Qatar competed at the 2026 Asian Beach Games in Sanya, China from 22 to 30 April 2026. This marks the return of the Asian Beach Games, ten years since the 2016 edition in Da Nang, Vietnam.
At the opening ceremony, aquathlon athlete Shaheen Al-Kaabi and beach volleyball player Haya Abu-Issa were the flagbearers for Qatar.
Qatar finished with two golds and one silver medal. The pairing of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan won the men's beach volleyball event and the Qatar national team won the men'st 3x3 basketball tournament. The Qatar men's national beach handball team also finished as silver medalists. Medalists Gold No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Cherif YounousseAhmed Tijan Beach volleyballMen's doubles29 Apr 2 Mohammed AbbasherOusmanediatta DiengDejan JanjićAbdulrahman Saad3x3 basketballMen's team29 Apr
Silver No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Silver Beach handballMen's team29 Apr
Competitors The following is the list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotalAquathlon1 0 13x3 basketball4 4 8Beach handball10 0 10Beach volleyball 4 4 8Beach wrestling 2 0 2Ju-jitsu 2 0 2Sailing 2 0 2 Total 25 8 33 3x3 basketball
Summary EventGroup StageQualifiersQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMen's teamW 21–11W 22–15W 15–121 QW 20–16W 18–16W 21–10Women's teamL 5–21L 7–213 qW 1–21Did not advance
Men's tournament Team roster
Mohammed Abbasher Ousmanediatta Dieng Dejan Janjić Abdulrahman Saad
Preliminary rounds – Group C
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold medal match
Women's tournament Team roster
Sama Gasir Mona Elsayed Alaa Soliman Tania Taweel
Preliminary rounds – Group A
Play-ins
Beach handball
Summary EventGroup StageSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMen's teamW 2–0W 2–0W 2–0W 2–0W 2–0W 2–0W 2–01QW 2–0L 1–2
Beach volleyball
AthletesEventPreliminary roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreCherif SambaAhmed JankoMen's tournamentW (21–16, 21–10)W (21–14, 21–9)W (21–11, 21–23, 15–10)1QW (21–10, 21–16)W (21–10, 21–19)W (21–12, 21–14)W (21–15, 21–12)Mohamed ZainelabedinMusa MouW (21–17, 21–15)W (21–10, 21–5)L (19–21, 17–21)2QL (10–21, 16–21)Did not advance
References
External links Qatar at the 2026 Asian Beach Games official website