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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
Friday, August 7, 2026 Court #2 16:00

Match #24: Pool D

(12) Chaim Schalk/James Shaw, United States
vs.
(13, Q1) Julian Friedli/Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland

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:

120

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$363,237.50

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$52,675.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	3	0	US$87,950.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Ben Saxton - 17th	Did not play
2017	Ben Saxton - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	15	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (5)	Lost 14-21, 23-25	0:36
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Paul Henning / Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany (4)	Lost 21-17, 20-22, 12-15	0:48
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (13, Q1)

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	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$53,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	16	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	5	0	0	$87,950.00

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
59	0	1	4	0	5	22	18	5	3	$245,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	1	0	$33,050.00
49	0	0	1	1	11	8	7	6	15	$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
120	1	1	5	3	22	31	26	11	19	$363,237.50	Total	23	1	0	2	0	5	7	6	1	0	$52,675.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	5	0	0	$82,950.00	28	29	49.1 %

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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$9,300.00
119	1	1	5	3	22	31	26	11	19	$360,737.50	Total	Total	22	1	0	2	0	5	7	6	1	0	$50,175.00

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	43.3%	7	23.3%	10	33.3%	20-10	66.7%	7	26.9%	4	15.4%	15	57.7%	7-19	26.9%	13-15	46.4%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	28-29	49.1%
2025-2026	10	45.5%	4	18.2%	8	36.4%	14-8	63.6%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	12	57.1%	5-16	23.8%	10-12	45.5%	9-12	42.9%	1	0	20-24	45.5%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-12	14.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	3-10	23.1%

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	13	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	20
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	16	0	0	7	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	29

Julian Friedli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$42,635.43

Jonathan Jordan
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lörrach, Germany

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$48,856.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	US$37,250.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Yves Haussener - 21st	Quentin Metral - 13th
2025	Yves Haussener - 25th	Adrian Heidrich - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	5	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	11	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	21, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	13	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Florian Fiedler / Maximilian Fromm, Germany (Q16)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:31
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 2	Dimitriy Korotkov / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (Q8)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Paul Henning / Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany (4)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (5)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:30
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool D	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (12)

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,250.00
Total	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	$37,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julian Friedli												Jonathan Jordan
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	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	$6,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	$13,500.00
11	0	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	1	$29,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	1	0	5	4	4	3	6	$26,125.00
6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	2	2	1	1	5	4	4	0	0	$3,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
32	2	1	3	1	4	4	10	5	1	$41,425.00	Total	56	2	2	2	1	10	12	12	6	8	$46,475.00

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	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	$32,250.00	19	14	57.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	$32,250.00	19	14	57.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julian Friedli													Jonathan Jordan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$50.00
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	2	1	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
6	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	$950.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$4,200.00
13	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	$21,600.00	2025	FIVB	14	1	0	1	0	2	6	1	2	1	$20,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	$16,125.00	2026	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	$16,125.00
31	2	1	3	1	4	4	10	5	1	$38,925.00	Total	Total	55	2	2	2	1	10	12	12	6	8	$43,975.00

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	10	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	8	47.1%	5-12	29.4%	10-8	55.6%	9-6	60.0%	0	0	19-14	57.6%
2025-2026	10	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	8	47.1%	5-12	29.4%	10-8	55.6%	9-6	60.0%	0	0	19-14	57.6%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	5
Total	0	0	3	1	10	8	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	14

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D