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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Thursday, November 20, 2025 Court #2 18:30

Match #98: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(9) Chaim Schalk/James Shaw, United States
vs.
(6) Noslen Diaz/Jorge Alayo, Cuba

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$351,037.50

James Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$37,375.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	2	3	0	US$69,750.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	17, Q2	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	19, Q4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	7	7th	400	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	8	5th	640	US$4,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool I	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (40)	Lost 21-16, 22-24, 15-17	0:54
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool I	Matthew Immers / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (33)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:39
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool I	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (16)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:46
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (11)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (6)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Ben Saxton - 5th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Ben Saxton - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Ben Saxton - 5th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Theo Brunner - 4th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Tri Bourne - 37th	Did not play

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$42,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	14	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	5	0	0	$69,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chaim Schalk												James Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	$42,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	World Tour Finals
56	0	1	4	0	5	20	18	5	0	$236,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	$21,250.00
49	0	0	1	1	11	8	7	6	0	$47,962.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$9,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	Challenger
117	1	1	5	3	21	29	26	11	1	$351,037.50	Total	18	1	0	2	0	4	4	6	0	0	$37,375.00

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
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	$9,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	$49,750.00	18	18	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	5	0	0	$58,750.00	26	23	53.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chaim Schalk													James Shaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2010	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00	2013	FIVB
11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00	2014	FIVB
11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00	2015	FIVB
15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$29,000.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB
9	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	$9,000.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$26,625.00	2022	FIVB
14	0	0	0	1	5	2	5	0	1	$20,950.00	2023	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$8,375.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	$24,875.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	$24,875.00
116	1	1	5	3	21	29	26	11	19	$345,537.50	Total	Total	17	1	0	2	0	4	4	6	0	0	$31,875.00

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	12	46.2%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	7	31.8%	4	18.2%	11	50.0%	7-15	31.8%	12-11	52.2%	13-12	52.0%	1	0	26-23	53.1%
2024-2025	12	46.2%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	7	31.8%	4	18.2%	11	50.0%	7-15	31.8%	12-11	52.2%	13-12	52.0%	1	0	26-23	53.1%
Against the Field	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	6	46.2%	7-6	53.8%	7	41.2%	3	17.6%	7	41.2%	7-10	41.2%	8-14	36.4%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	14-16	46.7%

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	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	6	9	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
Total	0	0	3	1	16	12	0	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	23

Noslen Diaz Amaro
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$89,250.00

Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villa Clara

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Quintana Roo 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$89,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	21	1	4	1	2	3	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	US$178,500.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	7	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	4	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	5	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	1	5th	600	US$5,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool F	Yacoubou Daouda / Mensan Tohouegnon, Benin (43)	Won 21-11, 21-6	0:25
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool F	Bradley Fuller / Ben O'Dea, New Zealand (30)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:29
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool F	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (19)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:47
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (32)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (9)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Jorge Alayo - 17th	Noslen Diaz - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Jorge Alayo - 17th	Noslen Diaz - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	39	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	33	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$105,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	3	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$48,500.00
Total	21	1	4	1	2	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	$178,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Noslen Diaz												Jorge Alayo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$12,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$52,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$52,500.00
9	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$24,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	$24,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
21	1	4	1	2	3	5	4	0	0	$89,250.00	Total	23	1	4	1	2	4	6	4	0	0	$89,250.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00	13	10	56.5 %
2024	FIVB	8	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$46,500.00	28	13	68.3 %
2025	FIVB	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$96,000.00	25	11	69.4 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	4	1	2	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	$167,500.00	68	36	65.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Noslen Diaz													Jorge Alayo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$9,000.00
8	0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	$23,250.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	$23,250.00
7	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$48,000.00	2025	FIVB	7	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$48,000.00
20	1	4	1	2	3	5	4	0	0	$83,750.00	Total	Total	22	1	4	1	2	4	6	4	0	0	$83,750.00

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	38	70.4%	8	14.8%	8	14.8%	46-8	85.2%	19	40.4%	6	12.8%	22	46.8%	19-28	40.4%	38-22	63.3%	27-14	65.9%	3	0	68-36	65.4%
2024-2025	30	76.9%	3	7.7%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	17	48.6%	4	11.4%	14	40.0%	17-18	48.6%	30-14	68.2%	20-10	66.7%	3	0	53-24	68.8%
Against the Field	18	78.3%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	10	37.0%	4	14.8%	13	48.1%	10-17	37.0%	36-26	58.1%	24-14	63.2%	0	0	30-20	60.0%

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	8	7	0	0	10	4	2	1	1	0	1	1	23	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	13	5	2	0	11	4	3	2	0	2	0	3	34	17
Total	0	0	6	2	31	14	2	0	22	11	5	3	1	2	1	4	68	36

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2