Team Qatar claim 11 medals at West Asian Youth Athletics Championships

Beirut: Qatar’s national athletics team claimed 11 medals on the first and second days of the 2022 West Asian Youth Athletics Championships which began in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday.  Ten countries, including Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and host Lebanon are taking part in the Championships. The athletes list includes Nayef Khasif and Omar Daoud (110m hurdles), Saeed Al Sahouti (100m and 200m), Tamim Al Tamimi (100m), Abdul Majeed Zakaria (200m), Ismail Daoud (400m and 400m hurdles), Muhammad Noah (400m hurdles), Abdul Rahman Abkar (400m), Ahmed Jibreen (shotput and discus throw), Khaled Al Hajj (discus throw), Saja Saadoun (200m and 400m hurdles), Layal Ibrahim (heptathlon and high jump), and Samar Al Mansoori (pole vault and triple jump).

Draw held for handball competitions at Islamic Solidarity Games

Konya- The draw of men's handball competitions at the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games was held on Sunday. The fifth edition of the Games will be staged in Konya, Turkiye from 9th to 18th of August. Team Qatar will play in Group (A) alongside Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iraq while Group (B) includes Turkiye, Iran and Azerbaijan  Qatar claimed the gold medal of men's handball event at the third GCC Games held in Kuwait last May. 

Al Saad shines in Youth Equestrian Games

Aachen- Qatar's Saad Ahmed Al Saad claimed the fourth place in individual event at the Youth Equestrian Games 2022 being held in Aachen, Germany on Saturday. Al Saad also was a member of Team Asia and performed two error-free rounds in team competition to help his team finish fourth. The Qatari rider was named among the best 8 riders in event.

Draw held for 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship

Warsaw– Poland- The draw of the 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship was completed on Saturday at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, the same city which will host the first match of the competition, Poland vs France, on 11 January 2023. In a prestigious event, the scene was set by an impromptu concert by Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, before the singer of the official anthem of the competition, Polish star Alicja Szemplińska, was presented, as well as Pax, the Poland/Sweden 2023 mascot. A short statement from IHF President Dr Hassan Moustafa followed, which underlined the motto of the 28th IHF Men’s World Championship, “Stick Together”.  “We are talking about 32 teams that will take part in the IHF Men’s World Championship, it means that these are the top 32 teams in the world. We all need to stick together,” said Dr Hassan Moustafa. The official ball of the competition, which is coloured in red, white, yellow and blue, the traditional colours of the two hosts Poland and Sweden was also presented by the IHF President before the draw started. IHF Commission of Organising and Competition (COC) Chairperson Per Bertelsen and IHF Competitions Director Patric Strub conducted the draw, assisted by former stars from each of the two hosts – Poland’s Slawomir Szmal and Sweden’s Magnus Wislander. Each hosting country had the prerogative of assigning a qualified team to each host city. Therefore, Germany will play their preliminary round in Group E in the Spodek in Katowice, Spain and Norway are due to play in the TAURON Arena in Krakow in Groups A and F, respectively, reigning champions Denmark will face their Group H opponents in Malmo, Croatia have been assigned to Group G in Jonkoping and Iceland to Group D in Kristianstad. Hosts Poland and Sweden have elected to feature in Katowice and Gothenburg, respectively. The full draw: Group A (in Krakow): Spain, Montenegro, Chile, Islamic Republic of Iran Group B (in Katowice): France, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia Group C (in Gothenburg): Sweden, Brazil, Africa 2, Uruguay Group D (in Kristianstad): Iceland, Portugal, Hungary, Republic of Korea Group E (in Katowice): Germany, Qatar, Serbia, Africa 5 Group F (in Krakow): Norway, North Macedonia, Argentina, Netherlands Group G (in Jönköping): Africa 1, Croatia, Africa 3, United States of America Group H (in Malmö): Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain, Africa 4 The most balanced group looks to be the one featuring co-hosts Poland, as their former star, Slawomir Szmal, was not their talisman during the draw. Poland will face France, Saudi Arabia and Slovenia, as their task of navigating to the main round with four points looks difficult. Two other groups – Group D and Group F – also have three European teams at the start, as Portugal and Iceland will meet once again, after facing off in the same phase of the competition at Egypt 2021, while Norway hope to take three wins in three matches against North Macedonia, Argentina and the Netherlands, a team that is appearing at the men’s flagship competition for the first time since 1961. Reigning champions Denmark were allocated to Group H, where they are heavily favoured against Belgium, who make their debut at the IHF Men’s World Championship, Bahrain and the fourth-placed side at the CAHB African Men’s Championship, due to take place this July in Egypt. Co-hosts Sweden, the silver medallists at Egypt 2021, who will be cheered on by their home fans in Gothenburg, are also favoured to progress from their group with a maximum amount of points, facing Brazil, Uruguay and the runners-up from the CAHB African Men’s Championship. The team that is going to become the champions of Africa headlines Group G, where they are facing Croatia, the CAHB African Men’s Championship bronze medallists and the United States of America, who make their return after 22 years in the competition. Last, but not least, Germany face Qatar, Serbia and the fifth-placed team at the CAHB African Men’s Championship in Group E. The top three sides in each group will progress to the main round, while the last-placed sides are set to face each other in the President’s Cup.

Qatar's Beach Handball Team line up for World Games in America

Doha: Qatar's beach handball team will begin their training on Thursday, in preparation for the 11th World Games, which will be held in Birmingham, USA, from July 7 to 17. Qatar's team will compete in the first group, along with the teams of Denmark, New Zealand, and Croatia, while the second group includes the teams of Brazil, the United States of America, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. This will be the Qatar's team third participation in the World Games, after the 2013 edition in Colombia, and the 2017 edition in Poland. Qatar's beach handball team also qualified last Sunday for 2023 ANOC World Beach Games after beating Uruguay 2-0 in the fifth-place match at the 2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships held on the island of Crete, Greece.

Qatar Volleyball team to hold training program in Slovenia

DOHA- Qatar’s senior volleyball team will hold a three-week training program in Slovenia from 3rd to 23rd of July to build up a better squad for upcoming competitions. Most notably, team Qatar will participate in FIVB Volleyball Men’s Challenger Cup from 24th to 31st of July in South Korea. Team Qatar will also compete in Islamic Solidary Games in Turkey, Arab Championship and FIVB World Championship in Poland and Slovenia.