NAGOYA, Japan — Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan reached the Asian Games beach volleyball semi-finals after beating Iran 2-0 at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Games.
The Qatar 1 pair won a closely contested opening set 22-20 before taking the second 21-13 to complete the straight-sets victory.
Iran stayed in contention throughout much of the first set as the teams exchanged the lead, but Younousse and Tijan secured the decisive points to take it 22-20.
Qatar then pulled away in the second set and closed it out 21-13 to book their place in the last four.
Younousse and Tijan, who won gold at the previous Asian Games, will face Thailand in the semi-finals.
The victory keeps Qatar’s defending champions on course for another gold-medal match appearance as they continue their campaign in Nagoya.
