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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Cancun Hub - 3rd Event
April 28 - May 2, 2021

(3) 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 Cancun Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Cherif Younousse - 2nd	Ahmed Tijan - 2nd
2021	Cherif Younousse - 2nd	Ahmed Tijan - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	10	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	17	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	8	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	2/23-26/2021	Doha 1 Star	1	1st	0	US$1,000.00
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

Cancun 4 Star - 3rd Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/29/2021	Pool C	Andrea Abbiati / Tiziano Andreatta, Italy (30, Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:38
Thu, 4/29/2021	Pool C	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (19)	Lost 21-23, 20-22	0:45
Fri, 4/30/2021	Winner 1	Miguel Sarabia / Raymond Stephens, Mexico (31)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 4/30/2021	Winner 2	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 5/1/2021	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (1)	Won 23-21, 21-15	0:41
Sat, 5/1/2021	Semi-Finals	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (5)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:38
Sun, 5/2/2021	Gold Medal	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (10)	Won 21-15, 21-12	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	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$59,000.00	24	6	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	33	2	2	3	0	6	0	9	0	9	0	2	$205,500.00	88	51	63.3 %
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
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
5	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,500.00	2021	FIVB	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,500.00
50	2	4	3	0	7	10	11	1	12	$109,850.00	Total	Total	56	3	2	3	0	7	15	12	7	7	$137,650.00

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	51	73.9%	9	13.0%	9	13.0%	60-9	87.0%	14	28.0%	5	10.0%	31	62.0%	14-36	28.0%	102-60	63.0%	46-28	62.2%	0	1	74-45	62.2%

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 43-20 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 3-2
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	3	Cerutti/Filho	1	23-21, 21-15	0:41
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Filho	5	Tijan/Younousse	19	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool E	Tijan/Younousse	8	Cerutti/Filho	5	21-19, 21-15	0:44
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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 3-2
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	19	Dalhausser/Lucena	14	28-26, 21-18	0:44
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 # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	8	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-16, 21-15	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-3
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	21-17, 21-16	0:38
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 # 8 Gaxiola/Rubio, Mexico 1-0
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Gaxiola/Rubio	24, Q2	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 4-1
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	10	Carambula/Rossi	7	21-16, 21-10	0:36
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Carambula/Rossi	7	Tijan/Younousse	10	19-21, 24-22, 15-11	0:57
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	17	Carambula/Rossi	7	21-18, 21-17	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 10 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 4-1
5/2/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	3	Leshukov/Semenov	10	21-15, 21-12	0:34
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Leshukov/Semenov	16	Tijan/Younousse	17	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	19	Leshukov/Semenov	14	21-19, 21-12	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 11 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	11	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	10	Gerson/Heidrich	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 15 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
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 # 17 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 # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	19	Tijan/Younousse	3	23-21, 22-20	0:45
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	19	Kantor/Losiak	22	23-21, 21-15	0:40
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 # 20 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 3-2
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	10	Pedlow/Schachter	23, Q5	21-17, 23-21	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 21 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
Series tied with # 24 Aye/Gauthier-Rat, France 1-1
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Aye/Gauthier-Rat	24, Q2	21-16, 21-15	0:30
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool E	Aye/Gauthier-Rat	20, Q13	Tijan/Younousse	8	21-19, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Brunner/Schalk, United States 1-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	17	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Abbiati/Andreatta, Italy 2-0
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Abbiati/Andreatta	30, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:38
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	6	Abbiati/Andreatta	27	21-16, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 31 Sarabia/Stephens, Mexico 2-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	3	Sarabia/Stephens	31	21-13, 21-14	0:34
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	17	Sarabia/Stephens	32	21-13, 21-10	0:28
Series tied with Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-1
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	6	Evans/Kolinske	25, Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:36
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 # Q10 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 # Q16 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