Manama, July 21, 2018- Qatar U-20 Volleyball team have concluded their preparations for the 2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, which will begin Saturday in Bahrain and run through July 28. The Team lost their latest friendly match to Pakistan 18-25, 20-25 and 15-25.
After the match, Brazilian coach Percy Oncken gave the last minute instructions to his players, stressing that they are capable of giving great performance in the tournament. Qatar's first match will be on Sunday against Bahrain.
The U-20 team will play their final practice to fine tune the plans and to focus on implementing the coach strategies.
The tournament starts tomorrow evening with seven games, as the first match will be in Group E between Saudi Arabia and China Taipei.
23 teams are taking part in the tournament after the withdrawal of Uzbekistan. Qatar is in Group D along with Iraq and Bahrain.