Qatar Handball Association names national squad for training camp in July

Doha: The Qatar Handball Association (QHA) yesterday announced a 20-player squad that will represent the national team during upcoming competitions. The list includes Abdul Rahman Tariq Al Abdullah, Mustafa Amir Prestige, Ahmed Muhammad Madadi, Rafael de Costa Capote, Bilal Labinka, Alaeddin Nabil Bel Rashed, Jovan Giseves, Amin Noureddine Quhis, Hamdi Al-Nouri Ayad, Mirza Kapic (Al Duhail), Arhad Al Yahuzdic and Wajdi Ibrahim Sinan (Al Arabi). Amir Noureddine Dungir and Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Murad (Al Gharafa), Amin Muwafaq Zakar Wilder Memisevich and Youssef Al Tayeb Ali (Al Rayyan), Yassin Sami Ibrahim and Muhammad Amin Obeidi (Al Wakrah), and Franks Carol Marzo (Kuwaiti SC). The national team will begin its training on July 25 under Spanish coach Valero Rivera. The team will prepare for the 19th Asian Games scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8 and the men’s handball Asian qualifiers for the 33rd Summer Olympics (Paris 2024) to be held in Doha from October 18 to 28. Team Qatar will also take part in the 21st Asian Men’s Championship early next year.

FIBA Delegation Visits Qatar for 2027 Basketball World Cup Tip-Off Meeting

DOHA – A high-level FIBA delegation today began a two-day operational planning and inspection visit of the world-class venues that will host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 in Qatar’s capital city of Doha. The visiting delegation is headed by FIBA President Mr. Hamane Niang, and FIBA Secretary General Mr. Andreas Zagklis and includes a number of FIBA technical experts.  On the first day, the delegation received updates on the Local Organizing Committee’s preparations to host this flagship basketball event. A comprehensive presentation was delivered on the sport venues, operations, transportation, accommodation, TV broadcasting services and other plans. On this occasion, Mr. Mohammed Saad Almeghaiseeb, President of Qatar Basketball Federation, informed theFIBA officials that all managerial, technical and logistics preparations are  underway in Doha to host an amazing  FIBA Basketball World Cup  in 2027 and to  celebrate  a new chapter of achievements in sport. Discussions were held on aligning on the vision for the event with an emphasis on collaboration between all stakeholders to ensure an inclusive World Cup that maximizes long-term legacy. Qatar also discussed its strategy for the development of the national team and mapping out the road to 2027 to capitalize on opportunities for engagement. Tomorrow, the FIBA delegation will be taken on a tour of a number of Doha’s state-of-the-art venues which will be ready to host the world’s best players for competition and training in 2027. These venues include: Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Duhail Sports Hall, Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena, Aspire Academy and Qatar Basketball Federation Arena. The State of Qatar was awarded the honour of hosting the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 by the FIBA Central Board at its meeting in the Philippines capital, Manila on 28 April 2023. Qatar was selected based on the readiness of world-class competition venues, its commitment to sport as a platform for realizing national development goals and its enthusiasm to continue the development of basketball at all levels locally. Furthermore, Qatar’s celebrated portfolio of mega-sport event hosting gave FIBA the confidence to confirm the decision without hesitation.

Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad meets FIBA President

DOHA – The Qatar Olympic Committee President, HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani met on Tuesday the  FIBA President Mr. Hamane Niang and accompanying delegation who are currently visiting Doha . The meeting was attended by President of Qatar Basketball Federation, Mr. Mohammed Saad Almeghaiseeb,  and senior QOC officials, in which  methods of booting sport cooperation were discussed . This  high-level FIBA delegation is  on a  two-day operational planning and inspection visit of the world-class venues that will host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 in Qatar’s capital city of Doha.  Mostly notably, Qatar has been declared earlier in April as a host nation of the flagship basketball event.  

Qatar’s Special Olympics team leaves for Berlin

DOHA - A Qatar Special Olympics team will be participating in the Special Olympics International Summer Games scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, from June 17 to 25. A total of 7,000 special athletes from 170 countries will be competing in 26 Olympic sports at the Games. The Qatari national team is being represented by five male and female athletes in roller skating, athletics and weightlifting. Mubarak Al Ahbabi and Shuaa Al Abdullah will participate in the 100 and 300 metres skating competitions while Hamad Al Ahbabi will participate in the 30m straight skating competition and 30m slalom skating competition. Athlete Jassim Fakhroo will compete in the 100m sprint and the long jump, while Mohammed Al Mahmoud will be competing in the push-button and 100m sprint. Hamad Jaber aims to excel in weightlifting. The Qatari delegation left for Berlin on Monday morning and it includes the six players of the national team in addition to coaches Ali Hudayb and Hessa Al Darwish (skating coaches), Sasia Ahmed (athletics coach) and Muhammad Al Rizqi (weightlifting coach). Two days ago, the head of the delegation, Abdul Qadir Al Mutawa, Assistant-Secretary of the Qatar Sports Federation for Special Needs and a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation, traveled there to attend meetings of the heads of delegations at the World Summer Games of Special Olympics International.  

Qatar take on Mediterranean Team in Toulon Tournament

TOULON, France: Qatar’s U-23 national team will play their third match in the Maurice Revello International Football Tournament (Toulon Tournament) in France against Mediterranean Team on Monday.  This is Qatar’s seventh participation in the Toulon Tournament. The team has previously competed in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019. In 2014, Qatar won the AFC U19 Cup after participating in the competition.  The Qatar squad for the Tournament is as follows: Goalkeepers: Amir Hassan (Al Arabi), Ali Nader (Al Khor), Yusuf Abdullah (Al Shamal) Defenders: Mustafa Qadeera, Abdullah Yusuf, Saifuddin Fazlullah (Al-Gharafa), Muhammad Ayyash, Abdullah Al-Ali (Al-Rayyan), Abdullah Al-Yazidi (Al-Sadd), Abdullah Al-Sulaiti (Al-Arabi), Hassan Al-Gharib (Cultural Deportiva Leonesa) Midfielders: Nabeel Irfan (Al-Wakrah), Nayef Al-Hadrami, Khalid Bin Saba, Osama Al-Tiri (Al-Rayyan), Muhammad Muna’i (Al-Markhiya), Faisal Muhammad (Al-Shamal), Faris Amir (Cultural Deportiva Leonesa) Forwards: Muhammad Siraj (Al-Rayyan), Mubarak Shanan, Ahmed Al-Rawi (Cultural Deportiva Leonesa), Wilatfi Majer (Al-Duhail), Walias Bramel (Umm Salal), Ahmed-Sayed (Al-Sadd  

Team Qatar stars shine at Singapore Diving Fiesta

Singapore: Qatar’s national diving team claimed 3 silver medals at Singapore Diving Fiesta which is held from June 10-11, 2023.  Qatar’s Muhsen Hazem took the silver medal of 1m platform while Nasser Hamad cliched the silver medal of 3m platform.  Coached by Mohamed Showaiter, Team Qatar Squad includes Nasser Hamad and Mohamed Muhsen.