QOC Secretary General attends Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation’s General Assembly

Konya- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General H.E Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain attended the eleventh General Assembly meeting of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation held on the sidelines of the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 in Konya, Turkey, on Sunday. The meeting also attended by Director of the QOC Sports Affairs Department Khaleel Al Jabir and a number of the QOC Senior officials.  The QOC Secretary General also visited Team Qatar athletes and delegation at the Athletes Village on Sunday. Al Buenain met the Qatari teams and urged them to do their best to make the country proud at the Islamic Solidarity Games.   A total of 54 countries are participating at the Islamic Solidarity Games to be held from August 9 to 18, 2022.  In this edition, 20 sports will be contested including; athletics, archery, 3x3 basketball, bocce, cycling (road and track events), fencing, football, gymnastics (artistic, aerobics, and rhythmic events), handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman events), as well as traditional archery. In addition, several paralympic sports are also competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games.

Qatar to face Morocco in handball event at Islamic Solidarity Games

KONYA , Turkey - Qatar national handball team will lock horns against Moroccan counterparts in the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey’s city of Konya on Monday. This fifth edition of Islamic Solidarity Games will run from 9th to 18th of  August and  will see  approximately 6000 athletes  from  58 countries. The Qatar Olympic Committee will have 12 national federations in this year’s edition to compete in  16 sport disciplines, including basketball, volleyball , handball, cycling, athletics, swimming, shooting, Taekwondo,  Judo, Karate, weightlifting, wrestling, fencing and gymnastics.

Qatar to take on Japan in FIVB Men’s World Championship opener

Ljubljana -Qatar national volleyball team will take on Japan in the beginning on their campaign at the 2022 FIVB Men's World Championship on August 26. The championship will be held in Poland and Slovenia from August 26 to September 11. Qatar were drawn in Pool B along with world no. 1 Brazil, Japan and two-time runners-up Cuba for this year’s FIVB Men’s World Championship. Qatar then will face Cuba on August 28 before their last match in the first round against Brazil on August 30.

Team Qatar win GCC Under-18 Basketball Championship

Dubai-Qatar Youth Basketball team claimed the title of the GCC Under-18 Basketball Championship in Dubai after defeating Saudi Arabia 75-51 on Saturday. The two teams directly qualified to the FIBA U-18 Asian Championship, scheduled to be held in Tehran from August 21 to 28. On the other hand, Bahrain defeat Kuwait 55-45 to finish the tournament in the third place.  The tournament brought together six GCC nations, including hosts United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman.

Team Qatar shooters win gold medal at Asian Shotgun Championship

Almaty: Qatar shooters made impressive performance to win the men's skeet team gold in the 10th Asian Shotgun Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. Team Qatar is comprising of Masoud Saleh Al Athba, Abdulaziz Al Attiyah and Rashid Saleh Al Athba — defeated Kuwait 6-4 in the final. The Kuwaiti team featured Abdullah Al Rashidi, Mansour Al Rashedi and Abdulaziz Alsaad. Hosts Kazakhstan defeated China 7-1 to clinch the third spot. In women's skeet, Qatar put up a commendable show, finishing fourth. In the bronze medal match, Sarah Ghulam Mohammed, Reem Al Sharshani and Hajar Ghulam Mohammed lost to China’s Che Yufei, Huang Sixue and Wei Ning 2-6.

Qatar volleyball team off to Turkey for Islamic Solidarity Games

DOHA - Qatar national volleyball team left  Doha  on Friday  to Turkey to participate in the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games which will be held  in Turkey’s city of Konya from 9th to 18th of  August and  will see  approximately 6000 athletes  from  58 countries. The Qatar Olympic Committee will have  12 national federations in this year’s edition to compete in  16 sport disciplines, including basketball, volleyball , handball, cycling, athletics, swimming, shooting, Taekwondo,  Judo, Karate, weightlifting, wrestling, fencing and gymnastics. This fifth Islamic Solidary Games were originally planned to be held in September 2021, but rescheduled to August 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Islamic Solidary Games is a significant sport event that brings together multinational athletes. These  games are regularly organized by the  Islamic Solidary Sports Federation , which  was founded in May 6, 1985 in  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the patronage of Organization of Islamic Cooperation Historically, Saudi Arabia hosted these games in 2005, Indonesia’s city of Palembang played  a host city in 2013,  Azerbaijan’s capital  city of Baku organized the fourth edition from 12th to 22nd of May, 2017  and Cameroon was selected  to host the sixth edition in 2025.