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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 World Tour Doha 1 Star
February 23 - 26, 2021

(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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Cherif Younousse - 41st	Ahmed Tijan - 41st
2016	Assam Mahmoud - 17th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 17th
2016	Julio Nascimento - 17th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 25th
2018	Cherif Younousse - 3rd	Ahmed Tijan - 3rd
2019	Cherif Younousse - 5th	Ahmed Tijan - 5th
2020	Cherif Younousse - 17th	Ahmed Tijan - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	8	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	19	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	19	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
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

Doha 1 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 2/24/2021	Pool A	Salba Chafic / Joe El Azzi, Lebanon (16, Q4)	Won 21-8, 21-11	0:29
Wed, 2/24/2021	Pool A	Alexey Gusev / Pavel Shustrov, Russia (8)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 2/25/2021	Winner 2	Anton Kislytsyn / Daniil Kuvichka, Russia (7)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:37
Fri, 2/26/2021	Semi-Finals	Alexey Gusev / Pavel Shustrov, Russia (8)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:29
Fri, 2/26/2021	Gold Medal	Yves Haussener / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (2)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:34

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	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	3	0	0	$73,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	1	0	3	0	5	0	9	0	9	0	2	$147,500.00	69	45	60.5 %
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
12	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$36,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$36,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2021	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
46	1	2	3	0	6	10	11	1	12	$80,850.00	Total	Total	52	2	0	3	0	6	15	12	7	7	$108,650.00

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%
2020-2021	37	80.4%	3	6.5%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	37-8	82.2%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	45-17	72.6%
Against the Field	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	14-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	8-0	100.0%

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 7-0 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
2/26/21	FIVB	Doha 1 Star	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	1	Haussener/Metral	2	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 7 Kislytsyn/Kuvichka, Russia 1-0
2/25/21	FIVB	Doha 1 Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Kislytsyn/Kuvichka	7	22-20, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Gusev/Shustrov, Russia 2-0
2/26/21	FIVB	Doha 1 Star	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Gusev/Shustrov	8	21-13, 21-12	0:29
2/24/21	FIVB	Doha 1 Star	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Gusev/Shustrov	8	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 Chafic/El Azzi, Lebanon 1-0
2/24/21	FIVB	Doha 1 Star	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Chafic/El Azzi	16, Q4	21-8, 21-11	0:29