques	3	Schacht/Slack	7	24-22, 21-19	0:59
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 4	Insfran/Marques	3	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	4	Schacht/Slack	7	21-15, 21-13	0:46
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	6	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 6 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	17	Schacht/Slack	16	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	17	Berger/Doppler	8	21-14, 21-18	0:46
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	15	Schacht/Slack	16	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:55
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Schacht/Slack	20, Q2	16-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 11 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22	26-24, 21-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 2-1
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Horrem/Pettersen	12	Schacht/Slack	8	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:12
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	17	Horrem/Pettersen	16	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	1:07
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	8	Horrem/Pettersen	24	28-26, 21-19	0:58
Lead the series against # 14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	24-22, 17-21, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Brenha/Maia	15	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:54
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Schacht/Slack	14	Brenha/Maia	19	By Forfeit	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Schacht/Slack	12	19-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	8	Lochhead/Pitman	19	24-22, 24-22	1:07
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	17	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	41	Schacht/Slack	11	27-25, 21-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 23 Kais/Ruul, Estonia 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	7	Kais/Ruul	23	21-14, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Schacht/Slack	16	Asahi/Watanabe	32, Q13	19-21, 33-31, 15-10	1:12
Lead the series against # 26 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 3-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	7	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26	21-17, 21-16	0:44
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	10	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	21-15, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	14	Gartmayer/Nowotny	19	21-18, 21-16	0:46
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11, Q1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22, Q3	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 3-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:46
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	23-21, 21-13	0:43
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	24	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Schacht/Slack	7	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-16, 18-21, 21-19	1:18
Lead the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 5-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	8	Hernandez/Papaleo	25	21-17, 21-16	0:44
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	Hernandez/Papaleo	31, Q9	21-17, 21-19	0:41
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q14	21-19, 22-20	0:52
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	21-17, 21-17	0:49
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	15-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	8	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	24, Q6	21-15, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # Q10 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Schacht/Slack	12	Canet/Hamel	21	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:03