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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Joao Pessoa
November 22 - 26, 2023

(13, Q1) 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
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 Joao Pessoa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	7	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	8	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	1	7th	0	US$15,000.00

Elite16 Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/22/2023	Qualifier 1	Dudu Barbosa / Lucas Sampaio, Brazil (Q16)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:31
Wed, 11/22/2023	Qualifier 2	Florian Schnetzer / Mathias Seiser, Austria (Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 11/23/2023	Pool D	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (5)	Won 21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
Thu, 11/23/2023	Pool D	Theo Brunner / Trevor Crabb, United States (12)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 11/24/2023	Pool D	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (4)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Sat, 11/25/2023	Winner 2	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (8)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 13-15	0:46

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	10	2	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$122,500.00	33	14	70.2 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	$70,000.00	22	14	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	56	4	6	5	0	13	1	14	1	10	0	2	$454,000.00	163	88	64.9 %
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
10	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$61,250.00	2022	FIVB	10	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$61,250.00
8	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	$35,000.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	$35,000.00
73	4	8	5	0	15	16	12	1	12	$234,100.00	Total	Total	79	5	6	5	0	15	21	13	7	7	$261,900.00

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%
2022-2023	37	68.5%	9	16.7%	8	14.8%	46-8	85.2%	13	37.1%	6	17.1%	16	45.7%	13-22	37.1%	37-16	69.8%	22-14	61.1%	0	0	59-30	66.3%
Against the Field	28	66.7%	5	11.9%	9	21.4%	33-9	78.6%	15	34.1%	4	9.1%	25	56.8%	15-29	34.1%	56-46	54.9%	40-26	60.6%	0	2	48-38	55.8%

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 28-25 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 4-2
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	6	Perusic/Schweiner	3	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49
5/28/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Winner 1	Perusic/Schweiner	1	Tijan/Younousse	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
3/26/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	1	Perusic/Schweiner	5	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
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
Series tied with # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 2-2
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Tijan/Younousse	7	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	0:51
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	6	Tijan/Younousse	3	33-35, 21-16, 15-11	0:56
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Ahman/Hellvig	6	21-19, 21-19	0:38
10/16/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ahman/Hellvig	2	15-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-2
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Bryl/Losiak	5	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-18, 21-17	0:36
3/26/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Bryl/Losiak	8	21-17, 21-15	0:37
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Bryl/Losiak	8	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-16, 25-23	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-1
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	13, Q1	Goncalves/Lanci	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	11	Tijan/Younousse	5	21-18, 21-18	0:38
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	7	Goncalves/Lanci	15, Q10	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
Series tied with # 5 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 2-2
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	13, Q1	Cottafava/Nicolai	5	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	Tijan/Younousse	8	21-18, 21-12	0:31
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	6	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	21-18, 26-24	0:42
6/5/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q1	Tijan/Younousse	1	16-21, 27-25, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 2-1
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	5	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Tijan/Younousse	4	21-19, 21-16	0:36
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-5
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	Tijan/Younousse	7	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:54
3/27/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	21-17, 21-15	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 8 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-4
11/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Boermans/de Groot	8	Tijan/Younousse	13, Q1	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:46
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Boermans/de Groot	24	Tijan/Younousse	7	21-17, 21-14	0:37
7/10/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Gold Medal	Boermans/de Groot	15	Tijan/Younousse	2	23-21, 19-21, 15-10	0:52
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool B	Boermans/de Groot	15	Tijan/Younousse	2	20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 3-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Carvalhaes/Solberg	18	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:56
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	5	Carvalhaes/Solberg	13, Q1	30-28, 21-16	0:47
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	7	Carvalhaes/Solberg	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-3
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Loyola/Wanderley	9	Tijan/Younousse	6	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Loyola/Wanderley	7	Tijan/Younousse	2	22-20, 21-18	0:40
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Loyola/Wanderley	5	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-0
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	13, Q1	Brunner/Crabb	12	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 15, Q2 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 1-0
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Felipe/Lima	8	21-14, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # Q5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 4-3
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-15, 21-13	0:36
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-18, 21-18	0:38
10/1/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Tijan/Younousse	6	22-20, 27-25	0:46
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q2	Tijan/Younousse	1	21-14, 21-17	0:31
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 # Q8 Schnetzer/Seiser, Austria 1-0
11/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 2	Tijan/Younousse	13, Q1	Schnetzer/Seiser	Q8	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q16 Barbosa/Sampaio, Brazil 1-0
11/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 1	Tijan/Younousse	13, Q1	Barbosa/Sampaio	Q16	21-13, 21-18	0:31