The 2016 FIVB World Tour Qatar Open organized by the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will begin at Al Gharafa Arena on Monday. Top pair of Cherif Younousse and Jefferson Pereira will lead the host nation’s charge in event. Cherif and Pereira have been in good form of late. They won the inaugural FIVB Kish Island...
FIVB World Tour returns to Doha for men’s $75,000 Qatar Open
Enjoying a brief two-week respite from tournament competition, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) resumes the qualifying process for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. A stretch of eight consecutive events begins Monday with the men’s $75,000 FIVB Qatar Open in Doha at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy...
Stage set for FIVB Qatar Open 2016
The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will host the FIVB World Tour Qatar Open for the third consecutive time at Al Gharafa Beach Venue starting from April 03. Qatar will field two teams in this prestigious volleyball meeting which will bring together 54 teams from across the world. Qatar and Oman will participate in the main rounds...
Cherif and Pereira to lead Qatar’s charge
Top pair of Cherif Younousse and Jefferson Pereira will lead the host nation’s charge in the FIVB World Tour Qatar Open, to be held at the Al Gharafa courts from April 4 to 8. It is for the third straight year that the Qatar Volleyball Association is hosting the FIVB World Tour event. Cherif and Pereira...
Qatar is ready for Beach Volleyball World Tour
Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) is preparing to host the prestigious FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Qatar Open 2016 from 3-8 April, 2016 at Al-Gharaffa playgrounds. Qatar will field two teams in this prestigious volleyball meeting which will bring together 54 teams from across the world. Qatar and Oman will participate in the main rounds of...
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...