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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Maldives Challenge
October 13 - 16, 2022

(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 Sun Island Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	1	9th	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	1	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00

Maldives Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/14/2022	Pool A	Remi Bassereau / Julien Lyneel, France (24)	Lost 18-21, 21-12, 20-22	0:51
Fri, 10/14/2022	Pool A	Vaclav Bercik / Matyas Dzavoronok, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:32
Sat, 10/15/2022	Winner 1	Evan Cory / Logan Webber, United States (20, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:35
Sat, 10/15/2022	Winner 2	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (22, Q9)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:42
Sun, 10/16/2022	Semi-Finals	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (2)	Won 15-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:46
Sun, 10/16/2022	Gold Medal	Chase Budinger / Troy Field, United States (14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	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	10	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$115,000.00	44	15	74.6 %
2022	FIVB	8	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$93,500.00	27	10	73.0 %
Total	FIVB	46	4	5	4	0	9	0	13	0	9	0	2	$355,000.00	135	70	65.9 %
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
8	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$46,750.00	2022	FIVB	8	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$46,750.00
63	4	7	4	0	10	14	11	1	12	$184,600.00	Total	Total	69	5	5	4	0	10	19	12	7	7	$212,400.00

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%
2021-2022	60	77.9%	8	10.4%	9	11.7%	68-9	88.3%	9	31.0%	5	17.2%	15	51.7%	9-20	31.0%	60-15	80.0%	17-14	54.8%	0	0	77-29	72.6%
Against the Field	11	84.6%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4-5	44.4%	22-2	91.7%	8-10	44.4%	0	1	15-7	68.2%

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 9-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
10/16/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ahman/Hellvig	2	15-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 2-0
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Haussener/Metral	31	21-11, 21-14	0:34
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 # 13 Bercik/Dzavoronok, Czech Republic 1-0
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Bercik/Dzavoronok	13	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 14 Budinger/Field, United States 1-0
10/16/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	1	Budinger/Field	14	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 16, Q1 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Dillier/Heidrich	32	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Cory/Webber, United States 1-0
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	1	Cory/Webber	20, Q6	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 22, Q9 Benesh/Partain, United States 1-0
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Benesh/Partain	22, Q9	22-20, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 24 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 0-1
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool A	Bassereau/Lyneel	24	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-18, 12-21, 22-20	0:51