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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Match #8: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q2) Jonathan Pickett/Sam Schachter, Canada
vs.
(Q15) Joao Mares/Gabriel Zuliani, Brazil

Jonathan Pickett
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiarton, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$21,675.00

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:

122

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$243,537.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	US$42,450.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Did not play	Maverick Hatch - 41st
2012	Did not play	Maverick Hatch - 33rd
2025	Sam Schachter - 9th	Jonathan Pickett - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	35	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	4	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Joao Mares / Gabriel Zuliani, Brazil (Q15)

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$23,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$12,250.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	$42,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonathan Pickett												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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$25,000.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$11,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	1	0	1	1	12	14	5	0	$124,975.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	66	1	2	0	1	8	19	16	10	0	$87,812.50
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	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	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
17	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	2	0	$21,675.00	Total	122	3	3	0	2	10	35	37	15	0	$243,537.50

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$34,250.00	12	17	41.4 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	$42,450.00	16	23	41.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonathan Pickett													Sam Schachter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
											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
											2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00
											2014	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,787.50
											2016	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	$33,125.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00
											2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00
											2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,750.00
											2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	1	$12,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,450.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$5,125.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$17,125.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$17,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,100.00
16	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	2	0	$21,675.00	Total	Total	121	3	3	0	2	10	35	37	15	16	$243,537.50

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	12	57.1%	3	14.3%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	1	5.6%	3	16.7%	14	77.8%	1-17	5.6%	12-14	46.2%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	16-23	41.0%
2025-2026	10	55.6%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	1	6.3%	3	18.8%	12	75.0%	1-15	6.3%	10-12	45.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	14-20	41.2%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	8-6	57.1%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Total	0	0	3	2	10	13	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	23

Joao Pedro Mares Nascimento
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 22, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Nayarit 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,500.00

Gabriel Zuliani
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paranavai

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bujumbura 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$5,000.00

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	31, Q8	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Q16	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (Q2)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$5,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$5,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joao Mares												Gabriel Zuliani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	Total	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$3,100.00

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
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$5,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$5,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joao Mares													Gabriel Zuliani
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2025	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$2,500.00	Total	Total	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$3,100.00

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	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2025-2026	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-3	40.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1