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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(21) Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada

Josh Binstock
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 12, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Paraná 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$128,237.50

Sam Schachter
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

North York, ON

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$240,437.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	33	1	3	0	1	3	0	7	0	10	1	5	2	US$224,625.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Rex Fenton - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	9	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	17	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	15	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	7	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	2	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	23	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	32, Q11	17th	240	US$9,000.00

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool D	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (28)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:42
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool D	Usama Eltranisy / Ayman Shoukry, Egypt (45)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:28
Tue, 6/30/2015	Pool D	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (4)	Won 27-25, 21-18	0:54
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (6)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:56
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 2	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (14)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Sam Schachter - 9th	Josh Binstock - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Sam Pedlow - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Sam Pedlow - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Daniel Dearing - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Daniel Dearing - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Jonathan Pickett - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	21	9th	500	US$11,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	7	2	0	$159,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	$47,125.00
Total	33	1	3	0	1	3	0	7	0	11	5	0	$224,625.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Josh Binstock												Sam Schachter
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	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$25,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
31	0	1	0	1	0	3	7	4	0	$82,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	1	0	1	1	11	14	4	0	$121,875.00
39	1	2	0	0	3	5	3	5	0	$31,687.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	66	1	2	0	1	8	19	16	10	0	$87,812.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,125.00	Challenger
5	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,550.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
82	1	4	3	1	4	13	12	9	0	$128,237.50	Total	119	3	3	0	2	10	34	37	14	0	$240,437.50

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
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	FIVB	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$52,800.00	24	9	72.7 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$76,575.00	15	19	44.1 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	2	$129,375.00	39	29	57.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Josh Binstock													Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2003	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB
4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2009	FIVB
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	$4,875.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00
7	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	$27,400.00	2014	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$38,287.50	2015	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$38,287.50
63	1	3	3	1	2	7	5	6	35	$80,612.50	Total	Total	31	2	2	0	1	1	3	5	4	13	$70,062.50

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	49	69.0%	12	16.9%	10	14.1%	61-10	85.9%	17	21.8%	12	15.4%	49	62.8%	17-61	21.8%	49-49	50.0%	29-22	56.9%	0	1	78-72	52.0%
2014-2015	31	79.5%	4	10.3%	4	10.3%	35-4	89.7%	10	25.0%	7	17.5%	23	57.5%	10-30	25.0%	31-23	57.4%	14-11	56.0%	0	1	45-35	56.3%
Against the Field	15	71.4%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	7	17.5%	5	12.5%	28	70.0%	7-33	17.5%	30-56	34.9%	20-16	55.6%	0	0	25-36	41.0%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	21	21	0	0	7	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	31	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	24	18	0	0	14	8	3	0	0	0	1	2	44	28
Total	0	0	4	2	47	45	0	0	22	20	4	1	0	1	1	3	78	72

Head to Head Results
Binstock/Schachter trail the series against the field 14-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
6/7/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Semi-Finals	Binstock/Schachter	17	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	6	21-23, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
9/27/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	13	Binstock/Schachter	23	23-21, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Binstock/Schachter	17	21-16, 21-17	0:39
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Binstock/Schachter	15	21-13, 24-22	0:43
Series tied with # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool D	Binstock/Schachter	21	Fijalek/Prudel	4	27-25, 21-18	0:54
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Binstock/Schachter	15	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Binstock/Schachter	21	Plavins/Samoilovs	6	14-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	17	Rego/Santos	2	31-33, 21-18, 15-10	1:09
Lead the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 2-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	4	Krasilnikov/Semenov	2	21-17, 21-19	0:43
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	23	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 1-0
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	17	Felipe/Filho	20, Q1	21-19, 23-21	0:49
Series tied with # 13 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Binstock/Schachter	17	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	14	21-18, 32-30	0:53
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool A	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	16	Binstock/Schachter	32, Q11	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 14 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	14	Binstock/Schachter	21	21-13, 21-14	0:36
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	8	Binstock/Schachter	9	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	Binstock/Schachter	9	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	1	Binstock/Schachter	7	21-17, 24-22	0:40
Series tied with # 17 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Binstock/Schachter	17	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:00
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	23	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-18, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	23	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-16, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Gold Medal	Binstock/Schachter	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	21-14, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 20 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/7/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Binstock/Schachter	17	21-15, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	23	Doppler/Horst	10	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 28 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool D	Henriquez/Villafane	28	Binstock/Schachter	21	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 32 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	15	Krou/Rowlandson	18	21-18, 22-20	0:39
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Binstock/Schachter	4	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 35 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Garcia/Marco	21	Binstock/Schachter	28, Q12	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 36 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool H	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q2	Binstock/Schachter	9	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 43 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Barsuk/Koshkarev	29, Q21	Binstock/Schachter	4	21-17, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 45 Eltranisy/Shoukry, Egypt 1-0
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool D	Binstock/Schachter	21	Eltranisy/Shoukry	45	21-10, 21-10	0:28