Qatar volleyball team to participate in third Asian Youth Games in Bahrain

Doha: Qatar volleyball team will participate in the third Asian Youth Games, which will be hosted by Bahrain from October 22 to 31. The games will...

Doha: Qatar volleyball team will participate in the third Asian Youth Games, which will be hosted by Bahrain from October 22 to 31.

The games will feature 24 sports, with more than 5,000 male and female athletes from 45 Asian Olympic Committees competing in 253 events. The tournament serves as a qualifier for the Youth Olympic Games 2026, which will take place in Dakar, Senegal.

The team delegation departed for Manama today and is headed by Saeed Jumaa Al Hitmi, a member of the Qatar Volleyball Association's Board of Directors, along with team manager Ismail Al Sheeb, and referees Fahad Al Awadi and Abdulrahman Shams.

The squad includes Ahmed Taleb, Dhami Al Ruwaili, Ghanem Al Basti, Khaled Abdullah, Tamim Al Awad, Hamad Ibrahim, Mazen Belorosi, Abdullah Al Shaiba, Omar Awamleh, Bader Al Zanari, Abdulrahman Ali, and Nawaf Al Shammari.

Qatar is in Group B alongside Iran and China. It will take on China on Sunday, before facing Iran on October 21.