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...
Qatar teams sizzle but go down fighting
Both home teams Qatar No. 1 (Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younnouse), and Qatar No. 2 (Assam Mahmoud and Ahmed Tijan) – put up an encouraging show during the Qatar Open 2015 main round group league. However, it was not enough and they lost two matches each at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy in Al...
All options open for us, says QVA chief Mawlawi
Hungrier for even bigger success, the Qatar Volleyball Association has mounted elaborate arrangements for the second edition of the Qatar Open Beach Volleyball Tournament. At the QVA Beach Volley Academy courts, the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour event will have the main round starting on Tuesday. The qualifiers to find eight teams for the main...
Aussie duo hold firm to reach Qatar main draw
FIVB – Doha, Qatar, November 9, 2015 – Joshua Court and Damien Schumann had to hold their focus to the end to ensured they progressed from the Qatar Open qualifiers to the main draw on Monday. The Australian pair began with a 2-1 (25-23, 17-21, 15-11) win over Venezuela’s Igor Hernandez and Leonard Alexis Colina...
Qatar to field two teams at FIVB World Tour event in Doha
Qatar will field two teams at Doha Open, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Doha, it was revealed here yesterday. The Doha Open will be held at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy courts at Al Gharafa from November 9 to 13. The tournament, originally scheduled to be held from November 17 to 21,...