The title clash is scheduled at the QVA Indoor Hall on
Friday at 6:30
The Qatar Cup Volleyball Championship final pits the best
two teams of the current season as double reigning champions Al Rayyan Club
take on Police at the QVA Indoor Hall on Friday at 6.30 pm.
At a press conference on Wednesday, QVA Board Member
Mohammed Salem al Kuwari announced that the title clash will carry QR500,000 in
prize money with the winners pocketing QR300,000.
He wished good luck to both the teams and expressed hope
that League champions Police and Arab club championship winners Al Rayyan Club
will play to their potential and take the sport to new levels while making the
match a treat to watch for fans.
Also present during the press conference were the officials,
players and coaches of both the finalists. While Al Rayyan were represented by
Mubarak Dahi Waleed, Marko Vukosinovic and Kamil Rychlicki and coach Carlos
Schwanke, for Police, skipper John Chigbo, Mikko Oivanen, Willner Rivas and
coach Damiano Arredondo participated in the media talk.
Both the teams had to go through the grind during the
best-of-three semi-final series. Police and Al Rayyan won their first match but
their rivals Al Wakrah and Al Arabi launched stirring comebacks to force the
deciders by winning the second meeting.
Police and Al Rayyan had to bring in their A game again and
reached the final, after breaking the resistance of Al Wakrah and Al Arabi,
respectively.
This is the fifth clash of the season between the two teams,
after Al Rayyan and Police clinched two each. However, with Al Rayyan beating
the rivals and winning the Super Cup and the Arab club championship in Tunis,
The Lions have got a slight edge.
Even last year, Al Rayyan Club entered the fourth successive
final of the Qatar Cup and had beaten Police to emerge the winners for a second
time. But after beating Al Rayyan twice on the way to winning the QVA League
this season, Police will be aiming to repeat that performance. It will be
interesting to watch if Police will be lucky second time on Friday.
Qatar Cup Roll of Honour
2013/2014
Al Arabi
El Jaish
2014/2015
Al Arabi
Al Rayyan
2015/2016
Al Rayyan
El Jaish
2016/2017
Al Arabi
Al Rayyan
2017/2018
Al Rayyan
Police