Day: September 12, 2024

The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Social Responsibility Committee approved, during its meeting held Wednesday via videoconference, the Palestinian Football Association’s proposal to establish a fully equipped mobile field hospital with a capacity of 32 beds, with the aim of improving access to medical services and enhancing humanitarian relief efforts in the Gaza Strip.

The committee’s approval comes within the framework of emphasizing the AFC’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian Federation, as the hospital will play a pivotal role in coordinating and distributing resources among humanitarian relief agencies once operational.

The hospital will enhance rapid response and immediate care capabilities in emergency situations, help combat infection and contain diseases, and enable the long-term goal of establishing a mobile hospital for sports medicine.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced today that the next two editions of the AFC Annual Awards 2023 and the 2024 Presidents and General Secretaries Conference of National and Regional Associations will be held in the capital of South Korea, Seoul.

The two events will be held in the same city for the first time in succession, with the 2023 AFC Annual Awards Ceremony scheduled for Oct. 29, followed by the 2024 Presidents and Secretaries General Conference of National and Regional Associations, which will run for three days starting Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2024.

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Doha: Al Rayyan coach Poya Asbaghi and Al Shahania coach Alvaro Mejia spoke to the media ahead of their 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League Week 4 match, scheduled for tomorrow.

Asbaghi said in the pre-match press conference: “looking at the three matches they played in the league, you will find that they are a team that is difficult to defeat. They did not create many opportunities, but they defend well and only conceded a goal against Al Wakrah. They defend very well, so we have to be good tactically.

On the other hand the coach expressed his satisfaction with the new contracts, which he considered an addition to his team, noting that Al Rayyan needs a large list of players during the season due to their participation in many tournaments, especially the AFC Champions League Elite.

Al Rayyan stands at the eighth place in the Qatari league table with three points, while Al Shahaniya is in eleventh place with two points.

In turn, Spanish coach Alvaro Mejia of Al-Shahaniya emphasized the difficulty of fac
ing Al-Rayyan tomorrow, affirming that their opponents are one of the best teams and have distinguished players.

He noted that despite the difficulty of the competition: “we trust ourselves. we will play the match like all matches in order to achieve victory.” “In our last match (against Qatar SC in the QSL Cup), the performance declined in the second half after scoring three goals, so we have to learn from our mistakes and overcome this problem in the upcoming matches,” added Mejia.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Qatari Al Rayyan team lost to Indonesian Jakarta Bhayangkara (0/3) in their match held Thursday in the quarterfinals of the 24th Asian Volleyball Clubs Championship, which is currently hosted by the Iranian city of Yazd and will continue until September 15.

The results of the match were (25-18, 25-17, 25-23) in favor of Jakarta Bhayankara.

Al Rayyan team had qualified for the quarterfinals after finishing third in Group A.

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The Qatari national junior handball team will meet its Jordanian counterpart on Friday, in a match to determine the 7th and 8th places in the 10th Asian Junior Handball Championship currently being held in Jordan and will continue until Saturday, and which qualifies for the World Championship in Slovenia in 2025.

The Qatari team look forward to achieving a moral victory at the end of its participation in the championship after losing chance to advance to the semi-finals and obtain one of the qualifying cards for the World Championship.

The Qatari team finished 4th in Group 2 in the main round after losing all three of its matches, losing the first match to Japan 20/39, the second match to Kuwait 28/32, and the third match to Bahrain 27/33.

The Qatari team qualified for the main round after finishing second in Group 3 in the preliminary round, where it defeated the UAE team in the first match 31/21, while losing the second match to the Saudi team 26/43.

The top five teams in the Asian Championship advance
to the World Championship in Slovenia 2025.

The Qatari junior handball team won the Asian Championship title twice in 2010 in Abu Dhabi and 2012 in Manama, and came in second place three times in 2006 in Tehran, 2008 in Oman, and 2014 in Oman as well.

Source: Qatar News Agency