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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Moscow Four Star
August 8 - 12, 2018

(9) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Ahmed Tijan
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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
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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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Julio Nascimento - 33rd	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	24, Q5	3rd	960	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2018	Tokyo Three Star	1	5th	360	US$3,000.00
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

Moscow Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/9/2018	Pool H	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (24, Q4)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 8/9/2018	Pool H	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (8)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:38
Fri, 8/10/2018	Winner 2	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (10)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 19-17	0:51
Sat, 8/11/2018	Winner 3	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Igor Velichko, Russia (1)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 9-15	0:45

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	14	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	1	$70,500.00	35	21	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	2	$70,500.00	35	22	61.4 %
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
15	0	0	2	0	4	3	5	0	1	$36,700.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	3	4	5	0	1	$36,300.00
32	0	2	2	0	4	4	7	1	12	$42,350.00	Total	Total	38	1	0	2	0	4	9	8	7	7	$70,150.00

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	34	73.9%	7	15.2%	5	10.9%	41-5	89.1%	6	19.4%	3	9.7%	22	71.0%	6-25	19.4%	68-44	60.7%	26-16	61.9%	0	0	47-30	61.0%

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 16-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Stoyanovskiy/Velichko, Russia 1-1
8/11/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Stoyanovskiy/Velichko	1	Tijan/Younousse	9	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Stoyanovskiy/Velichko	9	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-3
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Bronze Medal	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	25-23, 17-21, 15-12	0:57
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Tijan/Younousse	22	22-20, 21-16	0:34
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Tijan/Younousse	15	21-13, 21-15	0:30
3/9/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Tijan/Younousse	8	22-20, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Felipe/Goncalves	2	Tijan/Younousse	22	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 7 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-1
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Semi-Finals	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:42
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	8	Bryl/Fijalek	12	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Crabb/Gibb, United States 3-0
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	9	Crabb/Gibb	8	21-19, 22-20	0:38
8/4/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Crabb/Gibb	13, Q1	21-11, 21-18	0:33
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	22	Crabb/Gibb	17	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	9	Leshukov/Semenov	10	21-18, 17-21, 19-17	0:51
Series tied with # 11 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 1-1
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	18	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	22	Plavins/Tocs	11	24-22, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Doppler/Horst	8	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	Krasilnikov/Liamin	10	21-18, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Thole/Wickler, Germany 0-1
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	Tijan/Younousse	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 18 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 0-1
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	Tijan/Younousse	18	25-23, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q14	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	21-17, 15-21, 17-15	0:49
Series tied with # 20, Q1 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
Series tied with # 23 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-1
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Beeler/Krattiger	19	Tijan/Younousse	15	21-16, 21-15	0:33
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Beeler/Krattiger	24, Q3	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q4	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Horl/Winter, Austria 0-1
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool C	Horl/Winter	19	Tijan/Younousse	3	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	17	21-14, 23-21	0:38
Series tied with # Q5 Prudel/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Qualifier 2	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Prudel/Szalankiewicz	Q12	22-20, 21-19	0:43
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Prudel/Szalankiewicz	13	Tijan/Younousse	8	21-14, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q7 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