Qatar U-19 team line up for COTIF Tournament

Doha, June 22, 2018 - Qatar U-19 team will resume their training sessions in Doha on Friday before participating in COTIF Tournament which will be held in Spain from July 28 to August 8. The tournament comes as part of the preparations for the AFC U-19 Championship in Indonesia from October 18 to November 4.The Qatar U-19 ended their participation in the Toulon international friendly in France after beaten by the South Korean team (1 -2) on Tuesday in the match to determine the 11th and 12th places, to finish the 12th place in the tournament, after they finished 4th in Group A in the first group along with Mexico, England and China.

Qatar to participate in El Hassan Open Taekwondo Tournament

DOHA, June 22, 2018 – Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation (QTJK) announced on Thursday that Qatar Taekwondo team will participate in El Hassan International Open Taekwondo Tournament will take place from 10-18 July in Amman, Jordan.Four players will represent Qatar in the prestigious event, including Qassim Ali in U-67kg event , Khalid Sameer in 84kg event , Ibrahim Al Zubeidi in Over 87kg event and Adham Abdulnasser in Kata event.The prestigious event will bring together top taekwondo players from different nations across the world, including England, Portugal, Ukraine, Croatia, Austria, Turkey, Armenia, Sweden, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Niger, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco, KSA, Palestine, UAE, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia , Jordan (hosts) and Syrian refugee team in Jordan.

Qatar tennis and squash teams begin their training camps

​DOHA, June 23, 2018- The Qatar tennis and squash team began their summer training camps recently in preparation for the 2018 Asian Games to be staged in Indonesia from August 18 to September 02.The event will bring together 10.000 athletes from 45 countries.The training camps are held in France, Turkey, Malaysia and Hong Kong.Khalid Al Khelaifi, Board Member of the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation (QTSBF) and Head of the QTSBF National Teams Committee said that the training camps come in light of the QTSBF strategy to get the Qatari players ready for their upcoming participations.

Qatar Youth Volleyball team off to Iran for training program

​Doha, June 23, 2018 – The Qatar's Youth Volleyball team will leave Doha on Sunday to Iran for five day training program in preparation for the upcoming Asian Youth Volleyball Championship 2018 will take place from June 27 to July 7 in Tehran, Iran.Team delegation to Iran is headed by Ghanim Rashid Al Kawari accompanied by 12 players alongside the technical and managerial staff members.Qatar side is pooled in group F alongside with Malaysia, Turkmenistan. The team will start campaign against Malaysia on June 30 and will play the second game against Turkmenistan on first of July.

Qatar defeat Armenia in International Tripartite Basketball Tournament

​BEIRUT, June 23, 2018- The Qatari basketball team defeated their Armenian counterparts 72-63 on Friday at the three-day International Tripartite Basketball Tournament being held in Beirut, Lebanon in preparation for the last two matches in the Asian qualifying for the 2019 World Cup in China.The tournament began on Thursday where Qatar suffered a 85-52 defeat at the hands of hosts Lebanon.This tournament is a good opportunity to prepare the team for the matches of Iran on June 29 and Iraq on July 2 in World Cup qualifiers, where Qatar is equal to the Iraqi team in the number of points with 5 points each in the group, and each competing for the third place in the group, after Iran and Kazakhstan qualified for the second round of the decisive World Cup qualifiers.

Qatar's Referees Partake in Officiating Important World Cup Matches

Moscow, June 22, 2018- Qatari referees Abdulrahman Al Jassim and Taleb Salem Al Marri made a third appearance at the World Cup finals in Russia after taking part in the France-Peru match at the Katerirburg Arena in the second round of Group C in 2018 World Cup.Abdulrahman Al Jassim was the first assistant (VAR), and Taleb Salem Al Marri was the second assistant VAR, while Italian referee Daniele Orsato led the VAR crew in the match.This was the third participation of the two Qatari referees in the World Cup after the first appearance as VAR assistants in the match between Sweden and South Korea. The second appearance was also as VAR Assistants in the match between Poland and Senegal.