Two beach volleyball teams from Qatar will compete in the Fifth Asian Beach Volleyball Games in Danang, Vietnam, from September 24 to October 3. Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younnousse, who made their Olympic debut this year at Rio, have been in good form since the start of season. They won an FIVB World Tour event at...
Qatar win Arab Beach Volleyball Championship Title
Qatar’s beach volleyball team (A) confidently claimed the title of the prestigious Arab Beach Volleyball Championship 2016, following their 2-0 victory over Omani counterparts in the final match held in El Jadida city of Morocco on Saturday. The Qatari side showed impressive performance and supremacy to defeat their rivals 25-23 and 25 -12 in the...
Asian Championship: Al Arabi lose final to Bank Sarmayeh
Al Arabi Club of Qatar had to remain content with another second best team honours as Bank Sarmayeh Tehran (Iran) clinched the final of the SMM Asia Men’s Club Volleyball Championship on their debut at the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on Wednesday. Al Arabi Club, who had lost the title...
Asian Championship: Al Arabi survive to reach final
Last year’s runners-up Al Arabi Club from Qatar made it to their second SMM 2016 Asia Men’s Club Volleyball Championship final in a row with a pulsating come-from-behind 25-19 19-25 23-25 28-26 15-9 triumph over Toyoda Gesei Trefuerza (Japan) on Tuesday. In the final on Wednesday at 3.30 pm (Qatar time), Al Arabi will challenge...
Asian Championship: Al Arabi make it to semi finals for second successive year
Al Arabi Club booked their place in the best four of the SMM Asia Men’s Club Volleyball Championship with a 3-1 victory over Taiwan Power on Monday. At the Wunna Theikdi Hall in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, the Qatari team posted a 25-18 19-25 25-12 25-18 triumph in one hour and 26 minutes. Leonardo Vissotto...
Asian Championship: Al Arabi storm to Group E top spot
Former champions Al Arabi Club of Qatar headed the Group E and will clash with Taiwan Power of Chinese Taipei for a place in the semi-finals of the SMM Asia Men’s Club Volleyball Championship on Sunday. In Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Al Arabi Club, who were runners-up last year, crushed local team Myanmar in straight...
Al Arabi keen to do well at Asian Club Championship
Qatar League champions Al Arabi look the team to beat at the 17th Asian Clubs Championship in Myanmar from August 23 to 31. Sixteen teams are drawn into four groups at the annual Asian Volleyball Confederation-sanctioned event. The winners will get a direct entry into the FIVB Club World Championship in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, later...
Qatar clinch GCC U-20 Championship title
emerged as GCC Under-20 champions with an all-win record in the round-robin format event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Qatar started their campaign with a 25-13, 26-24, 25-23 victory against Bahrain. They then beat Oman 25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-23. Their last round -robin tie against Saudi Arabia was virtually a final and Qatar prevailed 26-24,...
Rio 2016: Qatar crash out in pre-quarters
Qatar beach volleyball team’s campaign at the Rio Games ended with a 13-21, 13-21 defeat to Russia in the round of 16 at the Copacabana Beach Arena here on Friday. Qatar’s Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younesse who were making their debut in Olympics did their best, but the Russia’s Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov proved...
Rio 2016: Jefferson/Cherif storm into knockout round
Qatar’s debutants Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse secured the first objective of their major mission by qualifying for the Rio Olympic Games beach volleyball elimination round with a gritty comeback triumph. At the Copacabana Beach on Wednesday, Asian Continental Cup champions Pereira and Younousse, who began playing together only last year, defeated European Continental...