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Qatar volleyball team qualify for Olympic Qualification Tournament

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13-March-2023

Qatar volleyball team qualify for Olympic Qualification Tournament

Doha: Qatar Volleyball team qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Qualification Tournaments for Paris 2024 Olympics after placing themselves within the top 25 teams in the world.

Qatar will battle for their maiden Olympic Games appearance at the Qualifiers where six teams will secure tickets to Paris Games next year. 

Details of the qualification tournaments will be announced by FIVB, the governing body of world volleyball, later.
  
France have already qualified for the Games due to the host status, while Russia have been made ineligible. The remaining 24 teams at the top of the FIVB rankings will be drawn under three pools, based on the hosts venues of the qualifying tournaments (Brazil, Japan and China).

Two nations from each pool will receive qualification for the July 27-August 11, 2024 multi-sport extravaganza.

On the other hand, Qatar's beach volleyball national team consisting of the duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan won the bronze medal at the Miami Beach 2023 Tour in the King of the Court Tournament.

The Qatari national team emerged in third place behind Estonian duo (Nolvak/Tiisaar) and the Chilean duo (Aravena/Droguett) in the competitions that were held for four consecutive days.

Younousse and Tijan ranked third in the world ranking, which was recently issued by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB).

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal winners, the Qatari team has also achieved many distinguished results in recent years making the team one of the world's first teams in the world rankings.

The Qatari national team was recently crowned winners of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Championship for men and women - (Western Zone) title after (2-1) victory over Oman in the final of the championship hosted by the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) at the beach courts at Al Gharafa Sports Club, and qualifies for the 2023 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.