“Competition in the fourth GCC Games - Doha 2026 will begin Tuesday, with Doha hosting the event through May 22. The tournament will feature 1,400 male and female athletes from the six GCC states competing in 17 sports: handball, table tennis, athletics, padel, fencing, boxing, taekwondo, karate, swimming, billiards, snooker, 3x3 basketball, shooting, archery, volleyball, equestrian and bowling. Women athletes will compete in 3x3 basketball, athletics, padel, taekwondo, fencing, shooting and archery. Qatar will be represented by 193 athletes competing across all events at the tournament. Bowling competition will open on Tuesday at the Qatar Bowling Federation Hall, with the singles event taking place on the opening day. Players will compete through to the final, followed by an awards ceremony later that day. Qatar's bowling team will include Jassim Al Muraikhi, Talal Al Marri, Badr Al Sada, Abdulrahman Al Dosari, Ahmed Darwish and Abdullah Al Dosari. Bowling competition will continue on Wednesday with the doubles event, followed by the medal ceremony. The trios competition, consisting of three games, will take place on Thursday, also followed by medal presentations. The team event will be held on Friday and Saturday, while the bowling competition will conclude on Sunday with the Masters event and final awards ceremony. Qatari bowlers are seeking to continue their run of podium finishes at the tournament and raise the Qatari flag high at the Gulf sporting event. Taekwondo competition will also begin on Tuesday at the Qatar Women's Sports Committee Hall in Aspire Dome. Events will be contested across eight weight categories: under 80 kilograms, over 80 kilograms, under 58 kilograms, under 68 kilograms, over 67 kilograms, under 67 kilograms, under 57 kilograms and under 49 kilograms. Qatar's taekwondo team will include four male and three female athletes: Mohammed Shaalan in the under-80-kilogram division; Ali Al Arimi in the over-80-kilogram division; Hassan Al Nuaimi in the under-58-kilogram division; Mohammed Ashraf Awadallah in the under-68-kilogram division; Nour Mohammed in the over-67-kilogram division; Maram Al Fatnassi in the under-67-kilogram division; and Nojood Ali Al Fahd in the under-57-kilogram division. Taekwondo competition will run for two days, with medal ceremonies held at the end of each day across the various weight divisions. Table tennis competition will also begin on Tuesday at the Aspire Dome and continue through May 17. Qatar's team will feature Mohammed Abdulwahab, Abdullah Abdulwahab, Sultan Al Kuwari, Ahmed Eid and Rawad Al Nasser. Competition will be held in men's and women's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and the men's team event. Four teams, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman, will compete in the men's team category.Winners across all categories will be crowned on May 16 and 17. Competition in the 3x3 basketball tournament at the fourth GCC Games - Doha 2026 will also begin Tuesday, with Gharafa Hall hosting both the men's and women's events. In the men's competition, Qatar will play three consecutive Group A games, opening against the United Arab Emirates at 3:45 p.m., followed by Bahrain at 6:15 p.m., before concluding the day against Kuwait at 7:30 p.m. In the women's competition, Qatar will play two Group A matches on Tuesday, beginning against Oman at 2:30 p.m., followed by Kuwait at 5 p.m. Swimming competition at the Hamad Aquatic Center and billiards competition at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Hall will also begin on Tuesday. Equestrian events at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club, along with fencing and boxing at Aspire Dome and shooting at Lusail Shooting Range, will begin on Wednesday. Athletics competition at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium at Qatar SC, as well as handball matches at Duhail Sports Hall, will begin on Thursday. Snooker competition at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Hall will begin on Friday, while volleyball competition at the Women's Sports Hall and the padel competition at Aspire Dome will begin on Saturday.
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