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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Swatch Major Gstaad Five Star
July 8 - 13, 2019

(14) 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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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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Julio Nascimento - 41st	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th
2018	Cherif Younousse - 17th	Ahmed Tijan - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	4	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	4	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	7	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	1	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/9-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	1	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
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

Gstaad Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2019	Pool C	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (19)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:40
Wed, 7/10/2019	Pool C	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (3)	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
Fri, 7/12/2019	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (20, Q2)	Won 26-24, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 7/12/2019	Winner 3	Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Lost 22-20, 21-23, 10-15	0:52

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 %
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	$50,000.00	21	12	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	3	0	5	0	6	0	7	0	2	$120,500.00	56	34	62.2 %
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
8	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$25,000.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$25,000.00
40	0	2	3	0	6	7	9	1	12	$67,350.00	Total	Total	46	1	0	3	0	6	12	10	7	7	$95,150.00

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%
2018-2019	40	67.8%	8	13.6%	11	18.6%	48-11	81.4%	15	32.6%	4	8.7%	27	58.7%	15-31	32.6%	40-27	59.7%	23-15	60.5%	0	0	63-42	60.0%
Against the Field	66	71.7%	10	10.9%	16	17.4%	76-16	82.6%	22	27.8%	11	13.9%	46	58.2%	22-57	27.8%	132-90	59.5%	64-54	54.2%	0	1	98-73	57.3%

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 35-24 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 2-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Tijan/Younousse	18	21-14, 21-10	0:30
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	8	Mol/Sorum	19	18-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:50
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Mol/Sorum	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 1-1
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Tijan/Younousse	7	22-20, 21-19	0:38
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	5	12-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:40
Lead the series against # 3 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 2-0
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	14	Leshukov/Semenov	3	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	9	Leshukov/Semenov	10	21-18, 17-21, 19-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-2
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Tijan/Younousse	4	21-18, 21-15	0:39
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	17	Tijan/Younousse	1	13-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:44
3/10/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Bronze Medal	Tijan/Younousse	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-2
3/15/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-19, 23-21	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 6 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Goncalves/Schmidt	6	Tijan/Younousse	14	20-22, 23-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	5	Tijan/Younousse	7	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-0
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Bourne/Crabb	10	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 2-0
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Carambula/Rossi	45	19-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:56
4/28/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Bronze Medal	Tijan/Younousse	7	Carambula/Rossi	27	13-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Tijan/Younousse	6	21-18, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 15 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-1
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Cerutti/Filho	20	Tijan/Younousse	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:52
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Cerutti/Filho	23, Q2	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Perusic/Schweiner	28	18-21, 21-13, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 18 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	7	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-1
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	14	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-16, 21-19	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 2-1
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	14	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	26-24, 21-19	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 23 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 2-1
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Pedlow/Schachter	11	Tijan/Younousse	1	25-23, 22-20	0:44
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	22	Pedlow/Schachter	11	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	8	Pedlow/Schachter	11	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 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
Series tied with # 28 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-1
7/1/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Koekelkoren/van Walle	21	21-15, 21-15	0:31
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
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Ehlers/Fluggen	29, Q20	24-22, 21-12	0:38
Series tied with # 31 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
Trail the series against # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q12 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 2-3
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	28, Q9	Tijan/Younousse	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:43
8/4/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Ermacora/Pristauz	31	21-13, 21-13	0:38
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
Trail the series against # Q16 Gordieiev/Popov, Ukraine 0-1
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool A	Gordieiev/Popov	32, Q11	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-17, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q19 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 2-0
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	26, Q11	23-21, 21-15	0:41
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q4	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # Q20 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 # Q26 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 1-0
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q11	24-22, 21-18	0:42