Oman to submit bid for Asian Volleyball meet in 2022

Oman University Sports Committee (OUSC)’S board agreed to submit the Sultanate bid for hosting the Asian University Beach Volleyball Championship in 2022.

This decision was taken during the first meeting of the committee after the re-formation of board for the next period. The meeting was conducted through video online call and presided by Dr Salim al Oraimi, the chairman of OUSC, in presence of all the board members.

The online meeting also featured many other decisions including participation of the National University football team at the Asian

Championship in South Korea in next September. The board approved also another event for the football team and to take part at the Arabian futsal championsip in Abu Dhabi in December 2020. The OUSC’S board discussed on defining the national teams to participate at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Sichuan city in China.

The chief of OUSC thanked all the positive contributions of the previous board members and he requested the new board members to continue working hard for the development of the University Sports in the Sultanate. The new formation of the OUSC board which issued by the Ministry of Sports Affairs recently featured the following members: Dr Salim al Oraimi, Chairman of the Committee, Dr Qassim Murdha Jaafar, Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Dr Zahir al Ghasseni, Sami al Yousifi, Salim al Hajri, Aisha al Jabriya and Ahmed al Darmaki Secretary of the Committee.

OUSC organised successfully in last February the fifth edition of the Arabian University Beach Volleyball Championship in direct coordination with Ministry of Sports Affairs. Sixteen teams representing 11 countries took part at the event. Oman national University Beach Volleyball team were crowned as champion of the tournament after beating Libya team 2-0 in the final game. In another top achievement of the OUSC, the committee had announced in last December that Oman will host the FISU World University Cross Country Championships in 2024 after the Sultanate’s bid was confirmed by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) during the meeting held in Switzerland in December 2019.

The University sport teams impressed last year as the futsal team bagged a runner-up finish in the summit clash of the Arabian University futsal championship against Egypt in Abu Dhabi in November 2019. The team had suffered a 5-2 loss against Egypt in the concluding game.