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Observer
24-04-2025
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- Observer
Oman stars arrive in Seychelles for Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup
MUSCAT, APRIL 24 The Oman beach soccer team players arrived in Mahe Island in Seychelles on Thursday to take part in the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup which will begin from May 1 to 11. Oman's delegation received a warm welcome upon their arrival to Seychelles International Airport as Non-resident Ambassador of Oman to Republic of Seychelles, Saud bin Hilal al Shaidani, was among the head officials to receive the national team delegation. Oman squad, under the technical guidance of experienced coach Talib Hilal, is in best shape to commence their sixth appearance in the global event. Oman, who will eye to advance to the knockout stage for first time, will take on Italy, who ended runners-up in the last edition, on May 2. They will meet El Salvador, champions of 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship, on May 4 and conclude group matches against world champions Brazil on May 6. Upon arrival to the Mahe Island, the coaching staff instructed the players for a light training session to stretch their muscles after the long journey. Then, the team will have their daily training schedules until the kick-off action of the tournament. Oman will play two friendly matches in their final warm-up camp in Seychelles as they will meet against hosts Seychelles and Paraguay on Sunday. These two matches will be critical as they will shape the player's readiness for this essential assignment. Oman will enter this event with high morale after they had ended as runners-up at the 2025 AFC Asian Beach Soccer Beach in Thailand last March. The team had suffered a 8-1 loss against Iran in the concluding match. Also, they had ended recently as champions of GCC Beach Games in Muscat by claiming gold medals and both events acted as a golden opportunity for the team to gear up for the global showpiece event. Oman team players had excelled with an outstanding show in the Gulf event as they started with a 5-1 thrashing of Bahrain. They stunned Kuwait 3-1 before securing a thrilling 1-0 win over the UAE in third game. Later, Oman thumped Saudi Arabia by 7-2 to seal the victory and gold medal. Oman squad: Younis al Owaisi, Amjad al Hamdani, Said al Farsi, Abdullah al Souti, Musallam al Oraimi, Nooh al Zadjali, Ahmed al Owaisi, Salim al Oraimi, Mundher al Oraimi, Sami al Balushi, Al Yadhan al Hindasi, Yahya al Murkhi, Khalid al Oraimi and Mashal al Oraimi.
Observer
13-04-2025
- Sport
- Observer
Oman beach soccer team in final tune-up for WC
MUSCAT: The champions of GCC Beach Games in beach soccer will report back to training sessions on Tuesday as part of their final warm up for Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 which will take place from May 1 to 11. The scheduled domestic camp will be the final tune up for the globe event and ahead of the team's travel to Seychelles. Oman and UAE players in action Oman experienced head coach, Talib Hilal, announced the 14 man squad for the upcoming camp which will take place starting form Tuesday and will run until April 23. The squad included: Amjad al Hamadani, Younis al Owaisi, Said al Farsi, Abdullah al Souti, Nooh al Zadjali, Ahmed al Owaisi, Salim al Oraimi, Mundher al Oraimi, Sami al Balushi, Musallam al Oraimi, Al Yadhan al Hindasi, Yahya al Muraikhi, Khalid al Oraimi and Mashal al Oraimi. Oman player backwards the ball Oman national beach soccer team concluded recently a successful campaign at GCC Beach Games as they won all the matches and clinched the gold medal. Oman team players excelled an outstanding show in all ties as they defeated Bahrain by 5-1. Then, they stun Kuwait team 3-1 before securing a thrilling 1-0 over UAE in third game. Later, Oman thumped Saudi Arabia by 7-2 to seal the victory and gold medal. Oman and Saudi Arabia players in action Oman, in their sixth appearance at the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup will face a tough challenge as they will take on World Champions Brazil and the runners up Italy beside El Salvador who crowned champions of 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in group D. Oman will commence their campaign 2025 Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup with a match against Italy on May 2 in the opener and the match will kick off at 15:00 (Oman time) while they will meet El Salvador in the following game on May 4 and the match will start at 15:00 (Oman time). Two days later, Oman team will take on World Champions Brazil. The match will kick off at 19:00 (Oman time). All the matches will take place at the Paradise Arena.
