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QOC Secretary General lauds Beach Volleyball Team achievements

QOC Secretary General lauds Beach Volleyball Team achievements

The Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General HE Jassim Rashid Al Boenin has applauded the glorious achievements made by the Qatar’ Beach Volleyball team who won both titles of 2017 Asia Pacific Beach Volleyball Championship in South Sumatra, Indonesia and AVC Volleyball Tour Grand Front Osaka Open in Japan. At a productive meeting held on Monday...

Qataris take men's honor at Palembang Open

Qataris take men's honor at Palembang Open

Promising Mariafe Artacho Del Solar/Taliqua Clancy captured the limelight on Sunday when the Australian duo captured the 6th South Sumatra Governor Cup AVC Beach Volleyball Tour Palembang Open at Jakabaring to win three consecutive major tournaments, as Qataris Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan Janko took the men’s title. Artacho Del Solar/Clancy have already captured the women’s crown...

Qatar emerge as champions at Grand Front Osaka Open

Qatar emerge as champions at Grand Front Osaka Open

Qatar’s Julio De Nascimento and Ahmed Tijan emerged champions at the AVC Beach Volleyball Tour Grand Front Osaka Open on Monday. In the final they defeated Gilang Ramadan and Danangsyah Pribadi 21-15, 21-19. The Indonesians had beaten Qatar’s Jefferson Pereira/Cherif Younousse in the semifinals, but they were thoroughly outplayed by Julio and Tijan. Another Indonesian...

Vienna 2017: Pereira, Younousse win second match in pool, book a slot in last 32

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’s Julio and Tijan finish second in Agadir world tour

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...

Pereira, Younousse stun Olympic silver medallists in Gstaad Major

Qatar’s Jefferson Santos Pereira overcame food poisoning and combined with Cherif Younousse to post the biggest upset during the first round of men’s pool play action at the $600,000 Gstaad Major with a three-set win over Olympic silver medal winners Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai of Italy in Gstaad on Wednesday. Seeded 29th after winning...

Progress of Qatari players delights beach volleyball coach Baracetti

Qatar beach volleyball new coach Mariano Baracetti is happy with the progress of his trainees. Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse just bagged the AVC Beach Tour Aspire Qatar Master, their second title on the Asian tour in one month. At the Aspire Park, the Qatari lead pair overcame a stubborn resistance from Australians Chris...