MUSCAT, MARCH 15
The Oman beach soccer team arrived to Pattaya late on Thursday to commence a short external warm up camp ahead of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2025 which will start on Thursday and will run until March 30.
At the pristine sand of the Jomtien Beach Arena located in the eastern Thai city of Pattaya, Oman team players trained under watchful eyes of the experienced head coach Talib Hilal. The team’s technical programme included several training sessions over the coming days, with a special focus on attacking and defensive strategies following their recent matches against Russia and Belarus in Muscat. Oman thumped Belarus 8-5 in the second friendly match last week in Muscat while in the first warm-up game, Belarus earned a 5-1 win over Oman. In earlier short camp in Muscat, Russia team edged Oman 6-5 in the opening international friendly and they earned their second straight win against Oman national beach soccer team by 6-3 in another preparatory match. Oman’s experienced beach soccer coach Talib Hilal will
finalise his starting lineup and tactical plans in the coming days before the competition begins.
Under technical guidance of Talib, The national team won a gold medal in the Asian Beach Games in 2008 and then became champions at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup in 2015. Furthermore, Oman were also silver medallists at the Asian Beach Soccer Cup in 2011 besides winning bronze medals in 2009 and 2019.
Oman will vie against Bahrain, Malaysia and Vietnam in Group D at 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand. The continental showpiece will also offer three tickets to the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 in coming May. Oman will begin their campaign in the Asian event with a match against Vietnam on March 21 and then they will meet Malaysia on March 23. Two days later, they will conclude the group stage with a match against Bahrain.
OMAN SQUAD: Khalid al Oraimi, Munther al Oraimi, Abdullah al Souti, Nooh al Zadjali, Mashal al Oraimi, Ahmed al Owaisi, Salim al Oraimi, Younis al Owaisi, Sami al Balushi, Yahya al Muraikhi, Abdulrahman al Fazari, Musallam al Oraimi, Majid al Affari, Yousef al Zadjali, Amjad al Hamdani and Sameer al Afari.
Oman Observer is now on the WhatsApp channel. Click here
