Team Qatar qualify for main round

Greece: Qatar's national beach handball team qualified for the main round of the 2022 IHF Men’s Beach Handball World Championships after beating New Zealand 2-0 in their final group match on Wednesday.  Brazil led group D standings with three wins from three, Qatar finish second and Portugal in third. The 16 teams participating in event are split into four groups of four teams each with the top three in each group qualifying through to two main round groups of six teams each.  The top four in each main round group then progress through to the quarterfinals, followed by semi-finals and then medal matches. Qatar secured their place in the world championships after claiming the second place in the 8th Asian Beach Handball Championships held in Tehran in March 2022.

Team Qatar gear up for two Asian volleyball championships

DOHA – Qatar’s youth team started an intensive domestic training program in Doha before take part in upcoming West Asian U-20 Volleyball Championship will run from  20th of July to the first of August in Saudi Arabia’s city of Dammam. Following West Asian  U-20 Volleyball Championship, team Qatar will visit Kingdom of Bahrain later to participate in the 14th Asian Volleyball Championship will be held from 20-30 August in Manama.

Qatar defeat Portugal in Beach Handball World Championships

Greece: Qatar bounced back from an early defeat to notch a win in their second group (D) match at the 2022 IHF Men’s Beach Handball World Championships in Greece’s city of Heraklion on Tuesday.   Qatar lost a close first match against Brazil 2-1 but quelled a strong Portugal challenge in their second match to win 23-20 24-26 9-8.  Qatar will take on New Zealand in their final group match on Wednesday.  The 16 teams participating in event are split into four groups of four teams each with the top three in each group qualifying through to two main round groups of six teams each.  The top four in each main round group then progress through to the quarter-finals, followed by semi-finals and then medal matches. Qatar secured their place in the world championships after claiming the second place in the 8th Asian Beach Handball Championships held in Tehran in March 2022.

Qatar to host World Padel Championship 2022

DOHA: The Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation announced that it will host the XVI World Padel Championship by National Teams from October 31 to November 5, 2022.  The men's event will bring together 38 teams while women's event will feather the participation of 34 teams.  Last year, the state of Qatar hosted the World Padel Championship for first time in the middle east and Asia.

Australia win second straight FIBA U16 Asian Championship over Japan, New Zealand take third place

DOHA - Australia claim their second consecutive FIBA U16 Asian Championship after beating Japan, 94-63, in the Final. The title is Australia's second in as many appearances. Moreover, the win stretches the Crocs undefeated run in the competition to 10 straight games. In the championship game, Australia continued to play spectacular basketball on both ends of the floor. They shot 54.2 percent from the field, out-rebounded Japan 56-26, and held the opposition to 34.8 percent shooting. All of the Crocs got on the scoreboard to the celebration of the fans with just under 5 minutes left in the game as Carlin Briggs knocked down a free throw. Leading the way was Roman Siulepa who had 18 points and 9 rebounds, while James O'Donnell also added 11 points and 12 rebounds to his name. Japan did not go down without putting up a fight, however. Australia built up a lead of as much as 12 in the first half, but Japan came out of the half-time break determined to get back in the game. After going on a 10-3 run, Japan had cut down the lead to just two points at 44-42. The led to a timeout called by coach Justin Schueller to get things back on track for the Crocs. Coming out of that timeout midway through the third quarter, Australia went on a 21-5 run to close the third quarter and blew open the gap for good until the final buzzer. Yuto Kawashima shouldered the bulk of the offense for Japan as expected, putting up 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals before fouling out of the game. Meanwhile, New Zealand beat Lebanon, 89-62, for their second straight third-place finish. After losing the first basket to Lebanon to start the game, New Zealand went off an 11-0 run in the first quarter and never looked back. The lead grew to as much as 30 points for the Junior Tall Blacks before a late rally by Lebanon cut the deficit down to 17 points at the final buzzer. Nic Book completes an impressive run through the U16 Asian Championship with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 three-pointers. New Zealand had 5 other players score in double-digits in William Passi, Julius Halaifonua, Dante Matakatea, Phoenix Trego, and George Turner. Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and Lebanon will all be playing at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup in Malaga, Spain from 2-10 July.

Qatar’s Younousse and Tijan placed in second spot at FIVB ranking

Doha - Qatar’s beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan were named in World No. 2 spot in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) ranking. The new list of  FIVB ranking was  released recently to place the Qatari duo in second place after they collected 4720 points behind   the first spot  winners Brazilians George and Andre with 4920 points, as  the third place went to the Italians duo  Nicolai and Cottafava (4080 points). Most notably , the Qatari duo  claimed the bronze medal of Tokyo 2020 Olympics right at the top with 5040 points ahead of Anders Berntsen Mol and Christian Sandlie Sørum of Norway in the second place with 4000 points while Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak of Poland claimed the third place with 3960 points.