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Beach Handball Match Schedule Announced for Asian Beach Games
March 26, 2026
26-March-2026
Beach Handball Match Schedule Announced for Asian Beach Games
Doha: The Asian Handball Federation has announced the match schedule for the beach handball competitions set to take place during the sixth edition of the Asian Beach Games Sanya 2026, scheduled from April 21 to 30.
The draw placed **Team Qatar**, the defending champions, in Group B alongside Oman, Jordan, Pakistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Mongolia—making it a highly competitive group that will require strong focus from the opening rounds to secure one of the two semifinal qualification spots.
Team Qatar will begin their campaign on April 21 with matches against Pakistan and Oman. They will then face Bangladesh and Mongolia on April 23, followed by a clash with Jordan on April 24. The team will meet Thailand on April 26 before concluding their group-stage matches against the Maldives on April 27.
The semifinals will be held on April 28, with the final scheduled for April 30.
The Qatar national beach handball team is preparing to defend the title they have won in the last three editions. The technical staff has selected a squad featuring some of the أبرز players from Qatari clubs. The 10-player roster includes: Hasanein Aziz Bouzar (Al Ahli), Malik Faisal Sousou and Osama Bakr Mousa (Al Duhail), Saif Al-Din Al-Bashir, Osama Al-Toumi and Al-Sadiq Adel Fathallah (Al Rayyan), Mohammed Hassan Saleh (Al Wakrah), Hassan Bashir Mohammed and Abdulrahman Helmi Dakhil (Qatar SC), and Bilal Masoud Mararha (Al Khor).
Team Qatar enters this edition as the overwhelming favorite, backed by an exceptional record that includes three consecutive gold medals in previous editions: the third Asian Beach Games in China (2012), the fourth in Thailand (2014), and the fifth in Vietnam (2016).
The team will be aiming to relive their golden success in China, where the 2012 edition marked the beginning of Qatar’s dominance in Asian beach handball.
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