The matches of the main draw of the “Katara” World Cup for Beach Volleyball 2021 for men and women with a 4-star rating, organized by the Qatar Volleyball Association in cooperation with the Cultural Village Foundation, “Katara” and under the supervision of the “FIVB” , begins today, and the fourth edition continues until Next Friday, at the Al Gharafa beach club, the tournament will be sponsored by E`Shail Sat, Al Rayyan Water, Pepsi, Gatorade, Ezdan West Bay hotels, Al Kass channels and Qatar Insurance Group.

The tournament witnesses the participation of more than 100 teams (56 men and 45 women duo) from 28 different countries. “Team Qatar 1”, consisting of the duo Cherif Yunies and Ahmed Tijan, the holder of the bronze in the 2018 edition, is scheduled to open his tour in the tournament against the Austrian national team consisting of Robin Seidel and Philip Waller in the 3:50 pm, in the eighth group matches, while the team meets Qatar 2 »consisting of the duo Saif al-Majid and Ziad Abdul Majeed, his counterpart to the German national team consisting of Julius Thule and Clemens Wickler at 2:10 pm, in the second group matches, while the“ Qatar 3 ”team consisting of Mahmoud Issam and Abdullah Naseim meets, his counterpart, the Russian national team, consisting of Duo Oleg Stoyanovsky and Vyacheslav Krasilnikov in the 1:20 p.m. in Group A matches. The “Qatar 4” team, consisting of the duo D. Al-Musalmani and Ghosen Pedro, bade farewell to the preliminary round competitions after losing yesterday morning to the Austrian team consisting of Dresler and Alexander by two games without responding with results (11-21 and 10-21).

The main draw matches of the women’s teams will also start today, with the participation of the best players in the world, most notably Canadian duo Sarah Pavan, Melissa Humanana Paredes, American duo Alex Kleinman and April Ross.