Muscat: Sohar in North Al Batinah will host the 2nd West Asian Club Volleyball Championship, which will be held from February 1 to February 12, 2024.
Sohar Club revealed in a press conference that it has completed its preparations to host the Second West Asian Club Volleyball Championship, which will be held from February 1-12, with the participation of 11 clubs from eight Arab countries that are members of the West Asian Volleyball Association .
During the conference, the tournament mascot was announced, in addition to clarifying the location of the tournament matches, which will all be in the main hall of the Sports Complex in Sohar. While the Majis Club and Al Salam Club halls were designated for training for the club teams participating in the tournament. In addition to a number of accompanying events that will be held during the tournament period in cooperation with a number of governmental and sports institutions in the North Al Batinah Governorate.
The teams participating in the tournament were previously distributed into two groups. The first group included the clubs: Al-Rayyan of Qatar, Al-Ibtisam of Saudi Arabia, Al-Seeb of Oman, Baniyas of the Emirates, and Al-Qadisiyah of Kuwait, while the second group included the clubs: Khaibel Al-Mahra of Yemen, Al-Arabi of Qatar, Shabab Al-Hussein of Jordan, Al-Ahly of Bahrain, and Al-Kuwait of Kuwait, in addition to the tournament host is Sohar Club.
The participating teams will compete in each group for one round, after which four teams from each group will progress to the second round. The remaining teams that did not advance will then play to determine their rankings from second to eleventh place.
In the second round, the matches will be scheduled as follows: the first team from Group A will face off against the fourth team from Group B, the second team from Group A will compete against the third team from Group B, the third team from Group A will go head-to-head with the second team from Group B, and the fourth team from Group A will play against the first team from Group B.
The press conference was graciously sponsored by His Highness Sayyid Firas bin Fatek bin Fahr Al Said, and was attended by several local media representatives.
It is worth mentioning that Sohar Club holds the distinction of being the first club in the Sultanate of Oman to host an Asian championship. This prestigious tournament is being organized in collaboration with the Omani Volleyball Federation.
