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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(3) Cherif Samba/Ahmed Tijan, 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

Ahmed Tijan
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banjul, Gambia

Resides:

Doha

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$255,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	Money
FIVB	58	4	6	5	1	14	1	14	1	10	0	1	1	0	US$497,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	60	4	6	5	1	14	1	14	2	10	0	1	1	1	US$497,000.00

Previous Tokyo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Ahmed Tijan - 5th	Cherif Samba - 5th
2019	Ahmed Tijan - 9th	Cherif Samba - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	2	2	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	3	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	4	2	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	3	1	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	10	2	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	17	2	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	8	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	2/23-26/2021	Doha 1 Star	1	1	0	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	8	17	320	US$3,000.00
Other	9/18-21/2019	FIVB Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament	5	13	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	19	9	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	19	9	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	8	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	6	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	14	5	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	4	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	7	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	4	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	7	3	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	1	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	6	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/9-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	1	9	400	US$4,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/25/2021

Pool C

Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (22)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	11	10	0	0.909	5	4	0	2
	1	4	4	0	1.000	1	2	0	0
	2	7	6	0	0.857	4	2	0	2
Ahmed Tijan	Total	18	11	2	0.500	1	6	1	2
	1	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	2	11	4	2	0.182	1	4	1	0

Wed, 7/28/2021

Pool C

Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi, Italy (15)

Won 24-22, 21-13

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	26	16	3	0.500	6	3	0	1
	1	20	11	2	0.450	2	2	0	1
	2	6	5	1	0.667	4	1	0	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	16	11	3	0.500	0	11	0	3
	1	8	5	2	0.375	0	8	0	3
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/30/2021

Pool C

Tri Bourne / Jake Gibb, United States (10)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	20	16	4	0.600	2	1	1	0
	1	11	10	1	0.818	1	0	0	0
	2	9	6	3	0.333	1	1	1	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	17	10	2	0.471	0	13	0	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	5	0	3
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	8	0	1

Sun, 8/1/2021

Winner 1

Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (16)

Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	24	15	6	0.375	4	3	2	2
	1	9	4	3	0.111	0	0	1	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	1	1	2
	3	5	4	1	0.600	3	2	0	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	27	17	5	0.444	0	12	0	0
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	1	0	0
	2	14	10	3	0.500	0	5	0	0
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	6	0	0

Wed, 8/4/2021

Winner 2

Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (18)

Won 21-17, 23-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	26	16	3	0.500	6	2	0	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	4	1	0	1
	2	14	10	1	0.643	2	1	0	1
Ahmed Tijan	Total	16	10	4	0.375	0	5	1	1
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	1	0	0
	2	9	5	3	0.222	0	4	1	1

Thu, 8/5/2021

Semi-Finals

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee (2)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	29	18	6	0.414	1	0	0	2
	1	13	10	2	0.615	0	0	0	1
	2	16	8	4	0.250	1	0	0	1
Ahmed Tijan	Total	12	8	3	0.417	0	6	1	1
	1	5	3	2	0.200	0	2	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	4	1	1

Sat, 8/7/2021

Bronze Medal

Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (14)

Won 21-12, 21-18

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	Total	19	12	3	0.474	7	3	0	0
	1	15	9	2	0.467	3	2	0	0
	2	4	3	1	0.500	4	1	0	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	21	15	3	0.571	0	5	3	0
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	1	3	0
	2	18	13	3	0.556	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Samba	155	103	25	0.503	31	16	3	9
Ahmed Tijan	127	82	22	0.472	1	58	6	11

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	The Hague	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 5th	Did not play
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th	Did not play
2017	Vienna	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th	Did not play
2019	Hamburg	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Cherif Samba - 17th
2022	Rome	Ahmed Tijan - 9th	Cherif Samba - 9th
2023	Tlaxcala	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Cherif Samba - 17th

Head to Head Results
Samba/Tijan lead the series against the field 44-35

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 2-3
4/26/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Samba/Tijan	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
4/20/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Samba/Tijan	17	21-19, 22-20	0:42
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Samba/Tijan	18	21-14, 21-10	0:30
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	8	Mol/Sorum	19	18-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:50
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Samba/Tijan	8	Mol/Sorum	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russian Olympic Committee 3-3
8/5/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	Samba/Tijan	3	21-19, 21-17	0:41
7/10/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Samba/Tijan	2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	9	21-17, 21-17	0:40
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	17	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:43
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Samba/Tijan	19	21-17, 21-14	0:34
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Samba/Tijan	7	22-20, 21-19	0:38
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	1	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	5	12-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:40
Lead the series against # 4 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 4-2
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Samba/Tijan	4	Cerutti/Filho	7	21-18, 21-16	0:38
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Samba/Tijan	3	Cerutti/Filho	1	23-21, 21-15	0:41
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Filho	5	Samba/Tijan	19	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool E	Samba/Tijan	8	Cerutti/Filho	5	21-19, 21-15	0:44
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Cerutti/Filho	20	Samba/Tijan	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:52
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool G	Samba/Tijan	7	Cerutti/Filho	23, Q2	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 3-2
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	2	Bryl/Fijalek	11	22-20, 21-19	0:42
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	3	Bryl/Fijalek	14	15-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:55
3/15/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Bryl/Fijalek	2	Samba/Tijan	1	21-19, 23-21	0:41
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Semi-Finals	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Samba/Tijan	24, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:42
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 3	Samba/Tijan	8	Bryl/Fijalek	12	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Thole/Wickler, Germany 0-1
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Thole/Wickler	27, Q9	Samba/Tijan	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 1-4
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 3	Samba/Tijan	2	Goncalves/Schmidt	3	16-21, 21-15, 21-19	0:58
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Goncalves/Schmidt	10	Samba/Tijan	19	21-17, 21-13	0:37
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool C	Goncalves/Schmidt	3	Samba/Tijan	19	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 1	Goncalves/Schmidt	2	Samba/Tijan	8	21-19, 21-19	0:47
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Goncalves/Schmidt	6	Samba/Tijan	14	20-22, 23-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-3
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Samba/Tijan	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	21-17, 21-16	0:38
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Bronze Medal	Samba/Tijan	24, Q5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	25-23, 17-21, 15-12	0:57
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Samba/Tijan	22	22-20, 21-16	0:34
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Samba/Tijan	15	21-13, 21-15	0:30
3/9/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Samba/Tijan	8	22-20, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Bourne/Gibb, United States 1-0
7/30/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	3	Bourne/Gibb	10	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Series tied with # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 2-2
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	4	Perusic/Schweiner	5	21-18, 21-17	0:35
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Perusic/Schweiner	14	Samba/Tijan	8	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:00
9/18/19	Other	FIVB Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament	Pool D	Perusic/Schweiner	12	Samba/Tijan	5	19-21, 21-13, 18-16	0:51
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool D	Samba/Tijan	4	Perusic/Schweiner	28	18-21, 21-13, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 12 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 4-2
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 2	Leshukov/Semenov	6	Samba/Tijan	3	21-17, 21-17	0:37
5/2/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Gold Medal	Samba/Tijan	3	Leshukov/Semenov	10	21-15, 21-12	0:34
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Leshukov/Semenov	16	Samba/Tijan	17	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	19	Leshukov/Semenov	14	21-19, 21-12	0:34
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	14	Leshukov/Semenov	3	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	9	Leshukov/Semenov	10	21-18, 17-21, 19-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	8	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-16, 21-15	0:35
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Samba/Tijan	6	21-19, 25-23	0:39
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samba/Tijan	7	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 3-1
8/7/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Samba/Tijan	3	Plavins/Tocs	14	21-12, 21-18	0:39
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	14	Plavins/Tocs	20, Q2	26-24, 21-19	0:38
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	18	Samba/Tijan	23, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Samba/Tijan	22	Plavins/Tocs	11	24-22, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 5-1
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	3	Carambula/Rossi	15	24-22, 21-13	0:39
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Semi-Finals	Samba/Tijan	10	Carambula/Rossi	7	21-16, 21-10	0:36
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Carambula/Rossi	7	Samba/Tijan	10	19-21, 24-22, 15-11	0:57
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 3	Samba/Tijan	17	Carambula/Rossi	7	21-18, 21-17	0:35
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool D	Samba/Tijan	4	Carambula/Rossi	45	19-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:56
4/28/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Bronze Medal	Samba/Tijan	7	Carambula/Rossi	27	13-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 4-2
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Samba/Tijan	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	16	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Semi-Finals	Samba/Tijan	3	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	19	Dalhausser/Lucena	14	28-26, 21-18	0:44
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Samba/Tijan	4	21-18, 21-15	0:39
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	17	Samba/Tijan	1	13-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:44
3/10/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Bronze Medal	Samba/Tijan	8	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Series tied with # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
9/18/19	Other	FIVB Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	Samba/Tijan	5	21-14, 21-16	0:33
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	14	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-16, 21-19	0:40
7/28/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Samba/Tijan	1	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:46
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool B	Samba/Tijan	15	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	27-25, 29-27	0:49
Trail the series against # 18 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-3
8/4/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	3	Lupo/Nicolai	18	21-17, 23-21	0:40
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Samba/Tijan	4	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Samba/Tijan	10	Lupo/Nicolai	14	21-17, 21-16	0:38
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Samba/Tijan	8	21-16, 21-18	0:34
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Samba/Tijan	6	21-18, 21-17	0:31
Series tied with # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-2
5/30/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Gold Medal	Kantor/Losiak	18	Samba/Tijan	4	17-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:57
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	19	Samba/Tijan	3	23-21, 22-20	0:45
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Samba/Tijan	19	Kantor/Losiak	22	23-21, 21-15	0:40
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	7	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 2-0
7/25/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Samba/Tijan	3	Gerson/Heidrich	22	21-17, 21-16	0:42
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Samba/Tijan	10	Gerson/Heidrich	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 Gaxiola/Rubio, Mexico 1-0
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool H	Samba/Tijan	8	Gaxiola/Rubio	24, Q2	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50