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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Thursday, November 20, 2025 Stadium Court 15:30

Match #99: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(18) Teo Rotar/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, France
vs.
(10) Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan, Qatar

Téo Rotar
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Martigues

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$48,216.73

Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 22, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saint Maurice

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$125,563.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	2	US$68,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	10	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	10, Q1	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	20	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	24	5th	600	US$5,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (31)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Ben Hood / Oliver Merritt, Australia (42)	Won 21-18, 21-23, 15-12	0:48
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool G	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (7)	Won 21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:42
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (28)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (10)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Youssef Krou - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Youssef Krou - 37th

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$25,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,000.00
Total	11	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$68,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Teo Rotar												Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	2	0	$16,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	1	0	0	0	1	8	5	2	0	$45,500.00
15	0	1	1	0	4	2	2	2	0	$23,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	3	1	0	4	11	2	4	0	$49,500.00
10	2	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	3	1	0	5	8	2	2	0	$14,950.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
44	3	2	2	0	7	8	14	4	0	$47,350.00	Total	82	2	6	2	0	11	30	11	8	1	$124,650.00

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
2025	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$57,000.00	28	14	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	0	$57,000.00	28	14	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Teo Rotar													Arnaud Gauthier-Rat
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 Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,400.00
											2018	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	3	$6,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2019	FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	4	$14,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$4,850.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$650.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$5,600.00	2022	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
10	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	0	$6,500.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	$20,550.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$500.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$7,750.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	2	0	$28,500.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	2	0	$28,500.00
44	3	2	3	0	7	8	14	4	3	$41,850.00	Total	Total	81	2	6	2	0	11	30	11	8	11	$119,150.00

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	19	82.6%	4	17.4%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	9	50.0%	4-14	22.2%	19-9	67.9%	8-5	61.5%	1	0	28-14	66.7%
2024-2025	19	82.6%	4	17.4%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	9	50.0%	4-14	22.2%	19-9	67.9%	8-5	61.5%	1	0	28-14	66.7%
Against the Field	11	78.6%	3	21.4%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	7	46.7%	3-12	20.0%	22-12	64.7%	12-10	54.5%	1	0	18-11	62.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	5
Total	0	0	2	2	14	5	0	0	10	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	28	14

Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,900.00

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	49	Money
FIVB	74	8	7	6	2	18	1	15	4	10	0	1	1	0	US$762,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	15	4	10	0	1	1	1	US$762,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	1	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	1	3rd	320	US$50,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool J	Damian Gomez / Eblis Veranes, Cuba (39)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:33
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool J	Julian Friedli / Yves Haussener, Switzerland (34)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:35
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool J	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (15)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:35
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (22)	Won 23-21, 22-20	0:44
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (18)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 5th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Cherif Younousse - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Ahmed Tijan - 9th	Cherif Younousse - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Ahmed Tijan - 17th	Cherif Younousse - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	4	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	4	3	2	0	12	0	4	4	1	0	0	$385,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	3	4	2	0	4	0	8	0	5	0	0	$203,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	15	4	10	0	0	$762,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cherif Younousse												Ahmed Tijan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$32,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$18,000.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	4	3	2	0	12	8	1	0	0	$192,500.00
38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	3	4	2	0	4	8	7	1	0	$103,350.00
10	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$8,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
97	9	7	6	2	20	25	13	7	0	$415,900.00	Total	91	8	9	6	2	20	20	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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	14	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	1	$70,500.00	35	21	62.5 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	3	0	0	$73,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	10	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$115,000.00	44	15	74.6 %
2022	FIVB	10	2	1	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$122,500.00	33	14	70.2 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	$105,000.00	26	16	61.9 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	$118,000.00	29	19	60.4 %
2025	FIVB	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$144,000.00	30	6	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	73	8	7	6	2	18	1	15	4	10	0	2	$751,000.00	226	115	66.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cherif Younousse													Ahmed Tijan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00	2015	FIVB
8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$9,900.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,600.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	$14,150.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$4,050.00
15	0	0	2	0	3	4	5	0	1	$36,300.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	4	3	5	0	1	$36,700.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$36,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$36,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
10	2	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$57,500.00	2021	FIVB	10	2	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$57,500.00
10	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$61,250.00	2022	FIVB	10	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$61,250.00
9	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	$52,500.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	$52,500.00
10	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$59,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$59,000.00
6	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$72,000.00	2025	FIVB	6	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$72,000.00
96	9	7	6	2	20	25	13	7	7	$410,400.00	Total	Total	90	8	9	6	2	20	20	12	1	12	$382,600.00

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	154	72.3%	29	13.6%	30	14.1%	183-30	85.9%	42	34.1%	19	15.4%	62	50.4%	42-81	34.1%	154-62	71.3%	71-49	59.2%	1	4	226-115	66.3%
2024-2025	40	74.1%	9	16.7%	5	9.3%	49-5	90.7%	9	36.0%	5	20.0%	11	44.0%	9-16	36.0%	40-11	78.4%	18-10	64.3%	1	4	59-25	70.2%
Against the Field	41	68.3%	7	11.7%	12	20.0%	48-12	80.0%	21	42.0%	9	18.0%	20	40.0%	21-29	42.0%	82-34	70.7%	56-42	57.1%	0	3	69-41	62.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	11	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	11
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	56	26	0	0	19	18	7	2	2	0	4	3	94	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	35	18	1	0	32	17	7	2	2	0	3	4	81	43
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	7	3	129	52	1	0	60	44	15	8	6	2	8	7	226	116

Head to Head Results
Gauthier-Rat/Rotar lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Tijan/Younousse	3	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:42