Qatar win silver on final day of Beach Games

Qatar ended their ANOC World Beach Games campaign with a valiant silver medal in 4x4 volleyball Wednesday.

At the Katara Cultural Village, the hosts went down fighting to the United States 2-0 (18-21, 24-26). It was a golden double for the USA as their women also won gold defeating Brazil 2-0 (21-16, 21-9).Once again it was Cherif Younousse who excelled for the hosts, but this time his side just fell short. With his superb performance in front of the cheering home crowd he scored 23 points, including 18 off the attack.Saif Elmajid scored 10 points and Ziad Benlouaer had two of the seven blocks that Qatar had in the match.The first set was tight, but two huge blocks in a row pushed the Americans firmly in front, and they won 21-18.