The Olympic Beach Train reaches its final stop

The curtain falls this evening on the competitions of the third edition of the Olympic Committee for Beach Games 2023, which was held on the beach stadiums in the Cultural Village. "Katara" Since March 10, with the participation of more than 800 male and female players, they have competed in seven beach sports: beach soccer, beach volleyball, basketball (3×3), boxing, karate, swimming and aquathlon, as part of the Qatar Olympic Committee’s keenness to spread the culture of beach games in society. Qatar and encourage community members to preserve the environment". It is expected that the closing day of the tournament will witness the holding of the final matches, followed by the crowning ceremony of the winners in the football, men’s volleyball and basketball competitions (3×3) in the men’s, women’s and youth’s categories. Participation of Gulf Women The third edition of the Olympic Beach Games Championship 2023 is witnessing Gulf participation in the women’s category in football competitions, for the first time since the launch of this event, where 3 Gulf teams participated, which are the challenge from Saudi Arabia and Super Soccer from Bahrain in football, in addition to the Super Soccer team From Bahrain to the women’s beach volleyball. In the women’s football competitions, the Bahraini Super Soccer team defeated the B soccer team with a score of ten goals without a response, and the Al Rayyan team defeated the Saudi challenge with a score of 12-2, and the King team defeated the B soccer team by 10-3. In the women’s beach volleyball competitions, Edge Fitness team defeated Sports Lab with two sets without a response, QVA team defeated Doha University with two clean sets, and the F45 team beat Edge Fitness with two sets without a response. In the women’s basketball competition, Sports Lab 2 defeated Black Ravens 10-3 and Veterans defeated Edge Fitness 11-3. In one of the strongest women’s basketball matches, Sports Lab 1 defeated Sports Lab 2 9-7 in the first set. Black Ravens defeated Veterans 13-10, Sports Lab 1 defeated Black Ravens 14-7, and Sports Lab 2 defeated Veterans 9-2. A busy program on the closing day The closing day program will be full of excitement and clubbing on the two main stadiums on the beaches of Katara, by holding 8 final matches in various team games in the men’s, women’s and youth categories, where the Green Oil and Al-Jasra teams will meet, starting from eight in the evening, in the final match of the men’s football championship on To be preceded by the ranking match for the third and fourth places, which will bring together the Lusail and Dukhan teams, starting at seven in the evening, while the semi-final and final matches for women in football will be played from four thirty in the afternoon until seven in the evening. The final day will also witness the holding of the final matches in beach volleyball, which will start at 4:30 in the afternoon, with the arrangement match for the third and fourth places in the women’s category, followed by the final match for the women’s volleyball at 6:00 pm, then the ranking match for the men’s volleyball from 7:30, followed by the final confrontation, which The F45 team will gather at the Police Sports Union at exactly nine in the evening. The final matches of the basketball tournament will be held in all categories (men, women, boys and girls) starting from four in the afternoon until eight in the evening on the hard court of the Katara Cultural Village Foundation. //////////// Abdulaziz Al-Ghanim: Consolidating the concept of sports sustainability Abdulaziz Al-Ghanim, Deputy Director of the Olympic Committee for Beach Games 2023, praised the technical levels witnessed by the final stages of the various competitions, indicating that holding the tournament on a regular basis will contribute to the development of beach sports In the country due to its potential to increase its popularity, he said: " Qatar enjoys stunning beaches, which contributes to a steady increase in the number of practitioners of this type of sports, especially since our teams offer great levels in some competitions such as beach handball and beach volleyball, where we have won many titles at the continental and international levels, which enhances the establishment of this The annual event is on our shores as a legacy that builds a new generation of fans of these games in various disciplines". Al-Ghanim added" Praise be to God, the tournament has achieved great success, with the testimony of all the participants and the fans who have been able to follow the events of the competitions over the past days, and we are happy with this organizational and technical success that the tournament has enjoyed.". concluded" The championship witnessed the establishment of many accompanying community events, which had a major role in attracting more fans of these open championships to various groups of society, and this is part of the core goals that the Qatar Olympic Committee is keen to achieve from the continuation of the beach games championships in the State of Qatar. We hope to witness high technical levels On the closing day, which will witness the holding of finals in various team sports, as befits the name of this tournament, through which the Qatar Olympic Committee continues to consolidate the concept of sports sustainability at the level of beach games. ". Nasser Al-Marri: A brilliant organizational success Nasser Al-Marri, a member of the Logistics Committee of the Olympic Beach Games Championship, praised the wonderful atmosphere witnessed by the beaches of Katara, indicating that the Olympic Committee was keen from the beginning on the continuation of the Beach Games Championship as a sustainable legacy of the World Beach Championships "the anuk" which was held in Qatar in 2019, he said" The impressive organizational success witnessed by the tournament is an affirmation of the care and attention that this sport enjoys in the State of Qatar, especially since such events attract many groups of society in order to participate and enjoy the beauty of our beaches, in addition to having a competitive experience within sports teams that match the professional level. Al-Marri also praised the fruitful cooperation between the Qatar Olympic Committee and the sports federations, which in turn contributed to the success of this annual sporting event within the framework of joint cooperation by activating the required technical standards by providing the necessary technical, arbitration and administrative staff to comply with the professional levels witnessed in the various international beach championships.