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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Montréal
Saturday, August 22, 2026 Stadium Court 17:00

Match #29: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(1) Jacob Nilsson/Elmer Andersson, Sweden
vs.
(12) Sam Schachter/Jonathan Pickett, Canada

Jacob Hölting Nilsson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

ST Köpinge

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$174,547.49

Elmer Andersson
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 26, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Järstorp

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$173,776.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$24,500.00
FIVB	29	7	4	1	0	6	0	4	1	2	1	1	1	US$313,528.28
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	32	8	4	1	0	7	0	5	1	2	1	1	1	US$338,028.28

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Elmer Andersson - 2nd	Jacob Nilsson - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/12-16/2026	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026	1	1st	800	€ 20,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2026	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	3	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	3	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool A	Steven Abrams / Cameron Chadwick, Canada (16, Q15)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:26
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool A	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (9)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:30
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool A	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (8)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:32
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 2	Jonathan Pickett / Sam Schachter, Canada (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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	2	3	0	0	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	$214,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$50,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Total	32	8	4	1	0	7	0	5	1	3	1	1	$335,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jacob Nilsson												Elmer Andersson
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
16	2	3	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$107,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	2	3	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$107,450.00
8	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	$25,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$25,250.00
8	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Confederation Championship	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
37	8	5	1	0	7	7	5	1	2	$168,375.00	Total	32	8	4	1	0	7	6	3	1	1	$167,850.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$21,800.00	29	6	82.9 %
2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$187,750.00	49	18	73.1 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
2026	FIVB	7	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$95,650.00	29	8	78.4 %
2026	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	28	7	4	1	0	6	0	4	1	3	1	1	$305,200.00	107	32	77.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	8	1	88.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jacob Nilsson													Elmer Andersson
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$10,900.00
14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00	2025	FIVB	14	3	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$93,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
8	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$48,350.00	2026	FIVB	7	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$47,825.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2026	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
36	8	5	1	0	7	7	5	1	2	$164,375.00	Total	Total	31	8	4	1	0	7	6	3	1	1	$163,850.00

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	80	81.6%	14	14.3%	4	4.1%	94-4	95.9%	11	28.9%	5	13.2%	22	57.9%	11-27	28.9%	80-22	78.4%	25-9	73.5%	2	1	107-32	77.0%
2025-2026	59	80.8%	11	15.1%	3	4.1%	70-3	95.9%	6	21.4%	3	10.7%	19	67.9%	6-22	21.4%	59-19	75.6%	17-6	73.9%	2	1	78-26	75.0%
Against the Field	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	22-14	61.1%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	16-8	66.7%

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	32	7	0	0	13	8	5	0	0	0	2	3	55	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	10	2	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	28	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	18	5
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	1
Total	0	0	9	3	57	12	0	0	32	14	12	1	1	0	8	4	119	34

Sam Schachter
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

North York, ON

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$249,912.50

Jonathan Pickett
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 2001 (25 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$28,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	1	3	US$55,200.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Daniel Dearing - 13th	Did not play
2025	Jonathan Pickett - 13th	Sam Schachter - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	25	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	18, Q2	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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

BPT Elite Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool D	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:41
Thu, 8/20/2026	Pool D	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (4)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 8/21/2026	Pool D	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (13, Q1)	Lost 13-21, 21-23	0:37
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (14, Q3)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Sat, 8/22/2026	Winner 2	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (1)

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$33,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$14,500.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	5	3	0	$55,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sam Schachter												Jonathan Pickett
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals
43	0	1	0	1	1	12	15	6	6	$130,225.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	$16,850.00
67	1	2	0	1	8	19	17	10	9	$88,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$7,250.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
125	3	3	0	2	10	35	39	16	16	$249,912.50	Total	20	0	1	0	0	0	8	7	3	0	$28,050.00

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	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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	$10,950.00	7	10	41.2 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	5	3	0	$47,200.00	21	30	41.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sam Schachter													Jonathan Pickett
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2012	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB
7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$26,400.00	2014	FIVB
10	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,787.50	2015	FIVB
16	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	0	$33,125.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$25,000.00	2017	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	$18,750.00	2018	FIVB
13	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$4,000.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,750.00	2022	FIVB
12	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	1	$12,500.00	2023	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$5,125.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,450.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$5,475.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$5,475.00
124	3	3	0	2	10	35	39	16	16	$245,912.50	Total	Total	19	0	1	0	0	0	8	7	3	0	$24,050.00

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	16	61.5%	4	15.4%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	1	4.0%	4	16.0%	20	80.0%	1-24	4.0%	16-20	44.4%	5-10	33.3%	0	0	21-30	41.2%
2025-2026	14	60.9%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	1	4.3%	4	17.4%	18	78.3%	1-22	4.3%	14-18	43.8%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	19-27	41.3%
Against the Field	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	4-12	25.0%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	6	10	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11
Total	0	0	4	3	13	18	1	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	30

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2