El Jaish staged a thrilling comeback and outclassed holder Al Arabi Club in four sets to regain the Qatar Volleyball Association Cup in Doha on Monday. In the final, the army team narrowly lost the opening set, but as match progressed, they got more fluent and fierce, muscling their way and completing an encouraging 23-25...
Qatar make it to AVC Continental Cup Finals
Qatari team A and B qualified for the AVC Continental Cup Beach Volleyball Finals, with thrilling 2-1 victories over the Omani rivals at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy court on Sunday. Jefferson Santosh Pereira and Cherif Younnouse put the hosts 1-0 up when they beat Ahmed al Housni and Mazin al Hashmi 21-12 19-21 15-9....
2016 FIVB World Tour update following FIVB Qatar Open
Holding the last of three double-gender events on the 2015 portion of the 2016 calendar this week, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) now takes just over two months off from the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. With the qualifying process for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in high gear, the 2016 FIVB World...
Germans do it again in Doha
Lars Fluggen and Markus Bockermann finished the year just like they had started it – with a victory. The pair won the Qatar Open, a part of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar, shocking top seeds Philip Dalhausser and Nicholas Lucena on Friday. At the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy’s showpiece court in Al Gharafa...
Fluggen and Bockermann end year on high with Qatar Open gold
FIVB – Doha, Qatar, November 13, 2015 – Lars Fluggen and Markus Bockermann ended a long season in the best way possible by winning their second FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold of the year, at the Qatar Open on Friday. The German pair defeated Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser 2-1 (21-18, 16-21, 15-13) to...
Fluggen and Bockermann set up Qatar final with Lucena and Dalhausser
FIVB – Doha, Qatar, November 13, 2015 – Lars Fluggen and Markus Bockermann will take on Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser in the Qatar Open final on Friday after both won their semifinals. Fluggen and Bockermann needed to dig deep to defeat USA’s John Hyden and Tri Bourne 2-1 (21-14, 16-21, 15-12) in the first...
Qatar Open 2015 to conclude today
German sand spikers Lars Fluggen and Markus Bockermann stayed on track for their fourth medals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour making it to the Qatar Open semi-finals. The German sailed past Italy’s Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula with ease for a 21-16, 22-20 win at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy at Al Gharafa...
Fluggen and Bockermann lead charge to Qatar semifinals
FIVB – Doha, Qatar, November 12, 2015 – Lars Fluggen and Markus Bockermann remain on track for their fourth medals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour after they reached the Qatar Open semifinals on Friday. The German duo overcome Italy’s Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Carambula with a 2-0 (21-16, 22-20) victory that sets up...
Qatari teams bow out in first round of Qatar Open 2015
Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younnouse could recover from a poor start and lost the first knock-out match at the Qatar Open FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Tournament at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy in straight games on Wednesday. The Qatari lead pair was rattled in the beginning by Peter Eglseer and Daniel Müllner, an...
Qatar Open: Top seeds wrap up pool play with three from three
FIVB – Doha, Qatar, November 11, 2015 – Top seeds Nick Lucena and Phil Dalhausser went straight into the Qatar Open second elimination round after they wrapped up pool play with an unbeaten record on Wednesday. The USA pair had a tough final pool encounter against Denmark’s Peter Dilling Kildegaard Andersen and Kristoffer Abell, but...