Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) is preparing to host the prestigious FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Qatar Open 2016 from 3-8 April, 2016 at Al-Gharaffa playgrounds. Qatar will field two teams in this prestigious volleyball meeting which will bring together 54 teams from across the world. Qatar and Oman will participate in the main rounds of...
Pereira, Younousse lose in AVC Asian Beach Volleyball quarters
Qatar’s Jefferson Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse bowed out of the AVC Asian Beach Volleyball Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney as hosts dominated the quarter-finals, picking three of the semi-final berths on Sunday. As if that was not enough, the Australians later guaranteed themselves of the gold medal with top seeds and two-time Asian...
Qatar to participate in AVC Beach Volleyball Championship
The Qatari beach volleyball team will participate in the 2016 AVC Asian Beach Volleyball Championship to begin in Sydney, Australia on Friday. The event features the participation of well known teams like Qatar, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Oman and Hosts Australia. The Qatari squad includes Cherif Younousse, Jefferson Santos Pereira, Julio and Ahmad Tijan....
Al Rayyan wins GCC Championship Title
Al Rayyan Club have won the GCC Clubs Volleyball Championship, which concluded in Oman on Sunday. The QVA League champions won all six of their matches, including a straight-sets (25-14, 25-23, 26-24) victory against their archrivals from Qatar, Al Arabi Club, in a winner-takes-all clash. This was the second regional title for Al Rayyan, having...
Al Rayyan & Al Arabi to fight for GCC Clubs title today
Qatar’s Al Rayyan and Al Arabi clubs kept their winning streak at the 35th GCC Clubs Volleyball Championship 2016 in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman on Saturday. Al Rayyan made their fifth consecutive victory after defeating hosts Sohar 3-1 and raised their tally to 15 points. On the same track of victory, Al Arabi recorded a...
Al Rayyan leads the GCC Volleyball Championship
Al- Rayyan Volleyball team led the completions of the 35th GCC Volleyball Championship for clubs after yesterday’s winning against the Saudi’s Al Ahli 3-0 in the match held at Sahar Sport Complex in Oman. Al Rayyan dominated the first half and did not find any difficulty to win 25-12. In the second half, the Saudi...
Al-Mawlawi: Piazza is right man to take Qatar forward
With important assignments like the FIVB World League and Asia Cup just round the corner, Roberto Piazza is the right man to take the country forward, said Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) President Khalid Ali Al Mawlawi. “We’re proud to have signed up well-known coach Roberto (Piazza). We’ll be working with him for the development of national...
Promise to deliver
The fortunes of Qatar volleyball will now rest in Italian hands with Roberto Piazza formally taking over the reins last week. Twin tasks beckon Piazza, who has been coaching since 1990, mostly in his native country, as Qatar are set to make their debut at the FIVB World League, to be held in Slovenia in June...
Kano attends AVC Sports Events Council Meeting in Bangkok
AVC Sports Events Council members have been asked to provide their expertise to the organisers of the AVC tournaments to help run those top-notch competitions smoothly, as all 2016 major events were officially confirmed to be held later this year. The AVC Sports Events Council and the AVC Development and Marketing Committee were the first...
Piazza signs contract with QVA
Roberto Piazza, a 48-year-old Italian with a coaching career of over two decades, is officially the new coach of the Qatar national volleyball team. The bespectacled Piazza had been appointed by the Qatar Volleyball Association in January. The Italian and QVA President Khalid Ali al Mawlawi signed a one-year contract in Doha on Monday. Also...