Team Qatar qualify to semifinals

Jeddah: Team Qatar have qualified to the semifinals of West Asia U23 Football Championship after beating Oman 1-0 in their second and final group (A) Match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.  Al Makki Hassan scored Qatar's goals in the fourth minute.  Team Qatar, who began their campaign in the championship with a goalless draw Lebanon, topped their group with four points ahead of Oman in the second place with 3 points following their 4-2 victory over Lebanon.   

QOC attends Meeting of International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport

Doha- The Qatar Olympic Committee represented by the Director of Legal Affairs Department , Sheikh Ahmad bin Nooh Al Thani has participated in a video- conference meeting of International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) on Tuesday. This partnership has come as an outcome of  IPACS’s commitment from Anti-Corruption Summit  which  was held   in UK’s capital city of London in May 2016. The IPACS partnership was established in 2017 as a multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at bringing together international sports organizations, governments, inter-governmental organizations to strengthen sport integrity, fight corruption and build a better sport integrity culture. Most notably, four  force tasks  have been assigned to senior experts and steering committee members  to join  hands  together during high ranking periodical meetings  to reduce the risk of corruption in procurement relating to sporting events and infrastructure, ensuring  integrity in the selection of major sporting events; optimising the processes of compliance with good governance principles to mitigate the risk of corruption  and enhancing effective cooperation between law enforcement, criminal justice authorities and sport organizations. In Tuesday’s meeting, the participants reviewed the progress they made in the partnership works, teams results being achieved , set up a strategic roadmap of partnership for  2023-2024 , reviewed governance guide and appointed steering committee members for the term 2023-2024.  In this regard, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer at the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Mr Ronan O’Laoire  and  Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at the International Olympic Committee Mrs. Pâquerette Girard Zappelli have both focused their remarks on Task Force (4) , which calls for  enhancing effective cooperation between law enforcement, criminal justice authorities and sport organisations that in compliance with updated international effort  to protect sports against corruption.

QOC launches its campaign to support team Qatar at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

Doha- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has launched its campaign to support team Qatar at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ to be held from November 20 to December 18, in cooperation with the Qatar Football Association (QFA).  The campaign aims to bring the whole nation together in support of team Qatar in the build-up to their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 debut. During the campaign, the QOC will post a number of promotional videos on its social media platforms featuring team Qatar stars in other sports including the Olympic gold medalist Fares Ibrahim (Weightlifting), Abdulrahman Hassan (Athletics), Maryam Al Boinin (Equestrian), Haya Diab (Fencing), Hayat Ali (Basketball) and Saleh Al Athba (Shooting) who invite local football fans to support team Qatar during FIFA World Cup.  The campaign will also showcase students of Aspire Academy which helped prepare a huge number of team Qatar players who will participate in FIFA World Cup for the first time in their careers.   The QOC media team will cover team Qatar matches during the tournament and interact with thrilling atmosphere at the world cup stadiums. The QOC will also cover the activities of QFA promotional campaign to support team Qatar.   The campaign comes in light of the QOC's commitment to support Qatar's national teams during their international tournaments and to invite the different sectors of the community to cheer our national team in their historical appearance at FIFA world cup.   

Team Qatar to take on UAE in Women’s West Asian Volleyball Championship

DOHA – Qatar’s women volleyball team will shake hands with United Arab Emirates on Tuesday in preliminary stage of 2022 Women’s West Asian Volleyball championship , which will run from November 13 to 24 in Jordanian capital city of Amman. Team Qatar will lock horns against Kuwait in the second game on November 16 , followed by a third game against hosts Jordan on November 17 and will play Oman on November 18. Most notably, team Qatar are placed in pool B with Oman, Kuwait, UAE and hosts Jordan, as pool A, includes Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria.  

Qatar defeat Panama in friendly match

Marbella: The Qatar national football team defeated Panama 2-1 in a friendly match in the Spanish city of Marbella on Saturday as part of Qatar's FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 training camp. Qatar will take on Albania on November 9 and will return to Doha after the match. After returning to Doha, the team will start a closed camp at Aspire to prepare for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Qatar played several friendly matches in the external camp, including victories 1-0 over Honduras, 2-1 against Nicaragua, and 2-0 over Guatemala. Qatar will start their World Cup campaign against Ecuador on November 20 in the opening game of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Cherif and Tijan claim bronze medal of Cape Town Elite16

Cape Town: Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan claimed the bronze medal of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday.  Cherif and Tijan took last spot on the podium after beating Austrians Robin Seidl and Philipp Waller in the two-set (22-20, 21-14).  It was the fourth Beach Pro Tour medal for the Qataris this season – they took gold at the Rosarito Elite16 and the Maldives Challenge and silver at the Jurmala Elite16.  “It was a tough match against Austria,” Cherif analysed. “They are a good team and we had some trouble in the first set, but after we adjusted our strategy things went better. We also got a lot of energy from the fans here, I loved playing in Cape Town. I really enjoyed coming to South Africa for the first time and am already looking forward to coming back.” The Brazilian city of Uberlandia will be the next destination of the Beach Pro Tour. The Elite16 tournament there will be played next week, from November 9-13.