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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Gstaad
July 5 - 10, 2021

(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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Josh Binstock - 9th
2017	Sam Schachter - 5th	Sam Pedlow - 5th
2018	Sam Schachter - 17th	Sam Pedlow - 17th
2019	Sam Schachter - 9th	Sam Pedlow - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	20	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	23, Q5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	21	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q2	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	21, Q2	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	15	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	23	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	14	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	13	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	19	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/9-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	11	4th	560	US$8,000.00

Gstaad 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/7/2021	Pool A	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (17)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:38
Wed, 7/7/2021	Pool A	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 7/8/2021	Winner 1	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (30, Q11)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 15-17	0:53

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 %
2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	3	0	$37,500.00	11	17	39.3 %
2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	4	0	1	$61,000.00	25	24	51.0 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$8,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	1	4	0	15	0	9	4	2	$164,500.00	64	64	50.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00
13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00
74	0	0	0	1	7	25	16	10	15	$117,462.50	Total	Total	85	2	3	0	2	7	24	21	11	15	$199,937.50

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%
2020-2021	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-3	57.1%	1	0	9-11	45.0%
Against the Field	7	33.3%	5	23.8%	9	42.9%	12-9	57.1%	5	16.1%	3	9.7%	23	74.2%	5-26	16.1%	14-44	24.1%	20-24	45.5%	0	1	17-35	32.7%

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 trail the series against the field 17-35 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-4
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Pedlow/Schachter	16	21-12, 21-17	0:37
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Pedlow/Schachter	14	22-20, 21-15	0:38
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Pedlow/Schachter	19	29-27, 21-19	0:45
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	18	Pedlow/Schachter	15	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 2-3
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	10	Pedlow/Schachter	23, Q5	21-17, 23-21	0:44
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Tijan/Younousse	6	23-25, 22-20, 15-13	0:56
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Pedlow/Schachter	11	Tijan/Younousse	1	25-23, 22-20	0:44
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	22	Pedlow/Schachter	11	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	8	Pedlow/Schachter	11	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 3 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Goncalves/Schmidt	9	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-4
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool D	Kantor/Losiak	4	Pedlow/Schachter	13	21-14, 21-14	0:31
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	6	Pedlow/Schachter	16	23-21, 21-14	0:35
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	1	Pedlow/Schachter	14	21-18, 21-12	0:31
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool E	Kantor/Losiak	5	Pedlow/Schachter	12	21-18, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Semi-Finals	Leshukov/Semenov	5	Pedlow/Schachter	11	21-11, 4-0 Retired	0:15
Trail the series against # 8 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Breer/Krattiger	26, Q9	Pedlow/Schachter	23, Q5	21-16, 24-22	0:47
Trail the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-3
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Pedlow/Schachter	15	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:46
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Pedlow/Schachter	16	22-20, 21-18	0:39
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Pedlow/Schachter	20	24-22, 17-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool D	Bryl/Fijalek	4	Pedlow/Schachter	16	14-21, 21-15, 15-5	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 3-2
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	18	Pedlow/Schachter	15	15-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:50
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool K	Pedlow/Schachter	14	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	21-19, 24-22	0:46
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	14	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	21-10, 14-21, 15-7	0:43
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Pedlow/Schachter	19	21-17, 25-27, 15-9	0:51
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Pedlow/Schachter	10	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool D	Pedlow/Schachter	20	Bourne/Crabb	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:58
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Bourne/Crabb	5	Pedlow/Schachter	13	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool D	Boermans/de Groot	29, Q11	Pedlow/Schachter	20	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 3-1
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool A	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Plavins/Tocs	17	21-19, 21-18	0:38
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool E	Pedlow/Schachter	21, Q2	Plavins/Tocs	12	21-14, 21-19	0:36
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool F	Pedlow/Schachter	11	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:42
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool F	Plavins/Tocs	6	Pedlow/Schachter	11	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 0-2
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Ehlers/Fluggen	13	Pedlow/Schachter	21	21-14, 26-24	0:43
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	15, Q6	Pedlow/Schachter	16	17-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-3
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	Pedlow/Schachter	15	21-12, 22-20	0:34
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	Pedlow/Schachter	15	21-17, 21-16	0:35
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	Pedlow/Schachter	13	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 20 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-2
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool E	Pedlow/Schachter	21	Gerson/Heidrich	12	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool K	Gerson/Heidrich	35	Pedlow/Schachter	14	21-19, 21-18	0:39
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Gerson/Heidrich	30, Q21	Pedlow/Schachter	14	21-15, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 23 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Pedlow/Schachter	23	Gavira/Herrera	7	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	13	Pedlow/Schachter	16	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:44
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 # 26, Q3 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	8	Pedlow/Schachter	25	18-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:54
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Doppler/Horst	7	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Series tied with # 30, Q11 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-1
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 1	Berntsen/Mol	30, Q11	Pedlow/Schachter	16	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:53
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	Pedlow/Schachter	16	Berntsen/Mol	32, Q18	21-13, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 31 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 0-1
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 2	Haussener/Metral	29, Q13	Pedlow/Schachter	Q4	17-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q12 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 3	Pedlow/Schachter	11	Bergmann/Harms	19	13-21, 26-24, 18-16	0:53