By: Raajiv Tripathi Qatar’s No 2 team player Abdelaziz Khallouf is immensely excited about his delayed debut on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and said he is more than ready for the Qatar Open. The Qatar Open, which began with the qualifying rounds at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy courts in Al Gharfa Club...
Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan & Cherif Younousse go down fighting
Qatar have signed with FIVB to stage the Qatar Open Beach Volleyball Tournament for three years and it is now setting their eyes on a Grand Slam Tour event. The Qatar Open, a part of the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour event, began at the Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy courts in Al Gharafa Club on...
English pair building new legacy at Qatar Open
Jake Sheaf and Chris Gregory continued their efforts to put beach volleyball back onto the sports agenda in England, two years on from the London 2012 Olympic Games. The pair made it through to the Qatar Open main draw with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-17) win over Kazakhstan’s Vladislav Pustynnikov and Sergey Bogatu, which they hope will...
FIVB World Tour makes first visit to Doha
The FIVB World Tour moves to Doha, Qatar this week for a men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball Open. The event, which will take place from November 4-8, is the penultimate Open event of the year, before the Mangaung Open in South Africa from 9-14 December. It will be the first FIVB World Tour event hosted by...
Qatar Open 2014 (Nov 4-8) to start on Tuesday
Qatar team players taking part in a training session ahead of the FIVB Qatar Beach Volleyball Open at Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday. The championship will take place from November 4 to 8. Preparations for hosting the FIVB Qatar Beach Volleyball Open, a FIVB World Tour vent is going on full swing at Al Gharafa Stadium....
Al Gharafa is now ready to host Qatar Open (Nov 4-8)
The Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy (QBVA) courts in Al Gharafa are all set to host the November 4-8 Qatar Open, the eighth of the 11-leg FIVB World Tour. With Qatar hosting an FIVB World Tour event for the first time, the organisers are leaving no stone unturned in their efforts to make the event a...
New net touch rule approved
The FIVB Congress approved a net contact rule and reducing time-outs (for selected events) on the final day of the FIVB World Congress in Cagliari, Italy on Saturday. With Rules of the Game Commission President Sandy Steel on the podium, the Congress approved a change to Rule 11.3 to apply to both volleyball and beach...
QVA participates in FIVB World Congress
QVA President Mr. Khalid Ali Al-Mawlawi & Board Member Mr. Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari during their participation in the 34th FIVB World Congress (Sardinia, Italy).
Arrangements in full swing for FIVB Qatar Open
The preparations for FIVB Qatar Open, a FIVB World Tour event, which will take place from November 4 to 8, are in full swing at Al Gharafa Stadium. It will be the first time that Doha will host a FIVB World Tour event in which 56 teams from all over the world will be seen...
Preparations for FIVB Qatar Open 2014 still ongoing
Preparations for hosting the FIVB Qatar Open, a FIVB World Tour event is going on full swing at Al Gharafa Stadium. It will be the first time that Doha will host a FIVB World Tour event. The FIVB Qatar Open will take place from November 4 to 8. Action will take place on four courts...