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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 World Tour Finals - Italy
October 6 - 10, 2021

(2) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/7/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	3	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	2	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	3	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	4	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	3	1st	800	US$20,000.00
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

World Tour Finals - Italy Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool B	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (7)	Won 21-14, 21-8	0:30
Thu, 10/7/2021	Pool B	Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi, Italy (9)	Won 16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:49
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool B	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 14-16	0:53
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool B	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:34
Sat, 10/9/2021	Winner 1	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (8)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 14-16	0:51

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	10	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$115,000.00	44	15	74.6 %
Total	FIVB	38	2	4	4	0	7	0	10	0	9	0	2	$261,500.00	108	60	64.3 %
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
10	2	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$57,500.00	2021	FIVB	10	2	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$57,500.00
55	2	6	4	0	8	11	11	1	12	$137,850.00	Total	Total	61	3	4	4	0	8	16	12	7	7	$165,650.00

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	19	61.3%	4	12.9%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	10	30.3%	8	24.2%	15	45.5%	10-23	30.3%	38-30	55.9%	28-32	46.7%	0	0	33-31	51.6%

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 28-17 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-3
8/4/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Lupo/Nicolai	18	21-17, 23-21	0:40
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Tijan/Younousse	4	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	10	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-17, 21-16	0:38
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Tijan/Younousse	8	21-16, 21-18	0:34
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 # 3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 2-4
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	3	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:53
4/26/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
4/20/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	17	21-19, 22-20	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 4 Crabb/Gibb, United States 4-0
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	4	Crabb/Gibb	6	21-19, 25-23	0:39
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 # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 2-1
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	4	Perusic/Schweiner	5	21-18, 21-17	0:35
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Perusic/Schweiner	14	Tijan/Younousse	8	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:00
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Perusic/Schweiner	28	18-21, 21-13, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-4
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-16, 21-18	0:34
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 # 7 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 5-2
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Leshukov/Semenov	7	21-14, 21-8	0:30
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 2	Leshukov/Semenov	6	Tijan/Younousse	3	21-17, 21-17	0:37
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 # 8 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-1
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:51
5/30/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	4	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
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 # 9 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 6-1
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Carambula/Rossi	9	16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:49
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Carambula/Rossi	15	24-22, 21-13	0:39
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 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 3-1
8/7/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Tijan/Younousse	3	Plavins/Tocs	14	21-12, 21-18	0:39
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