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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(19) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	10	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	16	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	16	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	18	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	21	9th	500	US$11,000.00
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

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool C	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (14)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:34
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool C	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (3)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool C	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (30, Q20)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 3/11/2016	Winner 1	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (17)	Lost 15-21, 11-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Binstock/Schachter lead the series against the field 26-25 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 9 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-3
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Binstock/Schachter	16	21-17, 21-19	0:39
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 # 2 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
Series tied with # 3 Gibb/Patterson, United States 2-2
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Binstock/Schachter	19	Gibb/Patterson	3	22-20, 21-18	0:40
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Binstock/Schachter	16	Gibb/Patterson	1	21-19, 21-16	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	18	Goncalves/Solberg	2	22-24, 26-24, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Binstock/Schachter	16	21-17, 21-18	0:41
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Binstock/Schachter	28, Q12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-19, 24-26, 15-8	0:57
Series tied with # 8 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 # 9 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	8	Binstock/Schachter	16	21-18, 22-20	0:43
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	23	Doppler/Horst	10	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 2-1
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Krasilnikov/Semenov	17	Binstock/Schachter	16	21-13, 22-20	0:40
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 # 12 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 2-2
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Carambula/Ranghieri	14	Binstock/Schachter	19	21-13, 21-15	0:34
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	10	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	22-20, 17-21, 15-7	1:04
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	29, Q9	Binstock/Schachter	18	21-13, 21-17	0:33
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	15	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	22-20, 19-21, 20-18	1:09
Series tied with # 15 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
Trail the series against # 17 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-2
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ontiveros/Virgen	17	Binstock/Schachter	19	21-15, 21-11	0:34
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Binstock/Schachter	16	Ontiveros/Virgen	21	28-30, 21-17, 15-11	1:07
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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 20 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	6	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23, Q1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q3	Binstock/Schachter	9	21-11, 22-20	0:35
9/27/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kantor/Losiak	16	Binstock/Schachter	23	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
Series tied with # 24 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 # 28, Q9 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 # 30, Q20 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool C	Binstock/Schachter	19	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	24-22, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 31, Q21 Barsuk/Liamin, Russia 1-1
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	10	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Binstock/Schachter	Q4	27-25, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q13 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-2
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	Binstock/Schachter	10	21-19, 21-16	0:39
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	1	Binstock/Schachter	7	21-17, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # Q18 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Binstock/Schachter	16	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	32, Q20	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q22 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