Qatar Men’s Volleyball League – Season 2015/2016 – Teams prospects: Teams are listed according to their final standings last season. AL RAYYAN The three-time defending champions are leaving no stone unturned in their attempts to win a fourth straight crown. The squad, a blend of youth and experience, has been boosted by the addition of...
15/16 Men's League to kick-off today
As the Qatar Volleyball League starts on Wednesday, it is difficult to envision a champion beyond traditional powerhouses Al Arabi and Al Rayyan, who have together won 33 of the 36 editions so far. Arabi have won the Qatar League a record 24 times while Rayyan are nine-time champions, with the last three coming in...
Camejo fires Al Arabi to Super Cup victory
Former Cuban captain and Outside smasher Osmel Camejo paired up wih opposite Jorge Garcia to put Al Arabi Club on a roll in a dramatic third set turn-around and the defending champions flattened the challenge of Al Rayyan Club in the Super Cup with a rib-tickling four-set win on Friday. At the Al Arabi Club’s...
Rayyan, Arabi to clash for Super Cup glory today
Qatar Volleyball League holders Al Rayyan will take on Emir’s Cup champions Al Arabi in a one-off match for the Super Cup today at the Indoor Hall of Al Arabi Stadium. This is the second edition of the Cup and likely to set the momentum for the 2015-16 Qatar League, which will start on November...
Al-Mawlawi attends the 21st AVC General Assembly in Saudi Arabia
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...
Qatar make it to AVC Continental Cup Finals
Qatari team A and B qualified for the AVC Continental Cup Beach Volleyball Finals, with thrilling 2-1 victories over the Omani rivals at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy court on Sunday. Jefferson Santosh Pereira and Cherif Younnouse put the hosts 1-0 up when they beat Ahmed al Housni and Mazin al Hashmi 21-12 19-21 15-9....
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...