Abie Kujabi

portrait
Abie Kujabi
birthday	May 17, 1990
Partner	at Interior: Saffie Sawaneh , Nyima Demba international: Fatoumatta Ceesay
society	around 2011: Interior since about 2014 Gambia Armed Forces
World ranking	Position 155
successes
Gambian champion 2014 and 2017 Gambian Vice Champion 2019
(As of February 4, 2020)

Abie Kujabi (also Abi Kujabi , born May 17, 1990 ) is a Gambian beach volleyball player .

Career

Kujabi has been a national player since the founding of a Gambian national beach volleyball team in 2011. She first played for Brikama, from around 2014 for the Gambia Armed Forces .

Kujabi and Saffie Sawaneh ( Gambia Armed Forces ) won the Gambian championship in beach volleyball twice in a row (2014, 2017). In 2018/19 Kujabi and her team partner Nyima Demba lost to Fatoumatta M. Ceesay and Mariama Ginadou ( Interior ) in the final in February 2019 .

At the CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup 2014-2016 , Kujabi and the Gambian team of Aminata Gaye , Fatoumatta Ceesay and Sainabou Tambedou made it to the third round (final round) of the 4x4 tournament. In April 2016 in Abuja (Nigeria), the team lost four out of five games and were eliminated. This ended a winning streak of fifteen games in a row.

In March 2017, the Sawaneh / Kujabi team won the first qualifying round for the 2019 African Games in Banjul .

In September 2018, Kujabi was out due to an injury, so that Fatoumatta Sillah took on Tambedou's side at a tournament in Banjul.

In April 2019, Kujabie and Ceesay competed at the African Nations Cup Beach Volleyball Championship in Abuja (Nigeria) and finished tenth. At the African Beach Games 2019 in June, the two were eliminated in the quarter-finals. They finished tenth at the 2019 African Games in August. At the World Beach Games 2019 in October, the team of Kujabi, Ceesay, Gaye, Tambedou, Anna Marie Bojang and Mariama Ginadou took fifth place in 4x4 beach volleyball.

In January 2020, Ceesay and Kujabi failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Web links

Profile at the world association FIVB (English)

Individual evidence

↑ FIVB world rankings (as of January 20, 2020)
^ National Volleyball Team leaves for Sierra Leone. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
^ Gambia Volleyball Association qualify for London Olympic after third place finish in Freetown. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
↑ Gambia: Beach Volleyball Finals Set for Sunday. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
↑ GAF defends beach volleyball title. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
^ Gambia Volleyball Federation. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
↑ Semifinal lineup completed at the National Beach Volleyball Championship. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
↑ Beach Volleyball championship final is slated for Sunday. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
↑ Interior women clinches premier beach volleyball title. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
^ Gambia Volleyball Federation. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
↑ GNOC funds Female Beach Volleyball team to Rio 2016 Qualifiers in Abuja. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
↑ Gambia flounder in Abuja tournament. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
^ Gambia women, Sierra Leone men win Nations Cup qualifiers. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Coach Bargie releases Beach volleyball squad. In: Freedom Newspaper. September 12, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2020 (American English).
↑ FIVB - Beach Volleyball. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
↑ Gambia Beach V'ball teams finish 7th and 8th at African Beach Games. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
^ African Games (Beach Volley) Event Overview Women's. Accessed January 21, 2020 .
^ Result Book. Accessed January 21, 2020 .
↑ Road to Tokyo 2020: Gambia Women Beach Volleyball Team Bows Out Of the Olympic Qualifiers. In: The Chronicle Gambia. January 11, 2020, accessed January 21, 2020 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Kujabi, Abie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kujabi, Abi; Kujabie, Abie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1990

[1] FIVB world rankings (as of January 20, 2020)

[:83-2] National Volleyball Team leaves for Sierra Leone. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .

[:92-3] Gambia Volleyball Association qualify for London Olympic after third place finish in Freetown. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .

[4] Gambia: Beach Volleyball Finals Set for Sunday. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .

[5] GAF defends beach volleyball title. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .

[6] Gambia Volleyball Federation. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .

[:15-7] Semifinal lineup completed at the National Beach Volleyball Championship. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .

[:17-8] Beach Volleyball championship final is slated for Sunday. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .

[:16-9] Interior women clinches premier beach volleyball title. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .

[10] Gambia Volleyball Federation. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .

[:1-11] GNOC funds Female Beach Volleyball team to Rio 2016 Qualifiers in Abuja. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .

[:3-12] Gambia flounder in Abuja tournament. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .

[:14-13] Gambia women, Sierra Leone men win Nations Cup qualifiers. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .

[:192-14] Pa Nderry Mbai: Coach Bargie releases Beach volleyball squad. In: Freedom Newspaper. September 12, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2020 (American English).

[15] FIVB - Beach Volleyball. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .

[16] Gambia Beach V'ball teams finish 7th and 8th at African Beach Games. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .

[17] African Games (Beach Volley) Event Overview Women's. Accessed January 21, 2020 .

[:03-18] Result Book. Accessed January 21, 2020 .

[19] Road to Tokyo 2020: Gambia Women Beach Volleyball Team Bows Out Of the Olympic Qualifiers. In: The Chronicle Gambia. January 11, 2020, accessed January 21, 2020 (American English).