Oman’s Ahmed al Hosni and Haitham al Shereiqi commenced their campaign in the 2023 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championship with a 2-1 win over the Philippines. The scoreline of the sets ended at: 21-15, 22-24 and 11-15. The tournament which began on Friday at Beach Sport Base of Pingtan in Fuzhou, China, will run until Monday. The four-day event featured participation of 58 teams from 15 countries including 32 men’s teams which will vie for Asian men’s titles. In another match, Oman’s duo in team B comprising Nouh al Jalbobi and Mazin al Hashmi suffered a 2-0 loss against New Zealand 's Reid and McManaway. Both sets finished at 21-18.
Oman’s teams will continue group matches on Saturday while on Sunday and Monday the main draw matches will begin. The national spikers will eye on achieving high spots in this Asian event.
Oman's A team of Al Hosni and Al Shereiqi are grouped with Indonesia's Sofyan and Danag; Qatar's Abdullah and M. Ihab; the Philippines' Garcia and Burlrago in pool H while Oman's team B of Al Jalbobi and Al Hashmi will compete against New Zealand (Reid and McManaway), Australia (Nicolaidis and Carracher) and Kazakhstan (Kuleshov and Petrossyants) in pool E.
The last edition of the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championship was hosted in Bandar Abbas, Iran in 2022 and the Qatari duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan were crowned the champions. Qataris are in good shape to defend their title as both of them picked up silver earlier this month at the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Moreover, Qatar’s pair are bronze medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Oman's Al Hashmi and Al Jalbobi ended the last edition of the Asian event in fifth place.
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