Qatar team confidently recorded a 3-0 victory over United Arab Emirates team in the volleyball event of the 2nd edition of the GCC Games held in Dammam city, KSA on Friday. Friday’s victory braced the Qatari team to raise points tally to 6 , increasing their chance for qualifying to the second round. In a...

Qatar’s Volleyball team opened its campaign in the 2nd edition of the GCC Games with 3-2 victory over Oman in Dammam city, KSA on Monday. The national volleyball team started their campaign on high note, defeating Oman 25-22, 25-10 and 12-15. In the second match hosts KSA outclassed United Arab Emirates 3-0 ( 25-20,25-17 and...

Qatari spikers are raring to go at the biennial GCC Championship, which begins in Dammam on Monday. Qatar finished as runners-up in the 2013 edition and would look to make amends for that disappointment. Two years ago, they had lost to Bahrain in the decisive clash of the round-robin tournament and that cost coach Igor Arbutina...

After a brief lull, the Qatar internationals are back in action as they prepare in earnest for the 2nd GCC Games, to be held in Dammam from October 12 to 20. Qatar had finished fourth, their best-ever performance, at the Asian Championship in Tehran last month and they continued their impressive form to beat Kuwait 25-19, 20-25,...

The new sport season of the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will start with Junior League competitions on October 3 until November 11. The QVBA also announced that the sub-junior competitions will get underway on October 6 and concludes on November 29. Followed by Al Amal League will begin on October 10 and will end on...

The GCC Festival for Under-15 players, hosted by the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) at its training hall last month, proved a big hit. Apart from the host nation, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia participated in the festival, aimed at creating an interest for the sport among youngsters and create a talent pool for the...

The Qatari Junior volleyball team won the bronze medal of the prestigious GCC Junior Volleyball Championship in Oman after beating Saudi Arabia 3-0 on Saturday. Bahrain claimed the title following their 3-1 victory over Kuwait in the final day. The squad of Qatar includes; Ammar Suklar, Sultan Hussain Abdullah, Majed Abdulrashid Nouh, Raouf Mousa, Pape Majeet, Turkey Al...

The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will organise the GCC Volleyball Festival for under-15 players in Doha. Five teams have confirmed their participation and they are: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and hosts Qatar. The GCC Volleyball Festival is a brainchild of QVA Secretary General Mohammed Ali al Mohannadi. It is basically aimed at creating an...

The Qatari Junior volleyball team won the bronze medal of the prestigious Arab Junior Volleyball Championship after beating Tunisia 3-0 on Friday. Algeria claimed the title following their 3-0 victory over hosts Morocco in final match.   The squad of Qatar includes; Ammar Suklar, Sultan Hussain Abdullah, Majed Abdulrashid Nouh, Raouf Mousa, Babi Majeet, Turkey...

Qatar Junior volleyball team qualified to the semifinals of the prestigious Arab Junior Volleyball Championship after beating their Bahraini counterparts 3-0 in the second round  on Wednesday.   In the semifinals to be staged on Thursday, Qatar will clash against Algeria. Earlier on Wednesday, Algeria defeated KSA 3-0. Khalid Ali Al-Mawlawi, President of the Qatar...