Qatar will be back on the FIVB Beach World Tour after a year’s gap when a two-star event is staged in February 2018. Qatar Volleyball Association President Ali Ghanim al Kuwari and FIVB Beach Volleyball Director Angelo Squeo signed an agreement in Doha on Saturday. Under the new deal, the QVA will organise the world...
Pereira & Younousse win Aspire Qatar Master with superb fighting qualities
Olympians Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse had to stretch hard before overcoming Australians Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann in the final of the AVC Beach Tour Aspire Qatar Master on Saturday. At the Aspire Park, Pereira and Younousse won the title, the second of the Asian Tour, with a 21-12 27-29 15-13 victory in...
Qatar qualifies for the FIVB worlds; McHugh & Schumann overcome a big scare from Chinese rivals
Top seeds and Olympians Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse of Qatar eliminated reigning Asian Games champions Alexandr Dyanchenko and Alexey Sidorenko comfortably in the quarter-finals of the AVC Beach Tour Aspire Qatar Master on Friday. At the Aspire Park, Pereira and Younousse, the winner of the Satun Pak Bara Master in Thailand last month,...
Qatar storm into last 16 of Aspire Qatar Master
Olympians and top seeds Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse clinched both their group matches and qualified for the elimination round without much ado at the Aspire Qatar Master at the Aspire Park on Thursday. The Satun Pak Bara Master champions Pereira and Younousse proved too hot for Hong Kong’s Lau Tsz Ho Kelvin and...
Qatar 1 & 2 teams start strongly in the Aspire Qatar Master
Top seeds Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse of Qatar launched their quest for making it to the second successive FIVB world beach volleyball championship with a one-way victory over Omani team at the Qatar Master on Wednesday. At the Aspire Park, Olympians Pereira and Younousse, who won the Satun Pak Bura title in Thailand...
The Qatar Master is scheduled to start today at the Aspire Park
Abdelaziz Khallouf and Tamer Abdelrasoul, the former GCC beach volleyball bronze medallists, are back on the court together. The Qatari players have formed a third pair for the AVC Beach Tour Qatar Master, which is due to begin at the Aspire Park on Wednesday. After the technical committee meeting at 5 pm, the action will...
Al Rayyan regain Emir Cup crown
Al Rayyan Club redeemed their disappointing season with a stunning straight-set victory over triple defending champions Al Arabi Club in the prestigious Emir Cup Volleyball Championship final on Saturday. At the Qatar Women’s Sports Committee Indoor Hall, a venue where Al Rayyan had been tamed by Al Arabi Club in the Qatar Cup final earlier...
Al Arabi, Al Rayyan to clash in Emir Cup final today
Triple defending champions Al Arabi Club look are armed with the wherewithal necessary to extend their hold over the Emir Cup Volleyball Championship for another year. At the Qatar Women’s Sports Committee Indoor Hall at the Aspire Zone on Friday ay 6.30 pm, the 21-time champions Al Arabi Club will clash with arch-rivals Al Rayyan...
Al Arabi, Al Rayyan to clash for Emir Cup
Defending champions Al Arabi Club and Al Rayyan Club will clash for the prestigious Emir Cup Volleyball Championship crown once again after a season’s gap. At the Qatar Women’s Sports Committee Indoor Hall on Monday, holders and 22-time winners Al Arabi Club rode German Gyorgy Grozer’s blazing spikes and posted a splendid 21-25 25-20 25-17...
Julio, Tijan finish fourth in Asian beach volleyball
Qatar’s Julio do Nascimento and Ahmed Tijan put up a brave effort in the opening set before losing their bronze medal match to top seeds Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann in the Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in Songkhla, Thailand on Monday. At the Samila Beach, do Nascimento and Tijan played well and forced extra points...