Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015
(27) Cherif Samba/Jefferson Santos Pereira, Qatar
 
Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 22, 1995 (28 yrs old)
Home Town: Dakar, Senegal
Resides: Doha
Height: 195 cm (6'5")
Weight: 76 kg (167 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 82
Career Wins: 5
Career Winnings: US$283,400.00
Jefferson Santos Pereira
Qatar / Brazil
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 8, 1989 (34 yrs old)
Home Town: Doha
Resides: Rio de Janeiro
Height: 182 cm (6'0")
Weight: 87 kg (191 lb)
Seasons: 8
Tournaments: 33
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Kish Island 2016)
Career Winnings: US$43,087.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB21100010503731 US$67,000.00
Previous The Hague Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2014 Did not play Tiago Santos - 33rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 5/12-17/2015 Lucerne Open 30, Q25 25 120 US$800.00
FIVB 4/21-25/2015 Fuzhou Open Q20 41 30 US$0.00
Netherlands World Championships Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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 
YearLocationPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2017Vienna Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th Cherif Samba - 9th
2019Hamburg Ahmed Tijan - 17th Did not play
2022Rome Ahmed Tijan - 9th Did not play
2023Tlaxcala Ahmed Tijan - 17th Did not play
World Championships Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/26-7/5/2015 Netherlands World Championships 27 5 600 US$18,000.00
FIVB 7/28-8/6/2017 Vienna World Championships 23 9 480 US$11,000.00
Head to Head Results
Samba/Santos Pereira trail the series against the field 3-4
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 2 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-0
7/1/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Winner 1 Samba/Santos Pereira 27 Doherty/Mayer 2 21-18, 21-14 0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/28/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Pool C Cerutti/Schmidt 3 Samba/Santos Pereira 27 23-25, 21-14, 15-11 0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/14/15FIVBLucerne Open Pool C Krasilnikov/Semenov 3 Samba/Santos Pereira 30, Q25 22-20, 21-17 0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/2/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Winner 3 Brunner/Lucena 15 Samba/Santos Pereira 27 21-19, 21-19 0:43
Lead the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
7/2/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Winner 2 Samba/Santos Pereira 27 Gabathuler/Gerson 16 21-15, 21-13 0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
6/27/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Pool C Samba/Santos Pereira 27 Doppler/Horst 22 14-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:46
Trail the series against # 46 Court/Schumann, Australia 0-1
6/29/15FIVBNetherlands World Championships Pool C Court/Schumann 46 Samba/Santos Pereira 27 21-19, 26-24 0:43