DOHA — Doha will host the Asian Open Beach Volleyball Tour from Oct. 10 to 13, with 16 men’s teams and 11 women’s teams representing eight countries, including Qatar.
The tournament will feature teams from Australia, China, Japan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Indonesia and Qatar.
Qatar’s men’s challenge will be led by Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, who top the rankings with 4,660 points. The pair recently won gold at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, securing their third consecutive title after previous victories in Jakarta-Palembang in 2018 and Hangzhou in 2022.
They also won gold at the Sanya 2026 Asian Beach Games in China in April and were named Asia’s Best Men’s Beach Volleyball Players for the 2025-2026 season.
Qatar will field three teams in each competition. Alongside Younousse and Tijan, the men’s pairs are Mousa Al Khair and Mohamed Ehab, and Saif Al Deen Al Majid and Mahmoud Essam.
In the women’s event, Qatar will be represented by Haya Abu Essa and Laila Mohamed, Shaghaf Ismail and Malak Hashem, and Aisha Al Alawi and Nelly Amr.
Team registration and the announcement of the match schedule will take place on Friday, with the group stage beginning on Saturday. The remaining group matches and the round of 16 are scheduled for Sunday, followed by the quarter-finals and semi-finals on Monday.
The men’s and women’s finals will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 13, concluding four days of competition as Qatar’s pairs take on regional and international opponents on home soil.
