Qatar’s Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse rebounded from a tough first set to eliminate Team USA’s veteran duo of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in their first knockout round match of the 2020 Olympics. Despite going down to the 41-year-old Americans via a 21-14 first set, Ahmed and Cherif staying cool despite sand temperatures above 120 degrees Fahrenheit in Japan. The Qataris made a...
Qatar beach volleyball duo bag third win at Tokyo Olympics
Qatar’s beach volleyball pair of Cherif Younousse and Tijan Ahmed registered their third consecutive victories in the Pool C to remain unbeaten and enter the pre-quarter-finals of the Tokyo Games on Friday. At Shiokaze Park, the World No 1 Qatari pair defeated USA’s Jacob Gibb and Tri Bourne (2-0) 21-18, 21-17 to maintain an all-win...
Qatar Beach Volleyball duo score second win at Olympics
Qatar Beach Volleyball duo won their match against Italy in their second match at the Tokyo Olympics. Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan beat Italy’s Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi in two straight games 24-22, 21-13 at the Shiokaze Park. Cherif and Tijan began their Tokyo Olympics campaign on high note on Sunday with a 21-17,...
Qatar Beach Volleyball ranked first on the FIVB world ranking
Qatar’s beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Tijan Ahmed, who are presently competing at the Tokyo Olympic Games, reached the World No. 1 spot in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) ranking for the first time. The new list released on Monday placed Younousse and Ahmed right at the top with 5160 points. Last week’s top-ranked...
Qatar beat Switzerland in men’s beach volleyball at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
The Qatari volleyball team defeated its Swiss counterpart, by two sets, for the third group(Group C) in the men’s beach volleyball competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on 25 July 2021. Qatar’s Beach volleyball duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan beat the Swiss duo of Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson 2-0 (21-17/21-16).
Qatar`s beach volleyball team delegation will leave to Tokyo Olympics at dawn next Sunday
Qatar`s beach volleyball team, consisting of the duo Cherif and Ahmed , today conducted the second medical smear to detect the Corona virus, before leaving the team’s delegation at dawn next Sunday to the Japanese capital, Tokyo, to participate in the Olympics, which will be held from July 23 to August 8 2021. The delegation...
Qatar Volleyball achieved a new global achievement
Qatar Volleyball achieved a new global achievement by qualifying our national volleyball team under-21 consisting of the duo Abdullah Naseem and Abdullah Samir to the world championship of the same category, which will be held in Thailand next September, where our national team finished fifth in the final standings in the fourth Asian Championship under-21 held...
QATARI BEACH VOLLEYBALL DUO WIN GSTAAD’S SILVER MEDAL
Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan won the silver medal of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-star event in Gstaad, Switzerland. The Qatari duo claimed the silver after they lost to the Dutch beach volleyball duo Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot in three sets in the final: (21-23, 21-19, 10-15). Younousse and Tijan...
TOKYO2020: Qatar`s Beach Volleyball Team Drawn into Pool C
Qatar`s Beach Volleyball Team duo Cherif and Ahmed were drawn in Pool C of the Tokyo Olympics beach volleyball competitions which get underway on July 24 at the Japanese capital. The draw was held at Moscow on Monday. Younousse and Ahmed, ranked World No 3, are grouped with World No 5 Jacob Gibb and Taylor...
Qatar Volleyball League set to begin in October2021
The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) has set next October as the date for the start of the men’s league. October will also be the start of the league for other age groups. The decision was made during the meeting held by the association heads of the clubs, during which they discussed the start of the...