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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(1) 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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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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 25th
2017	Julio Nascimento - 9th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 33rd
2018	Cherif Younousse - 17th	Ahmed Tijan - 17th
2019	Cherif Younousse - 3rd	Ahmed Tijan - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	1	3rd	320	US$50,000.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	5	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	13	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	10	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	10	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool A	Gustavs Auzins / Toms Liepa, Latvia (32, Q14)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:35
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool A	Dimitriy Korotkov / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (17)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 2	Christoph Dressler / Philipp Waller, Austria (3)	Won 21-15, 27-25	0:47
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 3	Adrian Heidrich / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (25, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:33
Sun, 5/18/2025	Semi-Finals	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (29, Q9)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Sun, 5/18/2025	Gold Medal	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (24, Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-14	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	10	2	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$122,500.00	33	14	70.2 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	$105,000.00	26	16	61.9 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	$118,000.00	29	19	60.4 %
2025	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	68	5	7	6	2	17	1	15	3	10	0	2	$627,000.00	202	109	65.0 %
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
9	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	$52,500.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	$52,500.00
10	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$59,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$59,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2025	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
85	5	9	6	2	19	19	12	1	12	$320,600.00	Total	Total	91	6	7	6	2	19	24	13	7	7	$348,400.00

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%
2024-2025	40	72.7%	9	16.4%	6	10.9%	49-6	89.1%	9	36.0%	5	20.0%	11	44.0%	9-16	36.0%	40-11	78.4%	18-11	62.1%	1	4	59-26	69.4%
Against the Field	13	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	26-0	100.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	1	19-3	86.4%

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 13-0 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-0
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	13	Carracher/Nicolaidis	24	21-14, 21-18	0:38
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 # 3 Dressler/Waller, Austria 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Dressler/Waller	3	21-15, 27-25	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 Korotkov/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Korotkov/Tiisaar	17	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Budinger/Evans, United States 3-0
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	10	Budinger/Evans	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	8	Budinger/Evans	9	21-19, 21-14	0:34
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	12	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Dillier/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
5/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	1	Dillier/Krattiger	24, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Heidrich/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	1	Heidrich/Jordan	25, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 Mol/Mol, Norway 1-0
5/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Mol/Mol	29, Q9	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 32, Q14 Auzins/Liepa, Latvia 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Auzins/Liepa	32, Q14	22-20, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q28 Gao/Li, China 2-0
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Lucky Loser	Tijan/Younousse	8	Gao/Li	14, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:31
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	18	Gao/Li	31	14-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:42