Wednesday, 18th of February marked Qatar United English Speaking Schools (QUESS) U13 Girls’ Football Tournament organised and hosted by Al Khor International School (AKIS). Ten international schools participated on the event.

Pool A: Al Khor International School (AKIS); Compass International School (CIS); Dukhan English School (DES); Doha College (DC); Qatar International School (QIS).

Pool B: International School of London Qatar (ISLQ); SEK International School Qatar (SEK); Sherborne Qatar; Qatar Academy (QA); Park House English School (PHES).

On the group stage: SEK drew their first 7-a-side match against ISLQ without scoring. On our second match, SEK beat Sherborne with a great goal from Salma Elbechouti. The third match was also won against PH, with one goal from Miriam Gutierrez. On the fourth match, despite the great competitiveness and skills shown from both sides, SEK drew nil-nil with QA. With two wins and two draws SEK finished second on Pool B which, was topped by QA.

On the semi-finals, QIS played QA, and SEK played CIS. After regular time and extra time, neither SEK nor CIS had scored a goal. And so, the result had to be decided on penalties. Miriam Gutierrez defended CIS first penalty. SEK Salma scored the first goal. Both CIS and SEK missed their second penalty kick. As Miriam defended CIS third penalty, the final score was signed by Katerina Darby with a successful third penalty kick, closing the semi-final result with 2 goals to SEK, and nil goals to CIS.

SEK got to the final, and played against QIS. During regular time, SEK showed superiority but, did not manage to score any of the great opportunities created against opposition. The match went into extra time, and later decided on penalties. Great performances by both goal keepers saw the match resolved after 4 penalties from each team, with SEK GK Miriam Gutierrez scoring the only goal which, decided the Championship’s Winner.

Congratulations to all SEK female football team! The U13 Girls’ Football won the first QUESS trophy for SEK International School Qatar. Go Team!

U13 Girls’ Football squad: Amanda Horn; Claudia Morrondo; Katerina Darby; Gabriela de la Cuesta; Salma Elbechouti; Emilia Montalvo; Claudia Montalvo; Miriam Gutierrez de la Flor; Valentina Schell; Victoria Pérez.

Coaches: Ms. Dalila Rodrigues, Ms. Paula Rego.

Matches’ results: ISLQ 0-0 SEK; SEK 1-0 Sherborne; SEK 1-0 PHES; SEK 0-0 QA; Semi-final: SEK 2-0 CIS; Final: SEK 1-0 QIS.