QOC holds its General Assembly meeting today

Doha: December 5, 2018-The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) held its 34th General Assembly meeting on Wednesday morning with attendance of its President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, alongside the two QOC Vice Presidents, the QOC Secretary General, Presidents of National Federations, and Chairpersons of the committees affiliated to the QOC.HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani thanked the National Federations for their efforts over the past year and he encouraged them to continue supporting Team Qatar in achieving the best results and in their preparations for Tokyo 2020.The meeting began with approving the minutes of the previous general assembly meeting held in October 2017 and discussed a number of topics tabled on the agenda. The General Assembly also reviewed the results of the Qatari teams in the 18th Asian Games held in Indonesia and 3rd Youth Olympic Games held in Argentina as well as the Qatari teams' preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan.

Qatar Olympic Academy announces Annual Agenda

DOHA, December 6, 2018 – The Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) announced on Wednesday its annual agenda for the year 2019 which will be getting underway from January 8 , 2019 to end on December 29, 2019.The announcement came on the sidelines of the prestigious 2018 Doha International Book Fair . Addressed the launch ceremony, the QOA Executive Director Saif Al Nuaimi said that the Academy always keen to unveil its annual agenda in December." This year the launch came simultaneously with the Doha International Book Fair" said Al ANuaimi.Al Nuaimi confirmed that QOA's agenda this year focused on the sport community, sport science pioneers and promoting for the Olympic values among local society individuals.Added that next year's agenda will be focusing on four major programs, postgraduates education (Preliminary Master Degree in sport science), sport management (higher Diploma in Sport Organizations), Olympic culture and values and finally the sport training.

Qatar's Bassim wins second place in Longines Masters Series

PARIS, France , December 4, 2018 – Qatar's show jumping star, Bassim Hassan confidently claimed the second place overall in the prestigious Longines Masters Series took place recently in France's capital of Paris.Hassan had made impressive performance in 145 cm event, clocking 36,94 seconds to clinch the second place overall and got Euro 25, 075 prize money.The prestigious event brought together 63 competitors (male and female), the first place prize went to the home hero, Tony Kadit.

Qatar beach volleyball team claim 10th place in world ranking

​DOHA, December 4, 2018-Qatar's national beach volleyball team including Cherif Younousse and Ahmad Tijan took the 10th place in the FIVB world ranking issued yesterday.The Qatari team collected 4440 points after participating in 19 international and continental tournaments. They recently claimed the title of Qatar AVC Masters held at Aspire Zone.Christian Sorum and Anders Mol of Norway led the standings with 5690 points.

Al-Adam Team Win AVC Beach Volleyball Qatar Master

DOHA, December 2, 2018 - Qatar's Al-Adam team won the seventh edition of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Qatar Master 2018 for second consecutive time after beating Australia 2-0 in the final. The three-day event was held at Aspire Park.Qatar duo Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse performed strongly and managed to outperform the Australian team in two sets with results 21-16, 21-18.Following the final match, Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) President Ali Ghanim Al Kuwari and tournament's director Mohamed Mubarak Al Kuwari honored the Qatari team with gold medals and trophies, and presented the Australian team with silver medals and Japanese team with bronze medals. The Japanese team beat Kazakhstan (2-1) 21-17, 19-21, 15-12 to finish in the third place).

Qatar Olympic Committee to organize Al-Adam Flag Relay

DOHA, December 2, 2018 – The Qatar Olympic Committee will be hosting the second edition of Flag Relay on Thursday, December 13 to share pride, unity and inspiration through Team Qatar in celebration of this year's Qatar National Day (QND).Current and retired athletes, schoolchildren, members from different communities and the general public will have the opportunity to carry the Qatari flag across the country's iconic landmarks, transporting it via a wide-range of sporting activities and culminating in a grand finale at Aspire Zone.In celebration of last year's QND the Flag Relay covered almost 250km across Qatar and involved over 600 participants who represented the depth and diversity of Qatar's sporting success, being the longest ever one-country flag relay in the history of sport. Building on the successes from 2017, this year's edition will involve more participants from the community and will cover a bigger distance of approximately 380km.The Flag Relay will kick-off on the morning of 13th December southern Doha before travelling up north to take the flag through key landmarks across the country before completing its route in the evening where the flag will be raised in Aspire Zone.Flag-bearers will transport the flag via multiple different sporting activities, including cycling, running, sailing, rowing, swimming, and flying reflecting the strength and depth of Team Qatar's athletes.This year's Flag Relay edition aims to demonstrate what it means to be #IAmQatar; the campaign that was launched to encourage the nation to come together and support Team Qatar at the Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang 2018.QOC aims to bring different communities together in and outside of Qatar to celebrate the pride for Team Qatar's performances in 2018. Qatar won 13 medals at the Asian Games, while Paralympian Sarah Masoud won silver for Qatar at the Asian Para Games. In addition, two Youth Olympic gold medals were brought home from the Buenos Aires Summer Youth Olympic Games. Fares Ibrahim defended his World Junior Champion title in weightlifting and won silver at the World Championships, while the national handball team won their third Asian Men's Handball Championship title.Significant number of community members, government and non organizations, athletes and flag ambassadors shall share the prestigious alongside in festive sport scene.