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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 6, 2017

(16) Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada

Sam Pedlow
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 14, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Barrie, Ontario

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

102 kg (224 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Yangzhou 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$117,462.50

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	35	0	0	0	1	4	0	15	0	9	4	2	US$164,500.00

Previous Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	10	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	15	5th	480	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	19	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	9	5th	240	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	12	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	12	9th	360	US$8,000.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool I	Mohammad Ashfiya / Candra Rachmawan, Indonesia (33)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:30
Sun, 7/30/2017	Pool I	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (40)	Won 21-11, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Tue, 8/1/2017	Pool I	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (9)	Lost 16-21, 22-24	0:42
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 1	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (11)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 8/4/2017	Winner 2	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (6)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Josh Binstock - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sam Schachter - 9th	Sam Pedlow - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sam Schachter - 17th	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	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	16	9th	480	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$60,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	1	2	0	10	0	6	3	0	$83,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	35	0	0	0	1	4	0	15	0	9	4	0	$164,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sam Pedlow												Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$25,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
23	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	5	0	$47,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	1	0	1	1	11	14	4	0	$121,875.00
45	0	0	0	1	5	18	12	5	0	$59,212.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	66	1	2	0	1	8	19	16	10	0	$87,812.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	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
74	0	0	0	1	7	25	16	10	0	$117,462.50	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
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	$50,000.00	19	12	61.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	$50,000.00	19	12	61.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sam Pedlow													Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,000.00
											2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$3,600.00	2014	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$4,687.50	2015	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,787.50
17	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	2	2	$24,175.00	2016	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	$33,125.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00
46	0	0	0	0	5	15	7	6	13	$60,212.50	Total	Total	57	2	3	0	1	5	14	12	7	13	$142,687.50

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	36	54.5%	14	21.2%	16	24.2%	50-16	75.8%	12	20.7%	8	13.8%	38	65.5%	12-46	20.7%	36-38	48.6%	26-24	52.0%	2	2	64-64	50.0%
2016-2017	10	55.6%	5	27.8%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	4	30.8%	1	7.7%	8	61.5%	4-9	30.8%	10-8	55.6%	9-4	69.2%	0	0	19-12	61.3%
Against the Field	11	39.3%	8	28.6%	9	32.1%	19-9	67.9%	6	20.0%	3	10.0%	21	70.0%	6-24	20.0%	22-40	35.5%	28-24	53.8%	1	0	26-32	44.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	12	7	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	23	20	0	0	12	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	39	43
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	5	2	40	30	0	0	18	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	64	64

Head to Head Results
Pedlow/Schachter lead the series against the field 17-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Pedlow/Schachter	10	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Pedlow/Schachter	19	21-19, 27-25	0:42
Series tied with # 4 Goncalves/Loyola, Brazil 1-1
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 3	Goncalves/Loyola	6	Pedlow/Schachter	15	17-21, 21-12, 20-18	0:52
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Pedlow/Schachter	9	Goncalves/Loyola	4	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 0-1
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Liamin	6	Pedlow/Schachter	16	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Kantor/Losiak	5	Pedlow/Schachter	12	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 8 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool B	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Carvalhaes/Solberg	2, Q1	14-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/1/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool I	Gavira/Herrera	9	Pedlow/Schachter	16	21-16, 24-22	0:42
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	6	Pedlow/Schachter	9	21-15, 21-19	0:32
Series tied with # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Lupo/Nicolai	11	21-19, 21-19	0:36
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Pedlow/Schachter	12	14-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-0
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Pedlow/Schachter	10	Saxton/Schalk	23	21-13, 19-21, 19-17	0:54
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Pedlow/Schachter	19	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-11, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 14 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	12	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	16	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Brunner/Patterson, United States 1-0
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool H	Pedlow/Schachter	9	Brunner/Patterson	8	21-13, 21-14	0:28
Trail the series against # 18 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-2
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Crabb/Gibb	17	Pedlow/Schachter	19	21-13, 21-18	0:34
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 2	Crabb/Gibb	11	Pedlow/Schachter	12	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	36-34, 14-21, 20-18	1:06
Lead the series against # 21 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool B	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Ontiveros/Virgen	18	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:41
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	9	Ontiveros/Virgen	14	21-17, 18-21, 15-5	0:44
Trail the series against # 26 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	25, Q4	Pedlow/Schachter	10	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 27 Kujawiak/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool E	Kujawiak/Prudel	21	Pedlow/Schachter	12	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 32 Seidl/Winter, Austria 3-0
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Pedlow/Schachter	19	Seidl/Winter	30, Q19	21-16, 21-16	0:35
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool E	Pedlow/Schachter	12	Seidl/Winter	28, Q10	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:47
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Pedlow/Schachter	12	Seidl/Winter	28, Q8	21-18, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 33 Ashfiya/Rachmawan, Indonesia 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool I	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Ashfiya/Rachmawan	33	21-13, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 40 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool I	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Ermacora/Pristauz	40	21-11, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 45 Van Garderen/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	12	Van Garderen/Varenhorst	27, Q8	15-21, 25-23, 15-11	0:45