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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Tokyo Three Star
July 25 - 29, 2018

(1) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Ahmed Tijan
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banjul, Gambia

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$388,100.00

Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	Money
FIVB	74	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	1	1	0	US$762,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	1	1	1	US$762,000.00

Previous Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	23, Q5	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	22	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	22	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	Q1	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	2	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	1	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	8	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	2/20-24/2018	Kish Island Three Star	3	17th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	8	9th	400	US$4,000.00

Tokyo Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	Yu Koshikawa / Dylan Kurokawa, Japan (32)	Won 21-7, 21-6	0:25
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	Chase Budinger / Sean Rosenthal, United States (16, Q2)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:38
Fri, 7/27/2018	Winner 2	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (20)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Sat, 7/28/2018	Winner 3	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (7)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 10-15	0:46

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	4	3	2	0	12	0	4	4	1	0	0	$385,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	3	4	2	0	4	0	8	0	5	0	0	$203,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	0	$762,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ahmed Tijan												Cherif Younousse
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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,500.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
33	4	3	2	0	12	8	1	0	0	$192,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00
35	3	4	2	0	4	8	7	1	0	$103,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00
11	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$8,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
91	8	9	6	2	20	21	12	1	0	$388,100.00	Total	97	9	7	6	2	20	26	13	7	0	$415,900.00

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	1	$44,500.00	25	19	56.8 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	2	$44,500.00	25	20	55.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ahmed Tijan													Cherif Younousse
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,600.00	2016	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$9,900.00
7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$4,050.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	$14,150.00
13	0	0	1	0	3	3	5	0	1	$23,700.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	0	1	$23,300.00
30	0	2	1	0	3	4	7	1	12	$29,350.00	Total	Total	36	1	0	1	0	3	9	8	7	7	$57,150.00

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	154	72.0%	29	13.6%	31	14.5%	183-31	85.5%	42	34.1%	19	15.4%	62	50.4%	42-81	34.1%	154-62	71.3%	71-50	58.7%	1	4	226-116	66.1%
2017-2018	20	62.5%	5	15.6%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	10	41.7%	3	12.5%	11	45.8%	10-14	41.7%	20-11	64.5%	15-10	60.0%	0	0	35-21	62.5%
Against the Field	29	87.9%	1	3.0%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	58-10	85.3%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	32-9	78.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	11	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	11
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	56	26	0	0	19	18	7	2	2	0	4	3	94	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	35	18	1	0	32	17	7	2	2	0	3	4	81	43
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	7	3	129	52	1	0	60	45	15	8	6	2	8	7	226	117

Head to Head Results
Tijan/Younousse lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 0-1
5/11/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Winner 1	Bergmann/Harms	27, Q10	Tijan/Younousse	2	13-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Walkenhorst/Winter, Germany 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	22	Walkenhorst/Winter	27, Q10	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 1-0
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	25, Q7	21-14, 21-18	0:31
Series tied with # 7 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
7/28/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Tijan/Younousse	1	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:46
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	15	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	27-25, 29-27	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Evans/Kolinske, United States 0-1
5/11/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Pool B	Evans/Kolinske	15	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-2
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	Ermacora/Pristauz	Q21	21-18, 21-19	0:35
6/20/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Ermacora/Pristauz	29, Q16	Tijan/Younousse	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:36
2/22/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	12	Tijan/Younousse	3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Gao/Li, China 1-0
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	18	Gao/Li	31	14-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 16, Q2 Budinger/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Budinger/Rosenthal	16, Q2	21-18, 24-22	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Berntsen/Mol	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 32 Koshikawa/Kurokawa, Japan 1-0
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Koshikawa/Kurokawa	32	21-7, 21-6	0:25
Lead the series against # Q7 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	Li/Zhou	Q28	21-13, 16-21, 15-9	0:40