Al Rayyan Club placed themselves in line for another title this season as they knocked out Qatar Sports Club in four sets in the four-time Qatar Cup Volleyball Championship on Tuesday. At the QVA Hall, The Lions, who have won the Super Cup, the League and the Arab Clubs Championship, had lost the opening playoff...
Al Rayyan finish 17/18 QVA League unbeaten
Arab Club Championship winners Al Rayyan Club, who had already won the Qatar Volleyball Association League title, put up their tough character on display in the last match as they stymied Police in five sets on Saturday. Twice behind the defending champions Police, Al Rayyan Club, also having some of their main players unable to...
Al Ahli stun Police, help Al Rayyan win QVA League crown
Geraldo’s power-packed smashes subdued defending champions Police in straight sets, scotching the latter’s hopes of taking the Qatar Volleyball Association League title defence to the last match. At the QVA Hall on Sunday, Al Ahli Club hit the front in the crucial stages of the opening set and went on to reel off a stunning...
Cherif, Tajin win Emir’s Beach Volleyball Cup title
Seasoned beach volleyballers Cherif Younousse and Tajin Ahmed of team Qatar-3 emerged champions at the inaugural Emir’s Beach Volleyball Cup when they beat Qatar-1 by a margin of 2-1 in the final yesterday. The tournament was held during the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Winter Camp. Team Qatar-1 included Julio and Martinez. Younousse and Tajin Ahmed...
Al Rayyan Club record 15th victory in a row & Police down Al Arabi Club in QVA League
Eight-time champions Al Rayyan Club posted their 15th victory in a row in the QVA League, overcoming plucky Qatar Sports Club in a five-set thriller on Monday. The Lions, powered by 21 points from Marcus, were 2-0 up and looked like coasting to another win. But Qatar Sports Club, the four-time winners, rallied back spiritedly...
Dutch Brouwer, Meeuwsen end title wait in Doha
Rio Olympic Games bronze winners and former world champions Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen returned to winner’s circle after almost a year when the Dutch pair rallied from a set down to win the 4-Star Katara Beach Volley Cup on Saturday. Ninth seeds Brouwer and Meeuwsen lost the opening set to Russian upstarts Oleg Stoyanovskiy...
Historic Katara Cup bronze medal for Younousse & Tijan
Qatar’s young and dashing duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan pulled off a historic bronze medal on the FIVB Beach World Tour as they overcame top seeds Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena of the USA in three sets in the Katara Cup. At the majestic Katara Amphitheater, the 22-year-old players from Qatar waited for...
Younousse, Tijan go down fighting to Brouwer & Meeuwsen in Katara Cup semis
The lack of experience in handling clutch points at the highest level hurt Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan. The Qatari pair’s dream run was cut short in the semi-finals of the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup by battle-hardened Dutch Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen on Friday but the local duo are still in with a...
Younousse, Tijan grind three wins, qualify for Katara Cup semis
The new Qatari pair of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, both 22, showcased their calibre and craft as they ground out three back-to-back wins, two of them in three sets, and booked a spot in the 4-Star Katara Beach Volleyball Cup on Thursday. At the Katara Amphitheater, the eighth seeds began with a 21-19-21-14 win...
Qatar’s Younousse and Tijan advance to next round of Katara Cup
Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan defeated Nico Beeler and Marco Krattiger of Switzerland 21-15, 16-21, 15-10 to enter the knockout round of the FIVB World Tour Katara Beach Volleyball Cup yesterday. Younousse and Tijan lost their opener against Ryan Doherty and William Allen 18-21, 21-17, 15-8, but they came back strongly to beat the...