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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Saturday, May 2, 2026 Court #3 10:00

Match #42: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(15) Chaim Schalk/James Shaw, United States
vs.
(4) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$357,637.50

James Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$43,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	3	0	US$82,950.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Matt Zbyszewski - 41st	Did not play
2025	James Shaw - 13th	Chaim Schalk - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	5th	960	US$18,000.00
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool C	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (10)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:41
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:36
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool C	Timothy Brewster / Logan Webber, United States (22, Q10)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 16-18	1:00
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (4)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	$48,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	5	0	0	$82,950.00

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	3	0	1	0	1	$46,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	World Tour Finals
57	0	1	4	0	5	20	18	5	0	$239,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	$24,350.00
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
118	1	1	5	3	22	29	26	11	1	$357,637.50	Total	19	1	0	2	0	5	4	6	0	0	$43,975.00

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	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	$67,750.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	5	0	0	$76,750.00	27	24	52.9 %

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
10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$33,875.00
117	1	1	5	3	22	29	26	11	19	$354,537.50	Total	Total	18	1	0	2	0	5	4	6	0	0	$40,875.00

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	13	44.8%	7	24.1%	9	31.0%	20-9	69.0%	7	29.2%	4	16.7%	13	54.2%	7-17	29.2%	13-13	50.0%	14-13	51.9%	1	0	28-26	51.9%
2025-2026	10	47.6%	4	19.0%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	5	26.3%	4	21.1%	10	52.6%	5-14	26.3%	10-10	50.0%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	20-21	48.8%
Against the Field	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	6-6	50.0%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	4-10	28.6%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	9-14	39.1%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	7	11	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	17
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	17	14	0	0	7	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	26

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$77,711.80

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

198

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$473,793.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	22	2	1	3	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$149,426.96

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Martins Plavins - 5th	Kristians Fokerots - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	13	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	1	1st	400	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (21, Q9)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:31
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool D	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (16)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:31
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool D	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (9)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:46
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (15)

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	14	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$134,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
Total	22	2	1	3	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$149,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristians Fokerots												Martins Plavins
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	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
15	0	1	2	2	4	3	2	0	0	$67,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	83	1	1	2	2	5	21	22	13	0	$248,850.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
37	4	2	4	2	7	4	5	5	0	$76,400.00	Total	198	7	4	7	6	20	54	43	27	0	$472,950.00

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
2023	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00	29	25	53.7 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	2	1	3	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$142,800.00	61	41	59.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristians Fokerots													Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
38	5	2	4	2	7	4	5	6	3	$73,300.00	Total	Total	197	7	4	7	6	20	54	43	27	29	$469,850.00

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	41	68.3%	12	20.0%	7	11.7%	53-7	88.3%	7	17.1%	8	19.5%	26	63.4%	7-34	17.1%	41-26	61.2%	19-15	55.9%	1	0	61-41	59.8%
2025-2026	26	72.2%	6	16.7%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	5	17.9%	3	10.7%	20	71.4%	5-23	17.9%	26-20	56.5%	11-7	61.1%	0	0	37-27	57.8%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	14	70.0%	4-16	20.0%	18-28	39.1%	16-6	72.7%	0	0	17-17	50.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	19	14	0	0	13	10	1	4	2	2	0	1	35	31
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	17	3
Total	0	0	5	1	30	18	0	1	18	13	3	5	3	2	2	1	61	41

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1