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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Friday, May 29, 2026 Court #2 17:10

Match #32: Pool B

(2) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar
vs.
(11) Elouan Chouikh/Joadel Gardoque, France

Ahmed Tijan
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banjul, Gambia

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$389,350.00

Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$417,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	Money
FIVB	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	1	1	0	US$764,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	76	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	1	1	1	US$764,500.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Cherif Younousse - 33rd	Ahmed Tijan - 33rd
2019	Cherif Younousse - 17th	Ahmed Tijan - 17th
2021	Cherif Younousse - 9th	Ahmed Tijan - 9th
2022	Cherif Younousse - 5th	Ahmed Tijan - 5th
2023	Cherif Younousse - 2nd	Ahmed Tijan - 2nd
2024	Cherif Younousse - 9th	Ahmed Tijan - 9th
2025	Cherif Younousse - 5th	Ahmed Tijan - 5th

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

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool B	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (23, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (14)	Lost 21-16, 20-22, 11-15	0:50
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (11)

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	31	4	3	2	0	12	0	4	4	1	0	0	$387,500.00
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	76	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	0	$764,500.00

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
34	4	3	2	0	12	8	1	0	0	$193,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	35	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$199,750.00
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
92	8	9	6	2	20	21	12	1	0	$389,350.00	Total	98	9	7	6	2	20	26	13	7	0	$417,150.00

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	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 %

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	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
91	8	9	6	2	20	21	12	1	12	$388,100.00	Total	Total	97	9	7	6	2	20	26	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	155	71.8%	29	13.4%	32	14.8%	184-32	85.2%	42	34.1%	19	15.4%	62	50.4%	42-81	34.1%	155-62	71.4%	71-51	58.2%	1	4	227-117	66.0%
2025-2026	23	76.7%	5	16.7%	2	6.7%	28-2	93.3%	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	23-2	92.0%	8-3	72.7%	0	3	31-8	79.5%
Against the Field	17	70.8%	1	4.2%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	9	47.4%	2	10.5%	8	42.1%	9-10	47.4%	34-14	70.8%	20-16	55.6%	0	1	27-16	62.8%

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	57	27	0	0	19	18	7	2	2	0	4	3	95	50
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	130	53	1	0	60	45	15	8	6	2	8	7	227	118

Elouan Chouikh-Barbez
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 1, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$40,368.30

Joadel Gardoque
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$39,413.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	15	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	1	US$76,742.41

Previous Ostrava Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	12	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	16	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	17, Q1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	29, Q7	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	5	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	32, Q23	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool B	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (14)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 10-15	0:46
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (23, Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:28
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (2)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$62,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	$13,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	15	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	1	$76,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Elouan Chouikh												Joadel Gardoque
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$31,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$31,100.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$6,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	$6,625.00
13	2	0	0	2	1	4	4	0	0	$1,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$1,150.00
27	3	0	0	2	3	7	6	4	1	$39,525.00	Total	21	2	0	0	0	5	6	3	3	1	$38,875.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00	7	4	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	$54,850.00	23	14	62.2 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	1	$74,050.00	36	24	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Elouan Chouikh													Joadel Gardoque
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$250.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$550.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$300.00
7	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	$2,450.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	$2,300.00
9	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$27,425.00	2025	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$27,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
26	3	0	0	2	3	7	6	4	1	$38,275.00	Total	Total	20	2	0	0	0	5	6	3	3	1	$37,625.00

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	22	56.4%	8	20.5%	9	23.1%	30-9	76.9%	6	28.6%	2	9.5%	13	61.9%	6-15	28.6%	22-13	62.9%	14-11	56.0%	0	0	36-24	60.0%
2025-2026	19	55.9%	6	17.6%	9	26.5%	25-9	73.5%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	10	66.7%	4-11	26.7%	19-10	65.5%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	29-20	59.2%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	12-12	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	6	6	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	4	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2
Total	0	0	11	3	12	14	1	0	8	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	36	24

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B