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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP Heritage Huntington Beach Open
Friday, May 15, 2026 Court #1 10:00 AM

Match #5: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(3) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse
vs.
(14, Q3) Peter Connole/Djordje Klasnic

Ahmed Tijan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banjul, Gambia

Height:

6'2"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

$389,225.00

Cherif Younousse Samba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

6'5"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

$417,025.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
FIVB	74	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	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
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	77	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	5	10	0	1	1	1	US$764,250.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Peter Connole / Djordje Klasnic (14, Q3)

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	2	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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	76	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	0	$764,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ahmed Tijan												Cherif Younousse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,500.00
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
33	4	3	2	0	12	8	1	0	0	$192,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00
35	3	4	2	0	4	8	7	1	0	$103,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00
11	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$8,450.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,125.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,125.00
92	8	9	6	2	20	21	12	1	0	$389,225.00	Total	98	9	7	6	2	20	26	13	7	0	$417,025.00

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 %
2019	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
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	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$155,000.00	30	7	81.1 %
Total	FIVB	74	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	2	$762,000.00	226	116	66.1 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ahmed Tijan													Cherif Younousse
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
											2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,600.00	2016	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$9,900.00
7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$4,050.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	$14,150.00
15	0	0	2	0	4	3	5	0	1	$36,700.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	3	4	5	0	1	$36,300.00
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
7	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$77,500.00	2025	FIVB	7	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$77,500.00
92	8	9	6	2	20	22	12	1	12	$388,100.00	Total	Total	98	9	7	6	2	20	27	13	7	7	$415,900.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4
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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	7	3	129	52	1	0	60	45	15	8	6	2	8	7	226	117

Peter Connole

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orlando, FL

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

West Florida

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$21,325.00

Djordje Klasnic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Novi Sad

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2022)

Career AVP Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$24,121.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,250.00

Previous Huntington Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Steven Roschitz - 49th	Did not play
2022	Steven Roschitz - 25th	Ed Ratledge - 17th
2023	Steven Roschitz - 21st	Brian Miller - 9th
2024	Steven Roschitz - 21st	Brian Miller - 13th
2025	Thomas Hurst - 17th	Lev Priima - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/17-18/2026	Austin Open	4	2nd	1796	$2,000.00
AVP	9/12-14/2025	Laguna Beach Contender Series	11	3rd	1540	$3,000.00

Huntington Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Qualifier 2	Ric Cervantes / Jonah Seif (Q35)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:49
Thu, 5/14/2026	Qualifier 3	Cash Adamsen / John Schwengel (Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:41
Thu, 5/14/2026	Qualifier 4	Taylor Hughes / David Updegrove (Q22)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse (3)

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$)
Heritage Series/Pro Series	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Peter Connole												Djordje Klasnic
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	34	1	2	0	5	7	8	9	1	0	$5,727.50
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,475.00	Manhattan Beach
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	Tour Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,125.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,500.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	$5,225.00
12	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	2	0	$8,075.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	10	0	2	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	$7,125.00
36	0	2	3	0	0	9	11	2	1	$20,825.00	Total	63	1	4	2	5	9	16	16	4	1	$22,702.50

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	AVP	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2026	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	13	4	76.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Peter Connole													Djordje Klasnic
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$500.00	2016	NVL
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	NVL
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2018	AVP
											2018	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	$2,190.00
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$3,250.00	2019	AVP
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	$350.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,875.00	2021	AVP
											2021	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$1,100.00	2022	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	$1,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$2,225.00	2023	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$7,225.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,250.00	2024	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$2,400.00
											2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$500.00
5	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2025	AVP	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	$4,725.00
											2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$787.50
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2026	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
39	0	2	3	0	0	10	11	2	11	$20,200.00	Total	Total	64	1	4	2	5	9	17	17	4	5	$21,702.50

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	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6-2	75.0%	6-1	85.7%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	13-4	76.5%
2025-2026	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6-2	75.0%	6-1	85.7%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	13-4	76.5%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	8-2	80.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%

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
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	10	4
Total	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	13	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/15/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1