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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 17 - 21, 2019

(6) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Julio Nascimento - 2nd	Did not play
2018	Cherif Younousse - 5th	Ahmed Tijan - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	14	5th	720	US$12,000.00
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

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool F	Andrea Abbiati / Tiziano Andreatta, Italy (27)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:29
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool F	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)	Lost 19-21, 23-25	0:39
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 1	Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter, Canada (15)	Lost 25-23, 20-22, 13-15	0:56

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	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	$53,000.00	22	14	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	3	0	5	0	6	0	8	0	2	$123,500.00	57	36	61.3 %
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
9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$26,500.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$26,500.00
41	0	2	3	0	6	7	10	1	12	$68,850.00	Total	Total	47	1	0	3	0	6	12	11	7	7	$96,650.00

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	41	71.9%	7	12.3%	9	15.8%	48-9	84.2%	12	27.3%	5	11.4%	27	61.4%	12-32	27.3%	82-52	61.2%	38-28	57.6%	0	1	60-41	59.4%

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 20-17 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 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
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 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Tijan/Younousse	6	21-19, 25-23	0:39
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 # 12 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
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 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 2-2
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Pedlow/Schachter	15	Tijan/Younousse	6	23-25, 22-20, 15-13	0:56
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 # 16 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 # 18 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 # 21 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 # 23 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 # 27 Abbiati/Andreatta, Italy 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	6	Abbiati/Andreatta	27	21-16, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Guehrer/Schubert, Australia 0-1
7/23/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Guehrer/Schubert	Q23	Tijan/Younousse	Q10	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # Q6 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