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Canada and Poland meet for second chance to advance
- Updated: August 12, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 11, 2016 – Canada’s Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk takes on Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel of Poland in a match of second chances to advance to the elimination stage for the two 3rd place pool finishers. Both the Canadians (pool D) and Poles (pool E) won one of their three pool play matches to finish 3rd and need to play in the “lucky loser” round to advance. The loser will finish 17th.
Head to Head
Saxton/Schalk has won four of the six meetings against Fijalek/Prudel dating back to 2013, but both teams have split their two matches in 2016.
• Saxton/Schalk won 21-17, 19-21, and 15-12 in 48 minutes, Poland Grand Slam, Round of 16, 06/18/2016
• Fijalek/Prudel won 24-26, 21-17, and 15-12 in 60 minutes, Vitória Open, Round of 24, 03/18/2016
• Saxton/Schalk won 22-20 and 27-25 in 44 minutes, Moscow Grand Slam, Pool Play, 05/28/2015
• Saxton/Schalk won 19-21, 22-20, and 20-18 in 62 minutes, São Paulo Grand Slam, Pool Play, 09/25/2014
• Saxton/Schalk won 14-21, 21-11, and 15-13 in 48 minutes, Gstaad Grand Slam, Pool Play, 07/11/2013
• Fijalek/Prudel won 21-19 and 21-18 in 39 minutes, The Hague Grand Slam, Round of 24, 06/14/2013
Historically the #16 seed has won the only meeting against the #17 seed in the Olympic Games
• Marek Pakosta/Michal Palinek (16), Czech Republic def. Miguel Prieto/Jose Yuste (17), Spain, 15-11 in 27 minutes, Round of 24, Atlanta (1996).
The higher seeds have won three of the four “lucky loser” round matches in Beijing (2008) and London (2012). This will be the first lucky loser match for both the #16 and #17 seeds. Canada lost its only lucky loser match as Italy’s Danielle Lupo/Paolo Nicolai defeated Josh Binstock/Martin Reader, 21-16 and 22-20 in 38 minutes in London.
Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, Seed #16, Pool D, 1-2, 3rd Place, Qualified 16th with 4,820 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Ben: November 21, 1988 (27y8m16d), 200 cm (6’7″), 92 kg (204 lbs.), Hometown Calgary, 79th FIVB World Tour event, $239,037 career winnings (ranks 88th)
• Chaim: April 23, 1986 (30y3m14d), 196 cm (6’5″), 88 kg (195 lbs.), Hometown Red Deer, Alberta, 59th FIVB World Tour event, $218,912 career winnings (ranks 94th)
• Ben and …
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