Team Qatar qualify for 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championships

TEHRAN – Iran:  The Qatari men’s beach handball team has qualified on Saturday for  2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championship , which will be held  in Greece next June, that came after  a convincing 2-0 victory over Vietnam in the fourth round match of  the  eighth Asian Men’s Beach Handball Championship currently going on  in  Iran’s capital city of  Tehran. Saturday’s victory was Team Qatar’s fourth win on row, that helped them to collect 8 points and book  their  place in 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championships, regardless of their result in upcoming games against hosts Iran. Besides hosts Iran and defending champions Qatar, Oman, Vietnam, the Philippines, and India are participating in the event. Teams securing the top two positions in the continental event will qualify for the World Championships in Greece. Qatar won the championship title in China in 2019, after defeating Oman 2-0 in the final match.

Cherif, Ahmed qualify to quarterfinals in Rosarito

Rosarito: World ranking leaders Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar had their backs against the wall coming into their third pool play match in the Rosarito Elite 16 event of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour on Friday. Following a straight-set (21-16, 25-23) upset to Polish Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak in the morning, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists needed a win against Austrians Robin Seidl and Philipp Waller to break pool in Mexico and they did just that, downing the Europeans in two sets (21-13, 21-16) and advancing to the quarterfinals, where they will meet Czech Olympians Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner. “It feels great to make it to the quarterfinals,” Cherif commented. “It’s the first event of the year for most of the teams here and it’s not easy to get our rhythm back. I feel like we haven’t been focused the entire time as we should and at this level, any mistake costs too much. We’re adjusting things match by match and now with the quarterfinals coming up, it gets even more serious and we’re going all in.” Cherif and Ahmed finished second on Pool A, ranking behind Bryl and Losiak, the winners of last week’s Challenge tournament in Tlaxcala. The Polish completed their perfect pool play campaign with their third straight-set (21-15, 21-19) victory, this one against Brazilians Evandro Goncalves and Alvaro Filho. They will now face Italians Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi.

Curtain comes down on QOC Beach Games 2022

Doha- The second edition the QOC Beach Games was concluded at the Cultural Village Katara on Friday, with the finals of football, volleyball, karate and swimming were held on the closing day. H.E QOC Secretary General Jassim bin Rashid Al-Buenain and Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara Cultural Village crowned the winners. In attendance also were Presidents of National Sports Federations and Directors of QOC Departments. The QOC Secretary General also honored the sponsors of the event including Cultural Village Katara (Official Sponsor), along with the Kobeco (Official Logistic Sponsor), A & H Sports (Official Supplier) and Elan Print (Official Supplier). The second edition of the QOC Beach Games brought together 600 athletes who participated in five beach sports including Football, Volleyball, 3x3 Basketball, Swimming Marathon and Karate. Al Mashaf claimed the title of Men's Beach Football event after beating Al Thakhira 2-1  in the final match held on Friday. In Women's event, team 90 trounced Al Shaqab 10-3 to claim title. Al Nosoor took the first place in Men's volleyball event after their 2-1 victory over Al Adaam on Friday while Al Moharebeen clinched the gold medal of Women's event after beating Al Maha 2-0 on Thursday. In Men's basketball event, Pro Sports Lebanon took the first place after overwhelming EVO Basketball 16-11 in the final match while Sports Lab 1 claimed the title of women's event following their 7-6 victory over Pro Sports. Adam Hashem of Qatar Academy led the standings of Men's Karate event ahead of Abdulhameed Shaweesh in the second place while Asma Mohamed and Waad Omer of Al Wakra Sports Club too the first and second places respectively in Women's event. In Swimming Marathon held on Friday, Vadim Lebisky took the first place ahead of Omar Rami and Wasim Jaber in the second and third places respectively while Karim Salama, Tamim Al Hamayda and Noradin Khadash led the standings of youth under 15 years event. The Tournament Director Rashid Saeed Adiba  was delighted by success of the event on both technical and organizational levels as the event brought together more than 600 athletes. Adiba hailed the contribution of cultural village Katara to the success of the second edition of the QOC Beach Games to deliver an edition to live to the Qatari reputation in organizing the major sports events. For his part, the tournament deputy Director Mohamed Abdulsalam congratulated the winners of the second edition  stressing that the success of this edition reflects the high levels of awareness to the importance of sports for all categories. "We are looking forward for more upcoming edition of the QOC Games which comes in light of the legacy left by the ANOC World Beach Games, Doha 2019. " he said.

Qatar's Beach Handball Team Continues Victories in 8th Asian Handball Championship

Tehran, (QNA) - The Qatari men's national football team continued victories in the 8th Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship as it achieved its third victory in a row against its Indian counterpart (2 / zero), in the match that was held between them today, as part of the third round of the tournament. which is currently being held in the Iranian capital, Tehran. The Championship, which will continues until next Monday, will pave the way for the participating teams to qualify for the World Championship due to be hosted by Greece in June. The Qatari team finished the first half in its favour, with a score of (25/5), while the second half was settled by (34/7). The Qatari team raised its score with this victory to six points from three victories, as it had won its first match against the Philippines team (2/0), and in its second match against the Omani team (2/1). The Qatari team will play an important match tomorrow against its Vietnamese counterpart, before concluding its matches in the tournament with a meeting with Iran (the host country) next Monday. Six teams will participate in the 8th Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship, namely Qatar, Oman, Iran, Vietnam, the Philippines and India, with the first and second-ranked teams qualifying for the World Championship in Greece. The Qatari beach handball team seeks to maintain the Asian title that it won in the last five editions in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019, and to qualify for the World Championship for the sixth time in a row, after participating in the 2010 edition that was held in Turkey and in which it ranked tenth, the 2012 edition which was held in Oman and in which it achieved the seventh place, the 2014 edition that was held in Brazil and in which it achieved a historic achievement by obtaining the third place, and the 2016 edition that was held in Hungary and in which it won the third place as well, and the last edition 2018 which was held in Russia and in which came ninth. The Qatari team was crowned with the title of the last (seventh) edition of the Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship, which was held in the Chinese city of Weihai in 2019, after winning the final match against its Omani counterpart by two sets.(QNA)

QOC Secretary General participates in a beach football exhibition match

Doha- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General H.E Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain participated in beach football exhibition match between team Qatar former stars and QOC stars held on Thursday on the sidelines of the QOC Beach Games to be concluded on Friday. Team Qatar former player Jaffal Rashid thanked the QOC for this initiative and for inviting team Qatar stars to play this exhibition match with QOC stars including H.E Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain. Jaffal lauded the thrilling atmosphere of the QOC Beach Games in its second edition and wished to see more initiatives in the future to promote the culture of sports in the Qatari community. The finals will begin with the Swimming Marathon for both Men and Youth to staged from 02 to 04 pm while the finals of Karate competitions for Men, Women, Boys and Girls will be held on Friday. Also, on Friday, Al Nosoor will take on Al Adaam in the final match of Men's Volleyball. The two teams defeated Lusail and Al Waab respectively in the semifinals held on Wednesday. in the semifinals of Women's event, Al Muharebeen defeated Al Ettihad Academy 2-0 while Al Maha recorded a 2-1 victory over Al Ettihad 1. On the hand, Al Mashaf will shake hands with Al Thakhira in the final of Men's Beach Football event. In the Semifinals, Al Mashaf trounced Al Rowad 5-0 while Al Thakhira downed Cedars 5-3. In the semifinals of Men's basketball event, Evo Basketball defeated infinity 17-15 while Pro Sports Lebanon edged past Lebanon.Moreover, Pro Sports defeated Qatar B 10-5 while Sports Lab edged past Qatar Team A. In Karate Event, Yaman Uthman and Abdulatif Al Tarbasy of Al Wakra Sports Club shared the third place in Men's event while Jodi Abu Al Nada and Marah Abdulqader of X Factor Team took the third place in Women's event. On the other hand, the Qatar Olympic Committee held a Beach Volleyball Championships for its employee on the sidelines of the second edition of the QOC Beach Games. The new event comes in light of the QOC commitment to benefit from the legacy left by the ANOC World Beach Games, Doha 2019. The tournament deputy Director Mohamed Abdulsalam invited all beach sports lovers in the state of Qatar to attend the finals to be held on Friday. He also stressed that the organizing committee has prepared a number of entertainment programs for all categories.

Spain’s Larrazabal shoots 64, leads by two after first round

Doha: Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal opened up a two-stroke lead after the first round at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters here at the lush green Doha Golf Club course on Thursday. India’s Shubhankar Sharma, Denmark’s Marcus Helligkilde, Romain Langasque (France) and Adrian Meronk (Poland) were all two shots behind in a tie for second. The highly-anticipated DP Tour event returned to its original home after the last two editions, which were held at the Education City Golf Club. The competition is organised by Qatar Golf Association (QGA) with support from Qatar Olympic Committee, Doha Golf Club and long-term title sponsor, Commercial Bank. “I’m very pleased. I played very solid. I missed only a couple of shots. I did an up and down there on the last green which I missed. I missed the cut last week but I played very solid golf today,” said the 38-year-old. The tournament, which is celebrating its 25th year, features Thorbjorn Olesen, Ashun Wu and past champions Chris Wood, Jorge Campillo, Simon Rozner, Justin Harding and Eddie Pepperwell. With the temperature soared to plus-30 degree celsius at Doha Golf Club, Larrazábal birdied his first three holes and had nine total for an 8-under 64. The 122nd-ranked player dropped only one shot, on the par-4 fifth hole. The temperature was nice this morning but it started boiling,” he added. “It was 35 or 36 degrees, but I kept drinking a lot of water and making birdies.” On the prevalent conditions at the course, Pablo said: “The conditions are great. When you come to a golf course that they’ve really changed, and they’ve not only changed it for us but for amateurs too. I’m sure the members here enjoy it a lot more and obviously there are a lot more pin positions for us. I think they did a great job and it’s looking magnificent.” The tournament was first held in 1998 and since then it is considered Qatar’s annual ‘must-attend’ sporting and social event. Defending champion Antoine Rozner, who won last year with a 60-foot putt on the last day at Education City Golf club, was tied eighth (-4) after the first day’s play.