KUWAIT CITY, Oct 14: In preparations for the upcoming 2023-2024 sports season, the Board of Directors of the Volleyball Federation has established a new Training and National Teams Committee. This decision follows the dissolution of the previous committee last month.

Heading the newly formed committee is Nayef Al-Flekawi, a member of the Federation’s Board of Directors. Joining him are Abdul Redha Al-Wayli as vice-president, Moataz Al-Moumen as the rapporteur, and Talal Al-Jassim and Jaber Al-Sharif as committee members. The primary task of this committee is to evaluate and recommend suitable coaching candidates to train our national teams in the upcoming period.

These recommendations will be submitted to the Federation’s Board of Directors for consideration.

Meanwhile, in the fourth round of the Al-Ittihad Volleyball Refresher Championship, Kuwait secured a 3-0 victory over Kazma (with scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-22). Similarly, Al-Qadsia triumphed over Al-Tadamon, also with a 3-0 score (25-15, 25-14, 25-17), while Burgan won 3-1 against Yarmouk (25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 25-12). Additionally, Al-Arabi emerged victorious against Al-Shabab with a score of 3-1 (25-27, 31-29, 25-22, 25-22).
Al-Qadsia lead the championship’s team standings with 9 points, followed by Kazma in second place, Burgan in third, and Al-Arabi in fourth. Kuwait and Al-Shabab each have 6 points, while Yarmouk, Al-Sahel, and Al-Tadamon have yet to secure any points.

In a scheduling update, the Al-Ittihad Competitions Committee has moved the match between Al-Sahel and Al-Tadamon, originally scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, to be held today, Sunday, at Al-Ittihad Hall in the Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Complex at 6:30 p.m. The rest of the teams will compete in their matches as per the current schedule in the upcoming fifth round