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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$50,000 Espinho Two Star
July 28 - 30, 2017

(7) Julio Nascimento/Ahmed Tijan, Qatar

Júlio César Do Nascimento Júnior
Qatar

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 7, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guaraparj, Brazil

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$8,900.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	5	US$13,000.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-23/2017	Agadir One Star	3	2nd	160	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	Q20	41st	48	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q21	41st	48	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	Q2	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	Q7	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	10	9th	180	US$2,100.00

Espinho Two Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/29/2017	Winner 2	Martin Appelgren / Simon Boman, Sweden (10)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 7/29/2017	Winner 3	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (15)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:33
Sun, 7/30/2017	Semi-Finals	Svein Solhaug / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:34
Sun, 7/30/2017	Gold Medal	Vitor Felipe / George Wanderley, Brazil (13)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:47

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Total	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$13,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julio Nascimento												Ahmed Tijan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$18,000.00
											World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	4	3	2	0	12	8	1	0	0	$192,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	3	4	2	0	4	8	7	1	0	$103,350.00
7	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$6,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
16	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$8,900.00	Total	91	8	9	6	2	20	21	12	1	0	$388,100.00

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
2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,000.00	3	10	23.1 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	$8,100.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	8	$10,100.00	10	17	37.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julio Nascimento													Ahmed Tijan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$1,000.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,600.00
8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	$5,450.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$4,050.00
14	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	8	$6,450.00	Total	Total	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	11	$5,650.00

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	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	6.3%	3	18.8%	12	75.0%	1-15	6.3%	6-12	33.3%	5-6	45.5%	1	0	12-18	40.0%
2016-2017	5	45.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	11	73.3%	1-14	6.7%	5-11	31.3%	4-6	40.0%	1	0	10-17	37.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	6
Total	0	0	2	8	1	5	0	0	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	12	18

Head to Head Results
Nascimento/Tijan lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Solhaug/Sorum, Norway 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Semi-Finals	Nascimento/Tijan	7	Solhaug/Sorum	3	21-18, 23-21	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Schumann/Thole, Germany 0-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Schumann/Thole	26, Q12	Nascimento/Tijan	Q21	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 2-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 2	Nascimento/Tijan	7	Appelgren/Boman	10	21-19, 21-17	0:35
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Qualifier 1	Nascimento/Tijan	27, Q11	Appelgren/Boman	Q22	20-22, 21-14, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Felipe/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
7/30/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Gold Medal	Felipe/Wanderley	13	Nascimento/Tijan	7	21-12, 21-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 3	Nascimento/Tijan	7	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	15	21-17, 21-19	0:33