HRH Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz, President General of Youth Welfare and President of Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of ANOC and OCA, and FIVB President Dr Ary Graca jointly presided over the official opening ceremony of the 21st AVC General Assembly at the Movenpick Hotel Riyadh in...
El Jaish outclass Al Arabi to regain QVA Cup
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...
QVA Cup: Jaish begin march in style
Two-time champions El Jaish began their Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) Cup campaign in resounding style by posting two straight-set victories. Jaish, who won the QVA Cup in 2013 and ’14, beat Al Gharafa 25-15, 25-13, 25-20 in the Group B opener before easing past Al Shamal 25-13, 25-16, 25-8. Playing their first tournament under new coach...
QVA Cup: Arabi, Jaish in same group
The Qatar Volleyball Association’s season-opening Federation Cup begins at the Al Arabi Sports Club on Wednesday. Al Arabi are the defending champions of the low-profile tournament, which national players skip most of the time. It is no different this time as well, as the national players will take time off after the GCC Games in...
Qatar wins silver medal in GCC Games
Qatar volleyball team confidently won the silver medal at the prestigious 2nd edition of the GCC Games, following their 3-1 victory over hosts KSA in Dammam city on Sunday. Volleyball team showed impressive performance to defeat hosts KSA (25-19), (25-21), 23-25) and (25-21), meanwhile Bahrain team retained their title, after defeated Oman 3-1. In another...
Qatar defeats UAE at GCC Games
Qatar team confidently recorded a 3-0 victory over United Arab Emirates team in the volleyball event of the 2nd edition of the GCC Games held in Dammam city, KSA on Friday. Friday’s victory braced the Qatari team to raise points tally to 6 , increasing their chance for qualifying to the second round. In a...
Qatar opens GCC Games with victory
Qatar’s Volleyball team opened its campaign in the 2nd edition of the GCC Games with 3-2 victory over Oman in Dammam city, KSA on Monday. The national volleyball team started their campaign on high note, defeating Oman 25-22, 25-10 and 12-15. In the second match hosts KSA outclassed United Arab Emirates 3-0 ( 25-20,25-17 and...
Qatar raring to go at GCC tournament
Qatari spikers are raring to go at the biennial GCC Championship, which begins in Dammam on Monday. Qatar finished as runners-up in the 2013 edition and would look to make amends for that disappointment. Two years ago, they had lost to Bahrain in the decisive clash of the round-robin tournament and that cost coach Igor Arbutina...
Qatar get ready for GCC Games
After a brief lull, the Qatar internationals are back in action as they prepare in earnest for the 2nd GCC Games, to be held in Dammam from October 12 to 20. Qatar had finished fourth, their best-ever performance, at the Asian Championship in Tehran last month and they continued their impressive form to beat Kuwait 25-19, 20-25,...
QVA new season begins on Oct 3
The new sport season of the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will start with Junior League competitions on October 3 until November 11. The QVBA also announced that the sub-junior competitions will get underway on October 6 and concludes on November 29. Followed by Al Amal League will begin on October 10 and will end on...