1st Round of the WAVA Beach Volleyball Tour kicks off in Doha

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May 7, 2025
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7-May-2025

1st Round of the WAVA Beach Volleyball Tour kicks off in Doha

Doha: Team Qatar will begin their participation in the preliminary round of the 1st Round of the West Asia Volleyball Association (WAVA) Beach Volleyball Tour – Men & Women on Wednesday. The tournament is being hosted in Doha until May 10 with participation of 19 teams representing seven Arab nations from the West Asia region.

In the men’s competition, Qatar is represented by three teams. Qatar 1 features Mahmoud Essam and Saif Al-Majid, Qatar 2 includes Mehdi Samoud and Abdullah Nassim, while Qatar 3 comprises Mohammed Al-Sharshani and Mohammed Ehab. On the women’s side, Qatar also enters three teams: Qatar 1 with Haya Abu Issa and Malak Hashem, Qatar 2 with Ladan Issa and Aisha Al-Alawi, and Qatar 3 with Lujain Mahmoud and Sarah Jabbar.

According to the tournament schedule announced by the organizing committee, Qatari teams faced tough opening-day matchups. Lujain and Sarah took on Lebanon’s Mirvet and Lara, while Haya and Malak played against the Kuwaiti duo Muneera and Halima Rashid. Ladan and Aisha opened against Jordan’s Farah Attout and Nora Ayash, then followed with a match against Lebanon’s Nour and Aghari. The day also featured an all-Qatar showdown between the teams of Haya and Malak and Lujain and Sarah.

In the men’s draw, Mohammed Al-Sharshani and Mohammed Ehab began their campaign against Kuwait’s Ibrahim Ahmed and Nawaf Al-Rashidi. Mehdi Samoud and Abdullah Nassim faced the Kuwaiti pair Abdulwahab Amir and Jassim Al-Sabbagha, while Mahmoud Essam and Saif Al-Majid competed against Oman’s Khalfan Al-Maamari and Saleh.