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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(27) Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Jefferson Santos Pereira
Qatar

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doha

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Kish Island 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$43,087.50

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	Money
FIVB	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	7	3	1	US$67,000.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Tiago Santos - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	30, Q25	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q20	41st	30	US$0.00

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool C	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (22)	Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool C	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (3)	Lost 25-23, 14-21, 11-15	0:54
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool C	Joshua Court / Damien Schumann, Australia (46)	Lost 19-21, 24-26	0:43
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Ryan Doherty / John Mayer, United States (2)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 2	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (16)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:37
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 3	Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena, United States (15)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:43

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Cherif Younousse - 5th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Cherif Younousse - 9th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	27	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	23	9th	480	US$11,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	$21,400.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,600.00
Total	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	7	0	$67,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jefferson Santos Pereira												Cherif Younousse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,500.00
											World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$11,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00
15	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	7	0	$14,787.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,300.00	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	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
33	1	0	0	0	2	7	5	10	0	$43,087.50	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
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$18,800.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$18,800.00	6	7	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jefferson Santos Pereira													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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	$8,587.50	2014	FIVB	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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$9,400.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$9,400.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	5	$17,987.50	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	$9,400.00

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	16	51.6%	7	22.6%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	14	30.4%	10	21.7%	22	47.8%	14-32	30.4%	16-22	42.1%	21-18	53.8%	0	2	37-42	46.8%
2014-2015	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	6	50.0%	3-9	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	5-4	55.6%	0	1	7-11	38.9%
Against the Field	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	11	57.9%	5-14	26.3%	10-22	31.3%	14-14	50.0%	0	0	12-18	40.0%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	1	7	19	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	1	0	10	4	16	29	0	0	8	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	37	42

Head to Head Results
Santos Pereira/Younousse trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Doherty/Mayer	2	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	23-25, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Semenov	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	30, Q25	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 3	Brunner/Lucena	15	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Doppler/Horst	22	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 46 Court/Schumann, Australia 0-1
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Court/Schumann	46	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	21-19, 26-24	0:43