Fifteen-time champions Al Arabi Club made it to their 22nd final at the Qatar Cup Volleyball Championship, knocking out runners-up El Jaish at the Qatar Women’s Sports Committee Hall on Tuesday. Al Arabi Club had already clinched the first semi-final playoff on Sunday and tonight’s 25-13 21-25 25-13 25-21 victory in one hour and 38...
Al Rayyan, Al Arabi take lead in Qatar Cup semi-final playoffs
Defending champions Al Rayyan Club brought QVA League champions Police down to the earth, winning the opening best of three semi-final of the Qatar Cup Volleyball Championship in four sets on Sunday. At the Women’s Sports Committee Indoor Hall at the Aspire Zone, nine-time winners Al Rayyan Club unleashed a potent attack and posted a...
16/17 Qatar Cup begins today
Qatar Volleyball League champions, Police will take on Al Rayyan while the league runners-up, El Jaish will face Al Arabi in the 2016/2017 Qatar Cup fixtures released by Qatar Volleyball Federation. The teams will play each other in a double leg format, with the winners clashing in the final of the tournament which is restricted...
QVA presents new coaches to media
Argentina’s Mariano Baracetti has replaced national beach volleyball team’s Brazilian coach Pedro Pablo Costa. The Qatar Volleyball Association also appointed Brazilian veteran Percy Oncken for reorganising the youth and junior volleyball in the country and Malek Rajdi as the national under-17 coach. QVA President Ali Ghanim al Kuwari presented all the three officials at a...
Al Khor & Al Gharafa advance to Emir Cup quarter-finals
Al Khor Club and Al Gharafa Club made it to the last eight stage of the prestigious Emir Cup Volleyball Championship in Doha on Friday. In the first match of the day, Al Khor warded off a spirited resistance from Al Ahli Club and scripted a 26-24, 18-25, 25-15, 25-22 victory in one hour and...
Qatar national team spikers to use Mikasa kits .. QVA, Sportivo sign four-year deal
The Qatar Volleyball Association will provide Mikasa playing kit to its various teams in the upcoming international events. QVA President Ali Ghanim al Kuwari and Sportivo CEO Uros Stanic signed the Mikasa kits sponsorship agreement at the QVA headquarters in Doha on Sunday. Under the deal, which will last four years, the senior, junior and...
Bahrain’s Dar Kulaib lift GCC Clubs Volleyball trophy
Defending champions Al Rayyan of Qatar stumbled when and where it mattered most to hand over victory on a platter of gold to Dar Kulaib of Bahrain as the 36th GCC Clubs Volleyball Championship came to an end in Doha on Friday. Topping the table with 12-point as against Dar Kulaib’s 10 going into the...
Al Rayyan lay claim to GCC Clubs Championship title defence
Barring any upset in their last match on Friday, Al Rayyan is all set to defend their GCC Clubs Volleyball Championship on home soil after posting a commendable performance in their 3-0 defeat of Al Ain of UAE in Doha on Wednesday. The fifth match of the tournament for ‘The Lions’, three-time champions of the...
Different strokes for Qatari clubs at GCC Clubs tourney
Three-time champions Al Rayyan bounced back to winning ways with a resounding straight sets (25-21, 25-21, 25-21) victory over Al Ahli of Bahrain at the 36th GCC Clubs Volleyball Championship in Doha on Tuesday. The Qatari side, who are the defending champions, were clearly the better side in what was an almost no-contest at the...
GCC tourney: Al Arabi win; Al Rayyan falter against Bahraini clubs
Qatar’s Al Arabi, the 2010 champions, on Sunday emerged victorious in their clash against Al Ahli of Bahrain at the ongoing 36th GCC Clubs Volleyball Championship being held at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena in Doha. The ‘Dream Team’, who lost to local rivals Al Rayyan on Saturday, bounced back to winning ways...