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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 18, 2016

(19) 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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Kish Island 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$43,087.50

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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 25th	Cherif Samba - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	15	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	18	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	8	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	24, Q3	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	27, Q7	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	18	1	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	8	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	17	25	120	US$800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q21	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	27	5	600	US$18,000.00
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

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/6/2016

Pool F

Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (6)

Lost 16-21, 16-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	16	11	0	0.688	0	0	1	3
	1	16	11	0	0.688	0	0	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jefferson Santos Pereira	Total	21	11	0	0.524	0	5	2	1
	1	21	11	0	0.524	0	5	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/8/2016

Pool F

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (7)

Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-12

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	28	14	0	0.500	5	3	2	5
	1	28	14	0	0.500	5	3	2	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jefferson Santos Pereira	Total	26	16	0	0.615	0	10	1	3
	1	26	16	0	0.615	0	10	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/10/2016

Pool F

Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (18)

Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	40	20	0	0.500	6	2	0	3
	1	40	20	0	0.500	6	2	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jefferson Santos Pereira	Total	34	16	0	0.471	0	16	0	4
	1	34	16	0	0.471	0	16	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Winner 1

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (8)

Lost 13-21, 13-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	13	5	0	0.385	0	2	1	4
	1	13	5	0	0.385	0	2	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Jefferson Santos Pereira	Total	25	10	0	0.400	0	4	0	3
	1	25	10	0	0.400	0	4	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	97	50	0	0.515	11	7	4	15
Jefferson Santos Pereira	106	53	0	0.500	0	35	3	11

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	The Hague	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 5th	Cherif Samba - 5th
2017	Vienna	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th	Cherif Samba - 9th
2019	Hamburg	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Did not play
2021	Tokyo	Ahmed Tijan - 3rd	Did not play
2022	Rome	Ahmed Tijan - 9th	Did not play
2023	Tlaxcala	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Samba/Santos Pereira trail the series against the field 6-16

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samba/Santos Pereira	27	23-25, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Samba/Santos Pereira	15	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Samba/Santos Pereira	27, Q7	17-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Samba/Santos Pereira	15	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
8/6/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	6	Samba/Santos Pereira	19	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
8/8/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool F	Samba/Santos Pereira	19	Gavira/Herrera	7	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	2	Samba/Santos Pereira	18	21-17, 19-21, 19-17	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-3
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	Samba/Santos Pereira	19	21-13, 21-13	0:32
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Krasilnikov/Semenov	11	Samba/Santos Pereira	27, Q7	21-14, 21-17	0:32
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Semenov	3	Samba/Santos Pereira	30, Q25	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Samba/Santos Pereira	17	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Samba/Santos Pereira	8	21-19, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-2
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	8	Samba/Santos Pereira	24, Q3	22-20, 21-14	0:34
2/19/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Semi-Finals	Samba/Santos Pereira	18	Kantor/Losiak	7	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:50
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Samba/Santos Pereira	8	21-16, 20-22, 16-14	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool H	Carambula/Ranghieri	9	Samba/Santos Pereira	24, Q3	20-22, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Samba/Santos Pereira	27	Doppler/Horst	22	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 3	Samba/Santos Pereira	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	21-15, 21-19	0:35
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Samba/Santos Pereira	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:37
Series tied with # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
8/10/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool F	Samba/Santos Pereira	19	Huber/Seidl	18	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	16	Samba/Santos Pereira	17	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	Samba/Santos Pereira	27, Q7	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	0:51