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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
Monday, July 29, 2024 Stadium Court 20:00

Match #13: Pool A

(1) David Ahman/Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden
vs.
(13) Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan, Qatar

David Åhman
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 2001 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Umea

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$268,105.70

Jonatan Hellvig
Sweden

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 2001 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Stockholm

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$268,105.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	39	12	4	3	0	6	0	5	0	1	2	2	3	1	US$534,840.46
FIVB Age Group WC	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	42	14	4	3	0	6	0	5	0	1	2	3	3	1	US$534,840.46

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	1	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	3	1st	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	2	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	5	1st	1200	US$30,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool A

Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (24)

Won 21-14, 21-19

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	10	8	1	0.700	0	2	0	4
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	0	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	0	0	2
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	20	15	1	0.700	5	0	1	3
	1	9	7	1	0.667	4	0	1	1
	2	11	8	0	0.727	1	0	0	2

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool A

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (13)

Lost 21-15, 19-21, 18-20

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	24	16	3	0.542	0	12	1	2
	1	10	9	0	0.900	0	4	1	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	5	0	2
	3	8	3	2	0.125	0	3	0	0
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	35	19	3	0.457	8	1	2	3
	1	8	5	0	0.625	2	0	1	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	4	0	0	2
	3	15	7	1	0.400	2	1	1	0

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool A

Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (12)

Lost 22-24, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	19	7	3	0.211	0	8	1	1
	1	11	5	2	0.273	0	4	1	0
	2	8	2	1	0.125	0	4	0	1
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	19	9	4	0.263	4	0	1	2
	1	10	4	3	0.100	2	0	1	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	2	0	0	0

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (16)

Won 21-11, 26-28, 15-11

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	30	19	3	0.533	0	10	1	2
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	1
	2	10	5	3	0.200	0	3	0	1
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	3	1	0
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	27	17	3	0.519	8	1	3	4
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	4	0	3	3
	3	6	4	1	0.500	2	1	0	1

Tue, 8/6/2024

Winner 2

Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Mariano, Brazil (8)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	20	10	1	0.450	0	7	0	4
	1	13	5	1	0.308	0	3	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	4	0	2
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	21	14	3	0.524	5	0	3	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	4	0	0	0
	2	14	8	3	0.357	1	0	3	1

Thu, 8/8/2024

Semi-Finals

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (13)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	18	14	1	0.722	0	9	0	0
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	0	0
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	21	10	4	0.286	5	0	1	2
	1	10	6	1	0.500	2	0	0	1
	2	11	4	3	0.091	3	0	1	1

Sat, 8/10/2024

Gold Medal

Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (3)

Won 21-10, 21-13

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	Total	14	9	1	0.571	0	9	2	0
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	1	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	6	1	0
Jonatan Hellvig	Total	15	9	2	0.467	4	0	1	3
	1	6	3	2	0.167	3	0	0	1
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	0	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
David Ahman	135	83	13	0.519	0	57	5	13
Jonatan Hellvig	158	93	20	0.462	39	2	12	18
Total	293	176	33	0.488	39	59	17	31
Opponents	366	186	77	0.298	13	53	14	45

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Jonatan Hellvig - 2nd	David Ahman - 2nd
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Jonatan Hellvig - 1st	David Ahman - 1st

Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$299,400.00

Ahmed Tijan
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banjul, Gambia

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$271,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	Money
FIVB	64	4	6	5	2	16	1	15	3	10	0	1	1	0	US$529,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	65	4	6	5	2	16	1	15	3	10	0	1	1	1	US$529,000.00

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Ahmed Tijan - 5th	Cherif Younousse - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	10	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	10	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	12	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	1	4th	0	US$35,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool A

Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (12)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	22	10	5	0.227	5	0	1	0
	1	8	4	2	0.250	3	0	1	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	2	0	0	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	20	13	4	0.450	0	7	0	3
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	4	0	3
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	3	0	0

Mon, 7/29/2024

Pool A

David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (1)

Won 15-21, 21-19, 20-18

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	47	27	9	0.383	4	2	5	3
	1	17	10	2	0.471	0	0	0	0
	2	15	8	4	0.267	2	2	4	2
	3	15	9	3	0.400	2	0	1	1
Ahmed Tijan	Total	18	11	2	0.500	0	12	1	1
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	1	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	0	4	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	6	0	0

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool A

Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (24)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	26	19	3	0.615	4	0	0	2
	1	13	9	2	0.538	2	0	0	1
	2	13	10	1	0.692	2	0	0	1
Ahmed Tijan	Total	16	11	2	0.563	0	9	1	0
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	5	1	0
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	4	0	0

Mon, 8/5/2024

Winner 1

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (23)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	15	8	2	0.400	7	0	0	3
	1	7	4	0	0.571	3	0	0	3
	2	8	4	2	0.250	4	0	0	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	22	13	3	0.455	0	9	1	0
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	6	0	0
	2	10	8	1	0.700	0	3	1	0

Wed, 8/7/2024

Winner 2

Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (9)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	18	13	4	0.500	5	1	1	1
	1	9	7	1	0.667	3	1	0	0
	2	9	6	3	0.333	2	0	1	1
Ahmed Tijan	Total	21	10	3	0.333	0	7	1	0
	1	10	3	3	0.000	0	2	0	0
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	5	1	0

Thu, 8/8/2024

Semi-Finals

David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (1)

Lost 13-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	23	10	5	0.217	2	1	0	2
	1	12	6	3	0.250	0	0	0	0
	2	11	4	2	0.182	2	1	0	2
Ahmed Tijan	Total	29	12	7	0.172	0	3	0	1
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	2	0	0
	2	16	7	5	0.125	0	1	0	1

Sat, 8/10/2024

Bronze Medal

Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (2)

Lost 13-21, 16-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	Total	12	9	2	0.583	3	2	0	2
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	2	0	2
	2	9	7	2	0.556	2	0	0	0
Ahmed Tijan	Total	22	9	11	-0.091	0	2	0	2
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	0	0	1
	2	10	3	7	-0.400	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Cherif Younousse	163	96	30	0.405	30	6	7	13
Ahmed Tijan	148	79	32	0.318	0	49	4	7
Total	311	175	62	0.363	30	55	11	20
Opponents	309	159	60	0.320	36	43	12	29

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 5th	Did not play
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Cherif Younousse - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Ahmed Tijan - 9th	Cherif Younousse - 9th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Ahmed Tijan - 3rd	Cherif Younousse - 3rd
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Ahmed Tijan - 5th	Cherif Younousse - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Ahmed Tijan - 9th	Cherif Younousse - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Ahmed Tijan - 7th	Cherif Younousse - 7th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Cherif Younousse - 17th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Ahmed Tijan - 4th	Cherif Younousse - 4th

Head to Head Results
Ahman/Hellvig lead the series 4-3

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/8/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Tijan/Younousse	13	21-13, 21-17	0:35
7/29/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	13	Ahman/Hellvig	1	15-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:56
12/9/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	3	Tijan/Younousse	1	12-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:46
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Tijan/Younousse	7	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	0:51
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Ahman/Hellvig	6	Tijan/Younousse	3	33-35, 21-16, 15-11	0:56
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Ahman/Hellvig	6	21-19, 21-19	0:38
10/16/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ahman/Hellvig	2	15-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:46