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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Porec Major Series
June 2 - 7, 2015

(17) Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada

Josh Binstock
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 12, 1981 (43 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 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

North York, ON

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$222,312.50

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 Porec Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Porec Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/4/2015	Pool A	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (16)	Lost 21-17, 22-24, 13-15	1:00
Thu, 6/4/2015	Pool A	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 6/5/2015	Pool A	Niksa Dell'Orco / Ivan Djordjevic, Croatia (32)	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:33
Fri, 6/5/2015	Winner 1	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (14)	Won 21-18, 32-30	0:53
Sat, 6/6/2015	Winner 2	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (20, Q1)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:49
Sat, 6/6/2015	Winner 3	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Won 31-33, 21-18, 15-10	1:09
Sun, 6/7/2015	Semi-Finals	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (6)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
Sun, 6/7/2015	Gold Medal	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (11)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
Binstock/Schachter lead the series against the field 21-14 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Binstock/Schachter	15	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Series tied with # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 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
Series tied with # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 2-1
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool G	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	Binstock/Schachter	7	21-15, 21-16	0:32
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	4	24-22, 21-16	0:41
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	23	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 25 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Binstock/Schachter	4	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q28 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	15	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	22-20, 19-21, 20-18	1:09
Lead the series against # 32 Dell'Orco/Djordjevic, Croatia 1-0
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Binstock/Schachter	17	Dell'Orco/Djordjevic	32	21-11, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-0
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	2	Casebeer/Montgomery	18	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	2	Dressler/Kunert	15	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # Q4 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
9/27/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kantor/Losiak	16	Binstock/Schachter	23	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # Q8 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Semi-Finals	Binstock/Schachter	2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	14-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-0
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Binstock/Schachter	4	Petutschnig/Winter	20	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q17 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 2-0
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	2	Faiga/Hilman	15	21-14, 21-15	0:35
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	2	Faiga/Hilman	15	23-25, 21-16, 15-11	1:02
Trail the series against # Q23 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