QOC holds its periodical meeting with national federations

DOHA, July 04, 2019- The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) hosted its first meeting for 2019 of the QOC Secretary General with the secretaries-general of national sport federations and committees at its Headquarters on Wednesday.The meeting was also attended by directors of the QOC Departments.HE the QOC Secretary General Jassim Al Buenain thanked the federations' boards and secretaries-general and appreciated their faithful efforts and cooperation to meet our goals as per QOC's plans and strategies.During this fruitful meeting, participants reviewed team Qatar's participation in the previous and the upcoming combined games and highlighted the plans of national teams for upcoming championships including 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.The meeting also discussed the latest plans for the inaugural edition of ANOC World Beach Games to be held in Doha from October 12 to 16, 2019. The Games will feature 14 beach sports to be held under the supervision of 10 national sport federations including; Qatar Football Association, Qatar Volleyball Association, Qatar Handball Association, Qatar Basketball Federation, Qatar Taekwondo and Judo Federation, Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation, Qatar Wrestling Federation, Qatar Swimming Association, Qatar Cycling and Triathlon Federation and Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation.

QOC Secretary General meets ANOC Secretary General

DOHA, July 04, 2019-HE the Secretary-General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Jassim bin Rashid al-Buenain met on Wednesday with Her Excellency the Secretary-General of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Gunilla Lindberg on the occasion of her visit to Doha.During the meeting, they discussed the plans for the ANOC World Beach Games and General Assembly meetings to be held in Doha in October 2019.The QOC secretary General highlighted the efforts of the ANOC while HE Gunilla Lindberg hailed the sport development in the state of Qatar and the role played by the QOC in promoting the Olympic movement.

Qatar to participate in Arab Junior Athletics Championships

Tunisia, July 03, 2019-The Qatari athletics team will participate in the 7th Arab Junior Athletics Championships to begin in Rades, Tunisia on Thursday. The event will bring together 400 athletes from Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Morocco, Lebanon, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Somalia, Djibouti, Libya and hosts Tunisia. The Qatari squash includes Fahad Abdullah (400m hurdles), Ammar Abduullah (400m hurdles), Hamad Khalifa (110m hurdles) Hamza Al Sousi (Shot Put), Mohammed Nouh (High Jump), Abdullah Tariq (Hammer Throw) and Amman Bashir (Long Jump) in addition 4x100 m relay team. The Qatari team will also participate in the 2019 West Asian Junior Athletics Championship to be staged in Beirut, Lebanon in August.

Qatar to take on Kuwait in West Asian U-23 Volleyball Qualifiers

MANAMA, Bahrain, July 03, 2019- Qatar's Men U-23 Volleyball team will shake hands with Kuwaiti counterparts in its fourth match of the West Asian Men's U-23 Volleyball Championship qualifiers in Bahrain's capital of Manama on Wednesday.Al Adaam made impressive start in the event , ensured two victories against Palestine and Saudi Arabia in row and suffered defeat in its third counter against Iraq side.The West Asian group brings together Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq , Palestine ,where three teams only will qualify to the finals.West Asian Men's U-23 Volleyball Championship acts as a qualifying tournament for Asian Men's U-23 Volleyball Championship 2019 scheduled in Myanmar in August.

Qatar Beach Volleyball team defeat Belgium in World Championships

Hamburg, July 02, 2019-Qatar's Fourth seeds Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan powered past Belgians Dries Koekelkoren and Tom van Walle for their third win in Pool D of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg yesterday.Their 21-15, 21-15 victory took just 31 minutes and took them to the Round of 32. While the 21st seeds Belgians bowed out, Italians Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi (No. 45th) and Czechs Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner, (No. 28th), also advanced to the next stage. Before the first knock-out matches involving the top two pairs from each pool, four best placed among the third highest placed teams will join them and the remaining eight will get into a battle of lucky losers, with four winners joining the 28-player elimination round.Younousse commented: “I had a slight concussion in the first match, after getting a blow in the head during the transition.“I was not able to do my 100 percent but we came back and won the next two to finish on the top of the pool."

Sri Lanka defeat Qatar in Davis Cup

SINGAPORE, June 30 , 2019 - The Qatari men’s tennis team suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka on Saturday in the 2019 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III which is taking place in Singapore from June 26-29.Despite Saturday's defeat, Qatari team displayed impressive performance and were closer to turn over the game against Sri Lankan opponents .The prestigious championship brough together 8 teams, including Vietnam, Iran, Qatar, Syria, Malaysia, Kuwait, Sri Lanka and hosts Singapore.The Qatari delegation to event is chaired by Ahmed Sultan Al Obaidly and includes Mousa Shanan, Mubarak Shanan, Rayyan Alami, Rashed Nawaf and the team captain Sultan Khalfan in addition to the head coach Oliver Gross, fitness coach Luis Lobez and physiotherapist Alex.