Qatar claims 12 medals on second day of West Asian Weightlifting Championship and Qatar Weightlifting Cup

Doha: Qatar secured 12 medals on the second day of the ninth Men's West Asian Weightlifting Championship and seventh Men's and Women's Qatar Weightlifting Cup.  Rebeka Ibrahim claimed six gold medals (three medals in each championship) in the 59 kg event. Hazem Hassan secured three gold medals in West Asian Weightlifting Championship and three other medals (two silver and one bronze) in Qatar Weightlifting Cup.  The two events kicked off December 30, 2022 and due to run through January 04, 2023 with the participation of 100 athletes from 15 countries.  Executive Director of the Qatar Weightlifting Federation Zayed Mubarak Al Khayarin, praised the technical level of the Qatari weightlifters in both events.  Speaking in a press statement, Al Khayarin said that the results of the Qatari team are good so far, in light of the participation of most of them for the first time in a tournament of this size, in addition to the participation of male and female athletes with high levels and continental and international titles.  

Team Qatar concludes an outstanding Sporting year of Excellence in 2022

Qatar has continued its amazing run in the sports field, setting highest standards of excellence and achievements after had participated in and organised a number of local, regional and international sport events in the year 2022. These efforts helped the country’s name to rise high at international sport arenas this year. Most notably,  Qatar national teams spared no effort in individual and group sports, claimed titles and set the remarkable results that bolster the country’s name  at the regional and international levels, firstly, Qatar team crowned with their fifth consecutive Asian Men's Handball Championship. Going on the same track of success were Qatar’s beach volleyball duo, Cherrif Younesse and Ahmad Tijan who won three titles: 2022 West Asia Beach Volleyball Zonal Tour, 2022 king of the Court and  2022 Pro Tour Maldives Challenge.  Team Qatar shooters,  Masoud Saleh Al-Athba, Abdulaziz Al-Atteh and Rashid Saleh Al-Athba set their tone to win the gold in Men’s team skeet at the 10th Asian Shooting Championship in Kazakhstan. With outpouring of hard work and hope, Qatar’s Olympic champion and high jumper, Mutaz Essa Barshim won the third consecutive high jump gold at the world championships 2022. While in Weightlifting, the Olympic champion, Fares Ibrahim claimed two gold medals and one silver medal in the men’s 2022 Asian Weightlifting Championships (Bahrain).   Qatar shooter Rashid Saleh Al-Athba made headlines by winning a direct qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics after claiming the bronze medal in the men’s skeet event of the 2022 World Shotgun Championship held in Croatia, making him the first Team Qatar athlete to Qualify to Paris 2024 Olympics.  In Squash, Qatar’s top player Abdullah Al Tamimi won a gold medal of the 2022 West Asia Men’s Squash Championships held in Iran. The third GCC Sport Games 2022 in Kuwait  has seen Team Qatar athletes display a high caliber performance to ensure improved results by claiming 52 medals including 16 golds, 21 silver and 15 bronze. Team Qatar athletes kept up their good sport run at the fifth Islamic Solidarity Games (Turkey) by winning 12 medals, including 4 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze. Qatar’s age group teams did a promising performance and secured good results and were not far from achievement, as  Qatar’s U-15 national team claimed the title of the 2022 West Asian Table Tennis Championship (Jordan). Likewise, the Qatari youth team won the title of the GCC Men’s U18 Basketball Championship (Dubai),  team Qatar won the bronze medal in 2022 Arab Youth Basketball Championship held in Egypt and Qatar team won the bronze medal in the West Asian U-20 Fencing Championship (Jordan). Qatar’s biggest and most memorable achievement in this year , was its amazing organisation of  the  FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, it was unprecedented edition that inspired all  nations , praised worldwide  and its message of unity, peace and love  have reached everyone. Qatar sport move has an effective role in promoting the sport culture inside the community in 2022 , to this end, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) organized a series of community and sport events in 2022, most prominent of them, the 2.5km Sport For Life Walk at Al Shaqab on the National Sport Day,  Qatar's inaugural Spartan Race, QOC E-Sports Tournament and Nishan Vodafone Ramadan Tournament. The Qatar Olympic Committee is always keen to celebrate the international sport days, as it organised the Olympic Day and  International Day of Fair Play in this year.  

Team Qatar eye a new achievement at IHF 2023 World Men’s Championship

DOHA – Qatar’s senior handball team have intensified its  day in, day out training sessions in Doha, that in preparation for the 28th World Men’s Championship to be hosted by Poland and Sweden from January 11 to 29, 2023 After a successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, all eyes are now riveted on the next major tournament Qatar will be involved with—the 28th World Men's Championship..  The country is in high hopes that the national handball team will yet again place Qatar’s name on the global map with their excellent performance at the competition. Team Qatar is Asia's most successful, having won several titles, including back-to-back Asian Games gold medals (2014 and 2018) and an unprecedented five consecutive Asian Championships.

QFA Announces Qatar Squad for 2023 U-20 AFC Asian Cup

DOHA - Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced Monday the national team's 27-player squad gearing up to participate in the 2023 U-20 AFC Asian Cup due to be held in Uzbekistan. The tournament leads to the FIFA U-20 World Cup .Qatar were drawn in Group B along with Australia, runners up of the 2010 edition, Iran and Vietnam, the semi-finalist of the 2016 edition. The team Qatar who claimed the 2014 trophy in Myanmar, qualified for the tournament as leaders of Group B in the AFC qualifiers with 12 points.   

Team Qatar line up for Gulf Cup

The Qatari national football team have intensified their preparations for the 25th Gulf Cup to be held in Basra, Iraq, from January 6-19, 2023. Earlier this month, the Qatar Football Association (QFA) has announced a new-look national squad for the event. Many of the senior players who appeared at the 2022 FIFA World Cup have been rested while Portuguese Bruno Pinheiro has been named the coach of the 27-member squad. Qatar, three-time winners of the Gulf Cup, are in Group B, also featuring Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Group A includes Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman. Squad: Meshaal Barsham, Yousef Abdullah, Tarek Salman, Abdullah al-Yazidi, Faisal Mohamed, Mustafa Meshaal, Mohamed Waad, Yousuf Abdurisag, Hashim Ali, Salem al-Hajri, Ali Asad (Al Sadd), Ismaeel Mohamed, Shehab El Laithi, Mohamed Ayash, Diab Haroun, Assim Madibo, Mohamed Muntari, Abdulrahman Fahmy (Al Duhail), Naif al-Hadhrami, Tamim Mansour (Al Rayyan), Homam al-Amin, Amro Suraj (Al Gharafa), Ahmed Fadel, Khaled Muneer, Hazem Ahmed (Al Wakrah), Mahmoud Abunada, Jassim Jaber (Al Arabi). Coach: Bruno Pinheiro.

Qatar and Egypt play to draw in a friendly match

Cairo: Qatar and Egypt played to a 30-30 draw in a handball friendly match held today in Cairo, as part of both sides' preparations for the 28th IHF Men's World Championship 2023 in Poland and Sweden. The first match that brought the two teams together, ended with the victory of Egypt 21/18.  In October, Qatar played two friendlies against Tunisia, and they will play two other friendlies with Montenegro on Jan. 3 and Jan. 5 in Doha, before leaving for Poland on Jan. 10th to participate in the world championship competitions. Qatar was drawn in Group E, along with the teams of Germany, Serbia and Algeria.   This will be Qatar's ninth appearance in the championship after Portugal 2003, Tunisia 2005, Germany 2007, Spain 2013, Qatar 2015, France 2017 Germany and Denmark 2019, and Egypt 2021. They claimed silver in Qatar 2015 as their best-ever result in the championship history.