Qatar avenged their recent loss to Kazakhstan with a straight-set crushing during the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Saturday. At the Rezazadeh Stadium in Ardabil, Iran, Qatar pulled off a 25–21 25–17 25–18 victory over Kazakhstan and kept their hopes for getting one of the two top berths in...
Qatar to participate in World Championship qualifiers
The Qatari volleyball team will participate in the qualifications for the 2018 World Volleyball Championship to be staged in Tehran, Iran on August 10-14, 2017. Qatar will play in a group including South Korea, China, Kazakhstan and Hosts Iran. The qualifications will be held in one-round league format with winners and the runners-up will qualify...
Pereira, Younousse shock second seeds in Worlds
Qatari Olympians Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse took 34 minutes to engineer a major flutter in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship in Vienna, Austria, beating second seeds Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins in straight sets on Tuesday. The Qatari team had lost a close match to the rivals in the 2015 Xiamen Open...
Vienna 2017: Pereira, Younousse win second match in pool, book a slot in last 32
Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse posted their second successive victory and were assured of a place in the round of 32 in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, presented by A1, in Vienna, Austria on Sunday. The Qataris, who finished an amazing fifth in the 2015 Worlds in the Netherlands, were up against Venezuelans...
Qatar on track to claim ninth spot in Asian Championship
Qatar kept hopes of a ninth place finish alive in the Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship when they overpowered Pakistan in five sets in the semi-finals of the ninth to 12th place classification in Surabaya, Indonesia on Sunday. Qatar, who secured their best finish in the Asians in 2015 by reaching the semi-finals, first led...
Qatar duo Julio and Tijan runner up in Espinho
George Wanderley and Vitor Felipe beat Qatar’s Julio Cesar Do Nascimento Jr and Ahmed Tijan yesterday to win gold at the Espinho 2-Star event on Praia da Baia beach in Portugal. The Brazilian pair defeated the Qatari duo 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) to win their first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour medal since they teamed up...
Asian Championship: Qatar face Indonesia in the must-win clash today
Qatar placed themselves back in the contention for a spot in the 19th SMM Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship quarter-finals with a straight win against regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia in Surabaya, Indonesia on Tuesday. In a crucial Pool A match, Qatar posted a 23–25 21–25 21–25 triumph and now face hosts Indonesia in a must-win...
Qatar to start their journey in Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
On July 24th, the 19th Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship will start in Surabaya, Indonesia with 16 teams competing for the title. Indonesia last hosted this tournament in 2007. The 16 teams have been split into 4-team pools for the First Round. In the Second Round, the top two teams from each pool advance to the...
Qatar’s Julio and Tijan finish second in Agadir world tour
Qatar beach volleyball team, comprising Ahmed Tijan and Julio Cesar, finished runners-up in the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Agadir, Morocco, yesterday. Julio/Tijan lost to the French duo of Youssef Krou and Quincy Aye 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) in the final yesterday. For their spot in yesterday’s final, the Qataris had defeated Iran’s Bahman...
Qatar tame Pakistan in three sets to claim friendly title
Hosts Qatar took advantage of a couple of upsets on the first two days and disposed Pakistan in straight sets to win the International Friendly Volleyball Tournament at the QVA Indoor Hall here on Wednesday. On the third and concluding day, Qatar tamed giant-killers Pakistan 25-21 25-19 25-16 with Pape, Ilija, Raimi, Ahmad Jamal, Nikola...