Tuesday 06 / October / 2026
Amman: Oman's national volleyball team is participating in the 24th Arab Men's Volleyball Championship, hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The tournament kicks off this evening and runs until 15 October at the Arena Hall in the Jordanian capital, Amman, with the participation of six Arab teams: Oman, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Algeria.
Oman will play Algeria later this evening at 6:00 pm Oman time. The team's second match will be against Saudi Arabia tomorrow, Wednesday, at 5:00 pm. Oman will face Kuwait on Friday, 9 October, at 7:00 pm, followed by a match against tournament host Jordan on Sunday, 11 October, at 7:00 pm. Oman will conclude its fixtures against Bahrain on Wednesday, 14 October.
The tournament will be played in a single round-robin format. The team finishing first will win the championship and gold medals, the runner-up will receive silver medals, and the third-placed team will take bronze.
Oman finished fourth in the previous edition and won the bronze medal in the 22nd edition.
It is worth noting that 12 teams from the 18 member states of the Arab Volleyball Federation are absent from this tournament, which will have a clear impact on the technical level of the competition. The absent teams are the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, Sudan, and Somalia.
