Team Qatar drawn in Group A for AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers

Tashkent-The draw for the 2022 Asian U-23 Cup qualifiers has placed Qatar’s Olympic team in Group A along with Syria, Yemen and Sri Lanka. Group B includes Iran, Tajikistan, Lebanon and Nepal, while Group C has Iraq, Bahrain, Afghanistan and the Maldives. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, hosts of the group, and Bangladesh, as well as Uzbekistan, hosts of the finals, are in Group D. The matches of the West Zone groups will be hosted by Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan and the United Arab Emirates, while the eastern zone group matches will be staged in China, Taipei, Indonesia, Mongolia and Singapore. A total of 42 teams will participate in the qualifiers from October 23 to 31 2021 to obtain 15 spots in the finals to join Uzbekistan, which will host the tournament’s fifth edition. The teams were divided into two geographical regions – the first consisting of 23 teams from the West, South and Central, while the second consisted of 19 teams from the East and ASEAN regions. The teams were ranked according to their results in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand.

Younousse, Tijan on to Gstaad’s semifinals

Gstaad-Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan qualified to the semifinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-star event in Gstaad on Friday. In the Round of 16, they eliminated Poland’s Grzegorz Fijalek and Michal Bryl in a close 2-0 (22-20, 21-19) match. Later, in the quarterfinals, they had an even longer battle with Brazil’s Evandro Goncalves and Bruno Schmidt but emerged victorious after three sets (16-21, 21-15, 21-19). In the semifinals, the Qatari duo will take on Russia's Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov in the tournament in the Swiss Alps.

(We Are Team Qatar) United in supporting our stars in Tokyo 2020 Olympics

DOHA-Under the theme of "We Are Team Qatar", the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) launched its promotional campaign to support Team Qatar stars ahead of their participation in Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games to take place from July 23 to August 08, 2021. A phrase that represents the pride and unity of Team Qatar to unite the audience behind the team from all demographics. A total of 15 athletes will proudly represent Qatar in 7 sports at Tokyo 2020 Olympics as Team Qatar will compete in a total of 7 Sports and 6 Track and Field disciplines. 2 female athletes will participate in the sports of Rowing and Athletics. Team Qatar roster in Tokyo 2020 Olympics includes; Mutaz Barshim, Abderrahman Samba, Abubaker Hayder, Abdirahman Saeed Hassan, Musab Adam, Femi Ogunode, Ashraf Amgad El-Seify (Athletics), Mohamed Al Rumaihi (Shooting), Fares Ibrahim (Weightlifting), Cherif Younouse, Ahmed Tijan (Beach Volleyball), Ayoub Al Idrisi (Judo) and Abdulaziz Al Obaidly (Swimming). The Qatari women will be represented by Bashayer Almanwari in 100m event and Tala Abu-Jubara, the first Qatari female athlete to represent Qatar in Rowing at the Olympic Games. The QOC campaign "We Are Team Qatar" will focus on some important messages as it calls on all the sporting community to get behind Team Qatar stars as they strive to make our nation proud. As the QOC is leaving no stone unturned in preparation for the upcoming Olympics Games, it encourages its followers on social media platforms to show their support for team Qatar stars through the following accounts; Instagram: Qatar_Olympic Twitter: Qatar_Olympic Facebook: TeamQatar YouTube: TeamQatar Snapchat: TeamQatar. Qatar's development in sport is built on a far-sighted vision alongside years of hard work and commitment. Team Qatar athletes grew in an environment supported by world class development programmes and state-of-the-art sport facilities as they are paving the way in inspiring future generations to represent Team Qatar.

Qatar's Younousse and Tijan learn their opponents in Tokyo Olympics

Moscow -The draw for the Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was completed in Moscow on Monday with 24 men’s and 24 women’s teams scheduled to participate in the event in the Japanese capital starting on July 24. Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan were drawn in Pool C and will take on World No 5 Jacob Gibb and Taylor Crabb of the United States, World No 18 Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi of Italy and World No 19 Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson of Switzerland. The Beach Volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be held at Shiokaze Park. The preliminaries will take place from July 24 to 31 and be followed by the elimination round matches from August 1 to 7. The women's medal matches will be played on Friday, August 6 and the men's on Saturday, August 7.  

Qatar defeat El Salvador in friendly

Zagreb- Almoez Ali’s strike in the 68th minute helped Qatar beat El Salvador 1-0 in a friendly match at the Aldo Dorsina stadium in Pula city, Croatia, on Sunday. It was the final warm-up match for Qatar before the Asian Champions embark on their historic trip to the United States for the Gold Cup. The tournament's draw placed Qatar, participating as a guest team for the first time in the competition’s history, in Group D alongside Panama, Grenada and Honduras. Team Qatar will play their first Gold Cup match against Panama on July 13.

Ashraf El Seify qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

DOHA-Team Qatar's hammer thrower Ashraf Amgad El Seify has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games by virtue of his world ranking of 19. Ashraf, who recently won a silver at the Arab Championships in Tunisia, is the eighth Qatari qualifier in athletics. A total of 15 Qatari sportspersons have made the grade for Tokyo across various disciplines. Tokyo will be the 26-year-old Ashraf’s second Olympics. He was sixth on his Olympic debut in Rio 2016. There were 32 places on offer in hammer throw and out of which, 26 were taken by throwers who met the qualifying standard of 77.50M. Five slots were filled as per the world rankings and one through universality quota. Ashraf has a personal best of 78.16M while this season, his best is 74.51M.