Al Rayyan Club started from where they had left last season. The reigning Emir Cup winners launched the new Qatar Volleyball Association season with an inspiring 3-1 victory over Police to lift the Super Cup here on Friday. They lost the opening set but rallied back spiritedly to post a 20-25 25-23 25-22 25-23 victory...
Police ready to prove their class in Super Cup & Al Rayyan hope to land the title first time
For three successive years, the Super Cup featured Al Arabi Club against Al Rayyan Club. However this year, there is a change in the line-up as Policed forced their way into the one-off match that pits the League champions against the winners of the Emir Cup of the past season. The match is scheduled at...
Police draw top billing in QVA League
Reigning champions Police got the top billing for the upcoming Qatar Volleyball Association Senior League, while Al Shamal secured the second spot and Al Wakrah were third. Powerhouses Al Arabi Club and Al Rayyan Club got the seventh and ninth rankings, respectively. In a new experiment, the QVA held the draws for rankings for the...
World Championship qualifiers: Qatar down Kazakhstan, avenge Asian championship loss
Qatar avenged their recent loss to Kazakhstan with a straight-set crushing during the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Saturday. At the Rezazadeh Stadium in Ardabil, Iran, Qatar pulled off a 25–21 25–17 25–18 victory over Kazakhstan and kept their hopes for getting one of the two top berths in...
Qatar to participate in World Championship qualifiers
The Qatari volleyball team will participate in the qualifications for the 2018 World Volleyball Championship to be staged in Tehran, Iran on August 10-14, 2017. Qatar will play in a group including South Korea, China, Kazakhstan and Hosts Iran. The qualifications will be held in one-round league format with winners and the runners-up will qualify...
Qatar on track to claim ninth spot in Asian Championship
Qatar kept hopes of a ninth place finish alive in the Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship when they overpowered Pakistan in five sets in the semi-finals of the ninth to 12th place classification in Surabaya, Indonesia on Sunday. Qatar, who secured their best finish in the Asians in 2015 by reaching the semi-finals, first led...
Asian Championship: Qatar face Indonesia in the must-win clash today
Qatar placed themselves back in the contention for a spot in the 19th SMM Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship quarter-finals with a straight win against regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia in Surabaya, Indonesia on Tuesday. In a crucial Pool A match, Qatar posted a 23–25 21–25 21–25 triumph and now face hosts Indonesia in a must-win...
Qatar to start their journey in Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
On July 24th, the 19th Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship will start in Surabaya, Indonesia with 16 teams competing for the title. Indonesia last hosted this tournament in 2007. The 16 teams have been split into 4-team pools for the First Round. In the Second Round, the top two teams from each pool advance to the...
Qatar tame Pakistan in three sets to claim friendly title
Hosts Qatar took advantage of a couple of upsets on the first two days and disposed Pakistan in straight sets to win the International Friendly Volleyball Tournament at the QVA Indoor Hall here on Wednesday. On the third and concluding day, Qatar tamed giant-killers Pakistan 25-21 25-19 25-16 with Pape, Ilija, Raimi, Ahmad Jamal, Nikola...
Qatar show better fighting qualities in FIVB World League second year
Qatar may have finished seventh in their second year in the FIVB World League but their performance was better than the debut year. In the Group 3 pool last season, Qatar had won three matches – the same number of wins they contrived even this year – to finish 31. This season, they were placed...