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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 22, 2008

(10) Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia

Andrew Schacht
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1973 (51 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 (47 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	5	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	6	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	6	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/9/2008

Pool C

Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (15)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andrew Schacht	Total	14	7	6	0.071	0	3	2	2
	1	14	7	6	0.071	0	3	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Joshua Slack	Total	25	14	9	0.200	4	0	3	1
	1	25	14	9	0.200	4	0	3	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/11/2008

Pool C

Morais Abreu / Emanuel Fernandes, Angola (22)

Won 21-15, 21-9

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andrew Schacht	Total	8	6	0	0.750	0	8	1	1
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	8	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Joshua Slack	Total	25	18	3	0.600	1	3	4	8
	1	25	18	3	0.600	1	3	4	8
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/13/2008

Pool C

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andrew Schacht	Total	17	6	1	0.294	0	0	0	0
	1	17	6	1	0.294	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Joshua Slack	Total	33	19	5	0.424	1	1	1	7
	1	33	19	5	0.424	1	1	1	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/16/2008

Winner 1

Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)

Lost 16-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andrew Schacht	Total	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	1
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	2	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Joshua Slack	Total	24	16	4	0.500	1	0	1	5
	1	24	16	4	0.500	1	0	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andrew Schacht	49	24	10	0.286	0	13	3	4
Joshua Slack	107	67	21	0.430	7	4	9	21
Total	156	91	31	0.385	7	17	12	25
Opponents	140	78	21	0.407	8	9	5	22

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Victor Anfilloff - 41st	Matthew Grinlaubs - 41st
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Did not play	Matthew Grinlaubs - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Jarrod Novosel - 17th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Joshua Slack - 9th	Andrew Schacht - 9th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Joshua Slack - 33rd	Andrew Schacht - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Joshua Slack - 3rd	Andrew Schacht - 3rd

Head to Head Results
Schacht/Slack trail the series against the field 28-46 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 4-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Schacht/Slack	16	Wu/Xu	9	21-14, 21-13	0:39
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 4	Schacht/Slack	7	Wu/Xu	3	26-28, 21-18, 15-11	1:09
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	20	Wu/Xu	13	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	11	Wu/Xu	9	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Schacht/Slack	13	21-16, 21-15	0:41
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	20	Schacht/Slack	14	22-20, 21-15	0:51
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Schacht/Slack	7	21-17, 21-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 5-8
8/13/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Rego/Santos	3	Schacht/Slack	10	21-14, 21-17	0:44
6/7/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 4	Schacht/Slack	5	Rego/Santos	1	22-20, 22-20	0:48
7/29/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Bronze Medal	Schacht/Slack	16	Rego/Santos	1	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/8/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	7	17-21, 21-13, 18-16	1:01
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	Rego/Santos	2	21-19, 27-25	0:54
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 # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-4
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Schacht/Slack	6	21-15, 18-21, 20-18	1:05
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Schacht/Slack	8	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	Schacht/Slack	18	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:59
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	18	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-23, 21-18, 15-13	1:12
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Schacht/Slack	11	21-16, 21-17	0:45
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Schacht/Slack	17	21-13, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
8/16/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Schacht/Slack	10	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Schacht/Slack	11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Schacht/Slack	18	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-0
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	16	Klemperer/Koreng	17	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	1:08
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	17	Klemperer/Koreng	18, Q2	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:05
Trail the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-2
7/29/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Semi-Finals	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Schacht/Slack	16	21-13, 21-19	0:47
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Schacht/Slack	18	21-14, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Schacht/Slack	18	20-22, 21-14, 15-10	1:06
Trail the series against # 12 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	13	Schacht/Slack	11	21-17, 21-14	0:46
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Schacht/Slack	5	18-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:09
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-4
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:41
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	7	Kais/Vesik	10	21-13, 21-18	0:40
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	21-15, 26-24	0:54
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Schacht/Slack	16	21-16, 8-21, 16-14	0:53
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Schacht/Slack	11, Q1	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 14 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-9
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	18	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	21-18, 21-14	0:44
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	6	Schacht/Slack	11	25-23, 12-21, 19-17	1:14
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	4	Schacht/Slack	13	22-20, 21-12	0:46
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	8	Schacht/Slack	12	21-16, 28-26	0:57
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	13	Schacht/Slack	7	21-16, 21-15	0:47
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Baracetti/Conde	6	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	14	Schacht/Slack	11	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:12
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Schacht/Slack	12	21-17, 21-19	0:46
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	7	Schacht/Slack	18	22-20, 21-15	0:43
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Schacht/Slack	14	21-16, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 3-2
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Schacht/Slack	10	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	21-17, 21-19	0:46
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	Schacht/Slack	14	By Forfeit
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	13	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	16-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:00
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15, Q2	Schacht/Slack	18	21-16, 21-16	0:44
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	21-12, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 3-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Schacht/Slack	6	Doppler/Gartmayer	11	21-17, 21-14	0:43
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	Schacht/Slack	5	23-21, 18-21, 16-14	1:09
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 5	Schacht/Slack	7	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	21-16, 21-19	0:39
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	11	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 3-2
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-16, 23-21	0:41
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	7	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	25-23, 21-14	0:47
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Schacht/Slack	11	21-18, 27-25	0:54
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:04
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Schacht/Slack	5	21-15, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 18 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	Boersma/Ronnes	Q16	21-13, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 19 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-1
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Schacht/Slack	8	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	7	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-14	0:43
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	18	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Schnider	10	Schacht/Slack	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 22 Abreu/Fernandes, Angola 1-0
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Schacht/Slack	10	Abreu/Fernandes	22	21-15, 21-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-2
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Schacht/Slack	5	26-24, 21-11	0:47
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	Schacht/Slack	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43