Al Arabi Qatar (volleyball)

Al Arabi Volleyball (Arabic: طائرة العربي) is a professional Volleyball team based in Doha, Qatar. It competes in the Qatari Volleyball League. The team automatically qualified for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship as Qatar were the hosts. In 2012 Al Arabi team qualified for the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship as the Champion of AVC Club Volleyball Championship They have never advanced past the group stage in their appearances.

Al Arabi
Full nameAl Arabi Volleyball
Short nameARB
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
GroundMohammed Bin Hamad AlHitmi Indoor Hall
Doha, Qatar
(Capacity: 2000)
ChairmanQatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Fahad Al-Thani
ManagerTunisia Mawya Alajnaf
CaptainQatar Saeed Salem
LeagueQatari Volleyball League
2016/173rd
Uniforms
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Al Arabi's active sections

Football

Basketball

Handball

Volleyball

Futsal

Reserves

Honors

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Domestic

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Winners (26): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2024
Winners (23): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Winners (16): 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 , 2015, 2017 , 2019
Winners (3): 2014, 2015,2016
Winners (2): 2014, 2016

Regional competitions

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Winners (1): 1983

International

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Winners (1): 2012
Runners-up: 2010, 2015, 2016
Third Place: 2007, 2009
Winners (1): 2010
Runners-up: 2007, 2012 , 2016
Third Place: 2009, 2013
Fourth Place: 2011
Winners (1): 2003
Runners-up: 2002
Third Place:: 1992, 2005
Fourth Place: 1997, 2006, 2008, 2018

Squad

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Squad for 2011 FIVB Men's Club World Championship (As of October 8, 2011[1]):
Head coach:   Mawya Alajnaf

Number Name Nationality Height Spike Block
2 Jiri Popelka   Czech Republic 2.04 3.47 3.35
3 Saeed Salem (captain)   Qatar 1.87 N/A N/A
4 Ribeiro Renan (libero)   Brazil 1.94 N/A N/A
6 Christian Pampel   Germany 1.98 3.60 3.40
7 Mohammad Khuzaie   Qatar 1.92 N/A N/A
8 Davide Saitta   Italy 1.88 N/A N/A
9 Gianluca Saraceni   Italy 1.98 3.64 N/A
10 Omar Hashim   Qatar 1.96 N/A N/A
11 Lukasz Kadziewicz   Poland 2.06 3.60 3.35
12 Tije Vlam   Netherlands 2.07 3.47 3.30
14 Saoud Abdulaziz   Qatar 1.85 N/A N/A
18 Saed Al Hitmi   Qatar 1.86 3.35 3.25

Technical staff

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Name Role Nationality
Abdulla AlHitmi Manager   Qatari
Nasser Al-Sulaiti Assistant manager   Qatari
Mawya Alajnaf Coach   Tunisian
Marwan AlShukaily Coach   Tunisian
Mohammed Al Kuwari Team manager   Qatari
Baghdadi Saleh Physiotherapist   Romanian

Notable players

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This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.[2]

Finland

United States

Cuba

Australia

India

Managerial history

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Crest

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References

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  1. ^ Al Arabi (2011) - FIVB.org
  2. ^ "World of Volley :: Al-Arabi SC". World of Volley. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
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