Team Qatar off to Austria to resume their European qualifying campaign

DOHA- FIFA World Cup 2022 hosts, Qatar’s senior football team will fly Friday to Austria to participate  in the European Qualifying , to help them  prepare for the biggest FIFA tournament which will  be  held at their own soil in 2022  . In this European qualifying games, AFC Asian Cup champions will take on Serbia, Portugal and Luxembourg. Team Qatar will lock horns against Serbia on the first of September, then take on Portugal in tough encounter on September 4 and  will play against Luxembourg on September 7. Team Qatar  have began their  European qualifying campaign in March, where they  secured two consecutives victories , beating  Luxembourg 1-0 and Azerbaijan 2-1 and shared points  with Ireland after  1-1 draw to collect seven points and topping their respective group. 

Team Qatar stars eye Arab Table Tennis glory

Amman, August 10 – Qatar’s table tennis team members will participate in the Arab Table Tennis Championship 2021 to be held from August 10-23 in Jordan’s capital of Amman. Team Qatar consists from  senior category, age group category and women team, who left Doha Monday to Amman to participate  in the championship with high ambition to step up the podium. In a pre-event statement on Monday, Mr. Thani Al Zaraa, the director of Qatar’s national table tennis teams confirmed that this championship will see a very tough challenge  and Qatar team will  fight tooth and nail for glory.

Team Qatar line up for Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Doha: Qatar's Volleyball team stepped their preparations for 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship to be held in Chiba and Funabashi, Japan from September 12 to 19 with participation of 16 teams. The Qatari team, which has been drawn in Pool A alongside Japan, India and Bahrain, will have a training camp in Slovenia from August 16 to 26. The top two teams of the event will qualify for the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship as the AVC representatives.

Younousse and Tijan win Beach Volleyball Olympic bronze medal

Tokyo: Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan claimed the bronze medal of Men’s Beach Volleyball Event after beating Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs 2-0 on Saturday. This was Qatar’s first ever Olympic medal in beach volleyball. The first set of the bronze medal match between Cherif and Ahmed and Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs was quite competitive through 8-8, but then the Qataris went on an 8-1 rampage which practically decided the set. The Latvians stormed into the second set on a 4-1 run, but quickly lost that edge at 5-5. Afantastic save by Ahmed, followed by a monster block by Cherif for 14-13, served as the momentum changer in the set. The Qatari team kept the pressure on to grab a 2-0 (21-12, 21-18) victory, shaped up by Ahmed with an elegant over-the-block tip for the bronze medal point.  “It was not an easy process. It’s a long process. It didn’t start now. It started in 2012. Mentally and physically, it was not easy,” Cherif said. “We had a great feeling that we were going to get something, because before the event we were announced as number one in the World Ranking. That also pushed us to play. Unluckily, we couldn’t reach the final, losing to the world champions. I think it was a good rival to lose to. Right now, it’s a really great feeling for the people of Qatar. They are really proud of us and that was the goal.” He added.

Sheikh Joaan: The Participation in Tokyo Olympics is the Best in the Qatari Sports History

Doha-(QNA) – H.E. President of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani underlined that Qatar's participation in the 32nd Summer Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020) is the best in the Qatari sports history. H.E. the QOC President said that Qatar claimed three medals in the Olympics for the first time - two gold medals for weightlifter Fares Ibrahim in the 96 kg weightlifting and champion Mutaz Barshim in high jump, and one bronze medal in the beach volleyball which is the first medal for an Arab country in a team sports. H.E. Sheikh Joaan expressed satisfaction with the medals accomplished which placed Qatar in first place among the Arab countries participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. H.E. President of Qatar Olympic Committee affirmed that the distinguished results achieved in the Olympics are the fruit of the unlimited support to the sports sector by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, and the great efforts made by the sports federations. H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani extended thanks and appreciation to all team Qatar athletes for their great efforts to honor the Qatari sport in the largest sports forum in the world, wishing them success in future participations and more achievements that reflect the level of development of the Qatari sport and its prominent presence at all levels. (QNA)

HH Personal Representative of HH the Amir welcomes champions of Tokyo Olympics

Doha- (QNA) - HH Personal Representative of HH the Amir, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani, led the well-wishers to welcome Team Qatar Olympic mission, which claimed two gold medals in high jump and weightlifting and a bronze medal in beach volleyball at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, headed by H.E. President of Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani, at Doha International Airport on Saturday evening. HH Personal Representative of HH the Amir congratulated Qatar's champions on the great accomplishment, praising the outstanding performance and high sportsmanship of the teams champions in the Olympics, and wishing them the best of luck in the coming international tournaments. A number of Their Excellencies Ministers, senior officials and media were present to welcome the Qatari Olympic mission. (QNA)