Qatar men's national volleyball team

Qatar
Association	Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA)
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Camilo Soto
FIVB ranking	21 (5 October 2025)
Uniforms
Home	Away
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2022)
Best result	21st (2022)
Asian Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1989)
Best result	(2023)
	www.volleyball.qa
Challenger Cup
Asian Championship
Asian Nations Cup
Asian Cup
Arab Championship
West Asian Championship

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.^[2] Qatar made his first world champions appearance at the 2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship where he finished 21st. Will host the 2029 World Championship.

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	3	0	3	1	9	Squad	2021 Asian Championship
2025	Preliminary round	22nd	3	1	2	4	7	Squad	2023 Asian Championship
2027	Future event
2029	Qualified as host
Total	2/21		6	1	5	5	16	—	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	6	3	3	11	10	Squad
2017	Intercontinental round	32nd	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	1	0	1	1	3	Squad
2023	Final	2nd	3	2	1	8	3	Squad
2024	Quarterfinals	6th	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						Squad
1991	Did not participate
1993	11th place match	12th						Squad
1995		10th						Squad
1997	5th–8th places	8th						Squad
1999	13th–14th places	13th	5	1	4	5	12	Squad
2001	11th place match	11th	5	2	3	9	9	Squad
2003	9th–12th places	11th	7	3	4	11	15	Squad
2005	7th place match	7th	7	3	4	11	13	Squad
2007	9th–12th places	11th	6	3	3	13	9	Squad
2009	13th place match	14th	8	2	6	10	19	Squad
2011	11th place match	12th	7	2	5	11	15	Squad
2013	11th place match	11th	6	3	3	10	13	Squad
2015	Semifinals	4th	8	5	3	20	14	Squad
2017	9th place match	9th	7	4	3	18	13	Squad
2019	9th place match	9th	7	4	3	15	10	Squad
2021	5th place match	5th	7	5	2	17	6	Squad
2023	Semifinals	3rd	6	5	1	16	3	Squad
2026	Qualified
Total	0 Title	18/23	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	6	2	4	6	14	Squad
1986	Did not participate
1990
1994
1998	9th place match	10th	5	0	5	0	15	Squad
2002	7th place match	8th	6	1	5	3	16	Squad
2006	Semifinals	4th	3	1	2	6	6	Squad
2010	7th place match	8th	9	3	6	10	20	Squad
2014	5th place match	6th	8	4	4	15	12	Squad
2018	Semifinals	4th	7	5	2	16	8	Squad
2022	Semifinals	4th	6	4	2	13	10	Squad
2026	To be determined
Total	0 Title	8/17	50	20	30	69	101	—

AVC Cup

Champions 3rd place

AVC Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
2018	Did not participate
2022
2023
2024	Final	1st	5	4	1	14	4	Squad
2025	Semifinals	3rd	4	3	1	9	5	Squad
2026	7th place match	7th	5	2	3	11	10	Squad
Total	1 Title	3/6	14	9	5	34	19	—

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	1st	5	5	0	15	3	Squad
2022	Qualified but later withdrew
Total	1 Title	1/7	5	5	0	15	3	—

Arab 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	Final	1st	6	6	0	18	5	Squad
Total	1 Title	1/1	6	6	0	18	5	—

Results and fixtures

2025

2025 Asian 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

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

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

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

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

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

21 July 2025 17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Qatar	3–2	Kuwait	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(25–12, 23–25, 25–17, 22–25, 15–11) Report

23 July 2025 17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Lebanon	0–3	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(17–25, 16–25, 13–25) Report

25 July 2025 17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Oman	0–3	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(18–25, 19–25, 20–25) Report

26 July 2025 19:00 (UTC+03:00)	Bahrain	2–3	Qatar	Isa Bin Rashed Hall, Manama, Bahrain
	(18–25, 18–25, 25–19, 25–21, 13–15) Report

2025 World Championship

13 September 2025 18:00 (UTC+08:00)	Netherlands	3–1	Qatar	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines Attendance: 2,974 Referees: Borroto Iglesias Ricardo (CUB), Prater Michelle (USA)
	(25–18, 25–23, 26–28, 25–23) Report

15 September 2025 21:30 (UTC+08:00)	Poland	3–0	Qatar	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines Attendance: 1,208 Referees: Luo Wensheng (CHN), ElWafi Haifa (TUN)
	(252–21, 25–14, 25–19) Report

17 September 2025 10:30 (UTC+08:00)	Qatar	3–1	Romania	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines Attendance: 312 Referees: Luo Wensheng (CHN), Prater Michelle (USA)
	(20–25, 25–23, 25–20, 25–22) Report

Team

Current squad

The following is the Qatari roster in the 2025 World Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Camilo 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
3	Moubarak Alkuwari	7 November 2003	OH	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Al-Khor SC
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
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
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
20	Abdallah Ibrahim Nassim	20 January 2001	MB	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Qatar SC
22	Abdelrahman Bakry	6 November 2004	OP	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Al Sadd
24	Mahdi Badreddin Sammoud	22 March 1991	S	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Police SC

Coach history

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

References

↑ "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
↑ "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.
↑ "Team Qatar". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.

[FIVB_World_Rankings-1] "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

[2] "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.

[3] "Team Qatar". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.

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