Al Rayyan Club finished the Qatar Men’s Volleyball League in style, displaying their resilience, composure and winning habit against Police at Al Arabi Club Indoor Hall on Wednesday. They recorded a gritty 25-16 12-25 16-25 26-24 15-11 triumph to bag the title for the third year in a row. In another match, Al Arabi needed...
Date change for Qatar Open
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) that the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015 Qatar Open has been moved from the original dates of November 17-21 to an earlier schedule of November 9-13. The change of dates of the Qatar Open will optimise spectator experience by finishing on a Friday – a weekend in Qatar – serving the...
Al Rayyan wins Qatar Volleyball League Title
Al Rayyan SC confidently claimed the title of the Qatar’s Men Volleyball League 2015 for the third consecutive season, following their convincing 3-1 victory over nearest rivals Al Arabi at Al Arabi SC indoor hall on Friday. In the League’s pre-closing round match on Friday, Al Rayyan was the dominant side to seal a comfortable...
Italian influence!
As Al Rayyan make the final push for their ninth Qatar League title following last Sunday’s crucial win over El Jaish, which took them to the top, one player who holds the key to their fortunes is former Italian captain Cristian Savani. They signed the 33-year-old spiker, who won a silver and bronze at the...
It’s a three-way race
The Qatar Men’s Volleyball League looks destined to go down to the wire this time as Al Arabi suffered a rare defeat and champions Al Rayyan warded off El Jaish’s threat. Arabi, who had not lost a single match in the second phase of the league, suffered a shock 25-18, 23-25, 23-25, 24-26 reverse to...
KING OF THE BEACH 2015 – Qualification Phase
This is the first part of the KING of the BEACH 2015: at this part are participating the best 14 players on the QVA ranking + 2 Wild Card given by the QVA Beach Volleyball (16 in total). They have been devided in 4 GROUPS of 4 players each, all players will play as INDIVIDUAL,...
Qatar seal berth at FIVB Worlds
Qatar, along with Australia and Kazakhstan, will represent the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) at the FIVB World Championships, to be held in the Netherlands from June 26 to July 5. As per the FIVB qualification criteria, the top three AVC teams, based on the Beach Tour rankings on December 31, 2014, earn direct entry to...
Jefferson & Younousse win GCC gold for Qatar
New pair Cherif Younousse and Jefferson Pereira put up an excellent show and won the gold medal of the second GCC Beach Games Volleyball, beating Oman B’s Haitham al Shereiqi and Ahmed al Hosni in straight sets on Sunday. At Al Gharafa Club complex, Pereira and Younousse sent a decent crowd into raptures when they...
Qatari spikers to clash in GCC semi finals
Abdelaziz Khallouf and Tamer Abdelrasoul bounced back from a defeat to beat Bahrain B 2-0 and qualify for the semi-finals of the second GCC Beach Games Volleyball on Saturday. At Al Gharafa Club court, Khallouf and Abdelrasoul, who had lost a Group A match to Oman A’s Badr al Sobhi and Mazin al Hashmi 1-2,...
Al Rayyan wins GCC Club Volleyball Championship Title
In a new glorious achievement , Qatar’s Al Rayyan club were crowned with the title of the 4th GCC Club Volleyball Championship 2015 , following their 3-0 victory over hosts Al Ahli of KSA in the conclusion of the event in Jeddah, KSA on Sunday. Qatar’s Al Rayyan made an impressive performance in this crucial...