The GCC Festival for Under-15 players, hosted by the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) at its training hall last month, proved a big hit. Apart from the host nation, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia participated in the festival, aimed at creating an interest for the sport among youngsters and create a talent pool for the...

The Qatari Junior volleyball team won the bronze medal of the prestigious GCC Junior Volleyball Championship in Oman after beating Saudi Arabia 3-0 on Saturday. Bahrain claimed the title following their 3-1 victory over Kuwait in the final day. The squad of Qatar includes; Ammar Suklar, Sultan Hussain Abdullah, Majed Abdulrashid Nouh, Raouf Mousa, Pape Majeet, Turkey Al...

The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will organise the GCC Volleyball Festival for under-15 players in Doha. Five teams have confirmed their participation and they are: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and hosts Qatar. The GCC Volleyball Festival is a brainchild of QVA Secretary General Mohammed Ali al Mohannadi. It is basically aimed at creating an...

The Qatari Junior volleyball team won the bronze medal of the prestigious Arab Junior Volleyball Championship after beating Tunisia 3-0 on Friday. Algeria claimed the title following their 3-0 victory over hosts Morocco in final match.   The squad of Qatar includes; Ammar Suklar, Sultan Hussain Abdullah, Majed Abdulrashid Nouh, Raouf Mousa, Babi Majeet, Turkey...

Qatar Junior volleyball team qualified to the semifinals of the prestigious Arab Junior Volleyball Championship after beating their Bahraini counterparts 3-0 in the second round  on Wednesday.   In the semifinals to be staged on Thursday, Qatar will clash against Algeria. Earlier on Wednesday, Algeria defeated KSA 3-0. Khalid Ali Al-Mawlawi, President of the Qatar...

Qatar Junior volleyball team qualified to the quarter finals of the prestigious Arab Junior Volleyball Championship in Morocco. The Qatari team concluded their matches at the first round with a 1-3 defeat against Kuwait on Monday. Despite of their Monday’s defeat, Qatar occupied the fourth place at their group behind Tunisia, KSA and Kuwait. In Group (A),...

Qatar Junior volleyball team will take on their Kuwaiti counterparts in their fourth match at the prestigious Arab Junior Volleyball Championship in Morocco on Monday. Earlier on Sunday, Qatar lost to Tunisia 0-3.   The Qatari team also suffered an opening defeat against KSA, but they made a convincing 3-0 victory over Egypt  in the...

Though Qatar could not win the bronze medal of the Asian Volleyball Championship, losing the match to China in five exciting sets, they left another vivid impression of their ascent in Tehran on Saturday. Qatar trailed 0-2 before launching a fierce counter-attack and tied the set scores 2-2. In the decider, China, who have not...

Qatar, playing the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship semi-finals for the first time, had an encouraging start but seven-time champions and traditionally tough Japan turned around the flow with their rich experience before pulling off a four-set victory in nearly two hours in Tehran on Friday. Japan will clash with Iran on Saturday for the title...

Qatar continued their smart, steady and sensible game and knocked out Chinese Taipei in four sets before breaking into the best four of the Asian Volleyball Championships in Tehran on Thursday. Their 25 20 25 19 17 25 25 22 victory placed the Juan Manuel Cichello-trained team in the semi-finals for the first time in...