Sports Sunday, November 3, 2019 15 Al Rayyan fly high with Super Cup

Ali bin Ghanim al Kuwari, President, Qatar Volleyball Association, and Ali bin Salem Afifa, Vice-President, Al Rayyan Sports Club, hand over the Super Cup to Al Rayyan at the QVA hall on Saturday. Prevail over Police again to emerge champs for a third successive time

Tribune News Network Super Cup to Al Rayyan and The Police, however, kept start of the season. Doha crowned the players with gold up the fight and bounced back “Our national teams par- medals, and the police team to level scores at 24-24. ticipate in many continental HH The Amir Cup holders Al with silver medals in presence A see-saw battle ensued, and regional tournaments. Al Rayyan began their new vol- of distinguished officials. but Al Rayyan eventually went Rayyan would be participat- leyball season with a bang as Al Rayyan gained a narrow on to make it 2-2 at 30-28. ing in the World Club Cham- they claimed the Super Cup 16-15 lead in the opening set The third and final set pionship which takes place for the third time in a row de- at half time but maintained too produced some sparkling next month in Brazil and feating the Police team at the the tempo after the break to action with both sides being this result should help them Qatar Volleyball Association claim the set 25-21. neck-in-neck till 13-all be- achieve good results there Action from the Super Cup between Al Rayyan and Police which was played at the Qatar Volleyball Associa- (QVA) headquarters’ main The determined Police fore Al Rayyan pushed hard too,” he said. tion’s main hall on Saturday. Al Rayyan won 25-21, 30-28, 25-22. hall on Saturday. players tried to make a came and successfully to win 25- For the record, this was Al Al Rayyan emerged cham- back in the second set as the 22 and emerge as deserving Rayyan’s third win over the fifth and sixth editions. Abunbout, Marco Ferreira, Laurent, Mahmoud Essam, pions in the 6th edition of the set progressed evenly till 6-all champions. Police for the Super Cup. The Al Rayyan team, un- Marcus Vinicius, Mubarak Uragua Kennedy, Mohamed Super Cup winning the ab- before Al Rayyan edged to a QVA President Ali Gha- Al Arabi had defeated Al der the guidance of their Dahi, Khaled Miqdad, Pera- Ismail, Joe Jason, Nader Abu sorbing clash 25-21, 30-28, two-point lead at 8-6. nem al Kuwari praised Al Rayyan in the first, second Brazilian coach Carlos Ed- ma Fay, and Ahmed Jamal al Bakr, Houshine Shobes, and 25-22. Rayyan widened the lead Rayyan’s good show saying and third edition finals, while uardo, comprised of Marco Din. Othman Abdelwahed was QVA President Ali Gha- to a five-point difference of said that all teams are contin- Al Rayyan have now defeated Vukasinovic, Abdulrahman The Police team of Borislav coached by their Argentinian nem al Kuwari handed the 14-9, and soon made it 16-12. uing their preparations for the the police in the fourth and Tariq, Milos Stefanovic, Bilal Hrenov, Salami Moses, Gilmi coach Damien Arredondo. Top stars confirm FINA Swimming

Qatar’s silver medalist at World Cup Doha 2019 participation 2012 London Olympics, and twice Asian Games gold medalist in skeet, Nasser Saleh al Attiyah Campbell, will be leading the home challenge at the 14th Hosszu, Morozov Asian Shooting Champi- onships at Losail. and Le Clos set to compete at Hamad Aquatic Olympic spots up Centre; 17 Qatari swimmers to for grabs in Asian participate in shooting at Losail home event Tribune News Network maty, Kazakhstan, will aim for Doha Qatar to host an encore. Three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary will be back in action again at the Ham- Another trap shooter Mo- Leading swimmers in- ad Aquatic Centre. Swimmers will arrive to Doha from Kazan, Russia, which is hosting the first event of the third and final World Cup cluster. ten-day long hammed Ahmed al Rumaihi, cluding several Olympic and championship who received a shot in the arm World champions have con- sociation is honoured to wel- Anton Chupkov (RUS), a with his bronze medal at Aus- firmed their participation for come the world’s best swim- qatar squad world record holder in 200m from November 4 tria Open in August at Vienna the FINA Swimming World mers in Doha for the FINA Swimmers: Walid Rafiq Daloul, Naser Yaser Khanji, Tameem Mohamed Elhamayda, Abdulla breaststroke, Michael An- meet, will be keen to prove a Cup Doha 2019 to be held at Swimming World Cup 2019,” Hassaan, Yacob Abdulaziz al Khulaifi, Abdelrahman Nabil Alkhaldi, Ali Abdulla al Nuaimi, Kheddache drew (USA) and Arno Kam- Tribune News Network Hesham, Abdulaziz Hassan al Obaidly, Ahmad Tarek Nour Eddine. point or two at the Asian event. the Hamad Aquatic Centre said Al Jabir. Samara, Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed, Team Management: Ibrahim Khalid Al-Romaihi minga (NED) are among the Doha Besides the men’s shooters from November 7 to 9. “The strong participation Mohammed Fahad Hussain, Yousef Abdulaziz al (Delegation Head), Nasser Mabrook Alsaqairi other leading male swimmers a number of women competi- The Qatar Swimming Asso- in the event once again re- Khulaifi, Yousef Ashraf Abouelela, Kareem Salama (Administrative team), Omar Kheddache, Yuriy Vlasov, confirmed. Big action will hit the shoot- tors will also be aiming to pull ciation (QSA) has finalised the inforces Doha’s status as an Salah, Omar Ashraf Abouelela, Mohammed Ali al Chokri Gafsi (Coaches). Results in Kazan are ex- ing ranges at the Losail Shoot- off a few surprises and lay grab list of athletes for the world- elite venue for major swim- pected to make the Doha event ing Range with Qatar host- on the Olympic quota places up class event, which includes a ming events. We will provide in both men and women’s fields points, and was followed by more exciting, setting the ing the 14th Asian Shooting for grabs at the 10-day event. total of 210 athletes – 134 male the best facilities to the teams as it prepares to wrap up the the ‘Iron Lady’ Hosszu with stage to the FINA Swimming Championships – which also Meanwhile, India has and 76 female participants – and will try our best to make it seven-meet FINA Swimming 240 points. World Cup 2019 series. serves as a Tokyo 2020 Olym- named a 41-member strong representing 44 countries. In a memorable event for all the World Cup 2019 series. Michelle Coleman (SWE), Qatar to field 17 swimmers pics qualification meet – from squad which will be looking addition, 60 club swimmers athletes and fans like in the Swimmers will come to who was third after the Ber- in home event November 4 to 14. to secure the maximum pos- will also compete. past,” he added. Doha from Kazan, Russia (No- lin meet, will also participate Qatar will field 17 swim- A total of thirty-eight sible Olympic quotas in the Australia will send the “One of our main goals vember 1 to 3) – the sixth stop, alongside Zsuzsanna Jakabos mers, who will compete Olympic quota places will be championship. biggest team consisting of when we first hosted the event which is hosting the first event (HUN) and Kira Toussaint against the world’s best ath- up for grabs in the continental A notable selection has 22 swimmers to Doha, while back in 2012 was to promote of the third and final cluster. (NED) besides several other letes in front of home fans. tournament in Qatar organ- been of seasoned rifle shooter Poland will have the second swimming in Qatar and in the Multiple gold medalists stars. The squad includes young ised by Qatar Shooting and Sanjeev Rajput in the MQS biggest squad comprising 13 region as a whole, to inspire at 2019 FINA World Aquatics The men’s field includes talent like Abdulaziz Hassan Archery Association (QSSA). section of the men’s 10m Air athletes. Austria and Chinese new athletes and to introduce Championships in Gwangju Vladimir Morozov – the over- al Obaidly, Yacob Abdulaziz The top three finishers in Rifle event. Taipei’s teams will have 11 new fans to this exciting sport. – Cate Campbell (AUS) and all leader after the Berlin meet al Khulaifi, Yousef Abdulaziz each of the shotgun, rifle and This has been done to en- swimmers each. We thank FINA and its part- Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – will – and Danas Rapsys (LTU) al Khulaifi and Mohamed pistol events of the tourna- sure that in a situation the sec- QSA President and Organ- ners for their continued sup- lead the women’s field at the – following the Russian star Mahmoud Mohamed. ment will gain quota places or ond quota in the event is not izing Committee Chairman, port, which has helped us in Hamad Aquatic Centre, where at second place – compet- Qatari swimmers showed outright qualification to the earned, Sanjeev can be kept Khaleel al Jabir said prepara- achieving our mission,” said the winners of cluster 3 and ing for medals. South Africa’s outstanding performance at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. for the event for Tokyo. Divy- tions are in full swing for the the QSA President. the overall champions will be Olympic, World and Com- the 27th GCC Aquatics Cham- Qatar’s challenge will re- ansh Panwar has earned one meet and added that the QSA Hamad Aquatic Centre announced. monwealth Games champion, pionships in Kuwait in Sep- volve around skeet shooters quota for India in the 10m Air will provide the best facilities gets ready for thrilling races After the fifth meet in Chad Le Clos will also return tember, winning 34 medals Rashid Saleh al Athba and sea- rifle out of a maximum possi- to all the participants. The QSA has received en- Berlin, Campbell was leading to Doha, what he terms as his including 17 gold, 10 silver and soned campaigner and Olym- ble two till now. “The Qatar Swimming As- tries from world’s best athletes the overall ranking with 243 ‘favourite’ venue. 7 bronze medals. pic medalist Nasser Saleh al There are also some new Attiyah, who is aiming to qual- faces who will be seen for the ify for a record 7th Olympics. first time in seniorI ndia col- In the Skeet team event, ours in the Olympic events. Qatar’s Rashid Saleh al Athba, Among them, Shravan Kumar Quick read Masoud Saleh al Athba and (in men’s 10m Air Pistol) will Abdulaziz Sahel al Attiyah will join the duo of Abhishek Ver- Qatar drawn with Japan, China for Asian Qatar judokas participating in Arab Championship be looking forward to put up a ma and Saurabh Chaudhary. Men’s Handball Championship 2020 good show at home. Also, in the men’s 25m The Qatar Judo team is participating at the 2019 Arab Judo Championships which be- In the men’s Double Trap Rapid Fire Pistol, where there Qatar have been drawn alongside Japan and China in Group B for the forthcoming gan Amman, Jordan, on Saturday. The event brings together 14 countries: Qatar, Kuwait, event, Hamad al Akhan al are four quotas to be won in 19th Asian Men’s Handball Championship to be held in Kuwait from January 16 Yemen, Iraq, UEA, Bahrain, KSA, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Marri, who won gold in Sep- Qatar, Bhavesh Shekhawat to 17, 2020. The draw was held on Saturday. Thirteen teams in four groups were hosts Jordan. Qatar’s squad: Waleed Aziz Hanafi, Nasser alA nsi, Morad Zamouri and tember at the 9th Asian Shot- will partner the likes of Anish drawn. Bahrain, Iran and New Zealand make for Group A, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Salha al Badi. Qatar’ Ali al Meraikhi, Secretary-General of Qatar Judo Federation will at- gun Championships in Al- Bhanwala and Adarsh Singh. Australia -- Group B, and hosts Kuwait, UAE, Hong Kong and Iraq make for Group D. tend the General Assembly meeting of Arab Judo Federation to be held on Sunday. (TNN)