Qatar men's national volleyball team

Qatar

Association	Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA)
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Camilo Andres Soto
FIVB ranking	21 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2022 )
Best result	21st (2022)
Asian Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1989 )
Best result	(2023)
www.volleyball.qa
Honours Challenger Cup 2023 Doha Team Asian Championship 2023 Urmia Team Asian Nations Cup 2024 Isa Town Team 2025 Manama Team Asian Cup 2018 Taipei Team

The Qatar men's national volleyball team represents Qatar in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. As of 8 January 2025, the team was ranked 21st in the world. Qatar's best rank in Asian Championship 3rd place, 2023 year.

History

Qatar first appeared at the Asian Volleyball Championship in 1989. Qatar also finished fourth at the 2006 Asian Games which they hosted in Doha, after dropping their semifinal 3-1 to South Korea and the bronze medal match 3-2 to Saudi Arabia. Qatar jointly set the world record for the highest set score in its 45-43 victory over Venezuela on 11 June 2017. ^[1] Qatar made his first world champions appearance at the 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship where he finished 21st.

Competition record

World Championship

World Championship record Qualification record Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad GP MW ML SW SL 1949 Did not participate or Did not qualify Did not participate or Did not qualify 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 3 0 3 2 9 2006 7 5 2 15 10 2010 5 3 2 11 7 2014 7 4 3 14 10 2018 4 2 2 6 8 2022 Preliminary round 21st place 3 0 3 1 9 Squad 2021 Asian Championship 2025 Qualified 2023 Asian Championship Total 2/21 3 0 3 1 9 — 26 14 12 48 44

World League

World League record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1990	Did not participate
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010	Did not qualify
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016	Intercontinental round	31st place	6	3	3	11	10	Squad
2017	Intercontinental round	32nd place	6	3	3	10	10	Squad
Total	2/28		12	6	6	21	20	–

Challenger Cup

  Runners up

Challenger Cup record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not qualify
2019	Did not enter
2022	Quarterfinals	7th place	1	0	1	1	3	Squad
2023	Final	Runners-up	3	2	1	8	3	Squad
2024	Quarterfinals	6th place	1	0	1	2	3	Squad
Total	0 Title	3/5	5	2	3	11	9	—

Asian Championship

 Champions    Runners-up    3rd place    4th place

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1975	Did not participate
1979
1983
1987
1989	17th–19th places	19th place						Squad
1991	Did not participate
1993	11th place match	12th place						Squad
1995		10th place						Squad
1997	5th–8th places	8th place						Squad
1999	13th–14th places	13th place	5	1	4	5	12	Squad
2001	11th place match	11th place	5	2	3	9	9	Squad
2003	9th–12th places	11th place	7	3	4	11	15	Squad
2005	7th place match	7th place	7	3	4	11	13	Squad
2007	9th–12th places	11th place	6	3	3	13	9	Squad
2009	13th place match	14th place	8	2	6	10	19	Squad
2011	11th place match	12th place	7	2	5	11	15	Squad
2013	11th place match	11th place	6	3	3	10	13	Squad
2015	3rd place match	4th place	8	5	3	20	14	Squad
2017	9th place match	9th place	7	4	3	18	13	Squad
2019	9th place match	9th place	7	4	3	15	10	Squad
2021	5th place match	5th place	7	5	2	17	6	Squad
2023	3rd place match	3rd place	6	5	1	16	3	Squad
Total	0 Title	17/22	86	42	44	166	151	—

Asian Games

 Champions    Runners-up    3rd place    4th place

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1958	Did not participate
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	5th–8th places	8th place	6	2	4	6	14	Squad
1986	Did not participate
1990
1994
1998	9th place match	10th place	5	0	5	0	15	Squad
2002	7th place match	8th place	6	1	5	3	16	Squad
2006	3rd place match	4th place	3	1	2	6	6	Squad
2010	7th place match	8th place	9	3	6	10	20	Squad
2014	5th place match	6th place	8	4	4	15	12	Squad
2018	3rd place match	4th place	7	5	2	16	8	Squad
2022	3rd place match	4th place	6	4	2	13	10	Squad
Total	0 Title	8/17	50	20	30	69	101	—

Asian Nations Cup

 Champions   3rd place 

Asian Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not participate
2022
2023
2024	Final	Champions	5	4	1	14	4	Squad
2025	Semifinals	3rd place	4	3	1	9	5	Squad
Total	1 Title	2/5	9	7	2	23	9	—

Asian Cup

 Champions 

Asian Cup record (Defunct)
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016	Qualified but later withdrew
2018	Final	Champions	5	5	0	15	3	Squad
2022	Qualified but later withdrew
Total	1 Title	1/7	5	5	0	15	3	—

Arab Championship

Main article: Arab Volleyball Championship

• 1996 – 3rd place
• 2000 – 3rd place
• 2006 – 5th place
• 2008 – 3rd place
• 2014 – Runners-up
• 2024 – Runners-up

West Asian Championship

 Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

West Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2025	To be determined
Total	0 Titles	1/1						—

Results and fixtures

2025

2025 Asian Nations Cup

Main article: 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup

19 June 2025 11:30 (UTC+03:00)	Qatar	3–0	Australia	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(25–22, 25–21, 25–22) Report

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21 June 2025 16:30 (UTC+03:00)	Qatar	3–2	Vietnam	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(29–31, 25–21, 25–15, 22–25, 15–12) Report

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23 June 2025 16:30 (UTC+03:00)	Pakistan	3–0	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(25–22, 25–22, 25–21) Report

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24 June 2025 15:00 (UTC+03:00)	South Korea	0–3	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(21–25, 20–25, 23–25) Report

2025 West Asian Championship

Main article: 2025 West Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

19 July 2025 17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(18–25, 19–25, 14–25) Report

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20 July 2025 17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Oman	1–3	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(19–25, 16–25, 25–23, 16–25) Report

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21 July 2025 17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Qatar	–	Kuwait	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	() Report

2025 World Championship

Main article: 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

13 September 2025 18:00 (UTC+08:00)	Netherlands	–	Qatar	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines
	() Report

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15 September 2025 21:30 (UTC+08:00)	Poland	–	Qatar	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines
	() Report

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17 September 2025 10:30 (UTC+08:00)	Qatar	–	Romania	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines
	() Report

Team

Current squad

The following is the Qatari roster in the 2025 Asian Nations Cup. ^[2]

Head coach: Camilo Andres Soto

No.	Name	Date of birth	Pos.	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2024–25 club
1	Youssef Oughlaf	6 May 1989	OH	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	341 cm (134 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Qatar SC
2	Papemaguette Diagne	23 February 1997	MB	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Al Rayyan
4	Renan Ribeiro	30 December 1989	OH	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Al Arabi
5	Sulaiman Saad	30 June 1987	L	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	270 cm (110 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Al Rayyan
6	Borislav Georgiev	12 May 1992	S	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Al Arabi
7	Belal Nabel Abunabot	1 January 1991	MB	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Al Rayyan
8	Waleed Widatalla	9 September 2002	OH	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Al Sadd
9	Miloš Stevanović	27 September 1988	S	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Al Rayyan
11	Nikola Vasić	4 June 1989	OH	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Al-Wakrah
12	Mubarak Dahi	1 April 1991	OP	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Al Rayyan
13	Raimi Wadidie	20 October 1995	OH	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Al Arabi
16	Ibrahim Ibrahim (c)	15 January 1985	MB	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Al Arabi
19	Naji Mahmoud	16 December 1992	L	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	265 cm (104 in)	250 cm (98 in)	Al Rayyan
21	Osman Abdulwahid Wagihalla	1 January 1993	MB	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Qatar SC

Coach history

• Igor Arbutina (2007–2010)
• Igor Arbutina (2012–2014)
• Roberto Piazza (2016–2017)
• Massimiliano Giaccardi (2017)
• Camilo Soto (2018–)

References

1. "WL 2017: Venezuela and Qatar break the highest set score record for national team match". World of Volley. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. AVC Nations Cup 2025: Daily Bulletin #1