On Tuesday, 9th of May, SEK-Qatar played their first match in the Group B of the QUESS U14 Boys’ Basketball League. SEK International School Qatar hosted the match against Qatar Academy Sidra. With points scored by all five players in the SEK-Qatar’s team, SEK-Qatar secure comfortable victory of 43-21. Well done, Team!

Jorge scored 4 points.

Marios scored 4 points.

Ryota scored a total of 13 points.

Román scored a total of 14 points.

Samuel scored 8 points.

Coaches: Muhammad Mc Intee-Masud, Zisin Lee.

Squad: Jorge Brito, Marios Darby, Román Timón, Ryota Wolff, Samuel Hecker.

On Tuesday 21st of February, the under 16 boys’ basketball team travelled to ISLQ to compete on the QUESS U16 Boys’ Basketball tournament.

SEK Qatar’s basketball players made a good effort setting screens and moving the ball around the court. Mahmoud was great on the rebounds. Ryota made a very good effort against much taller players in the oppositions. Adel made two beautiful three point shots and showed some nice ball work.

Game 1: International School of London Qatar vs SEK International School Qatar (13-9)

Ryota scored 2 free throws. Adel scored a total of 7 points (1×3 point shot, 2×2 points shots).

The first line up was: Ryota, Adel, Mahmoud, Ulises, and Jonas.

Game 2: Al Khor International School vs SEK International School Qatar (13-6)

Ryota scored 2 points, and a free throw. Adel scored a 3 point shot.

All players got some game time.

Posterior to the tournament, there was time for a couple of friendly matches.

Game 3: SEK Qatar played against Qatar International School on the outdoors court on a 2 ten minutes halves. Everybody played.

Game 4: 40 minutes of a 6 on 6 friendly match between players, Samuel’s father, and staff. It was a good practice time.

The boys had a fun time during the competition. Onwards and upwards! Well done, players and coaches!

Squad: Adel Amer, Gorkem Aris, Jack Kassardjian, Jorge Brito, Mahmoud Ladki, Nejc Petric, Roman Timon, Ryota Wolff, Samuel Hecker, Ulises Ceballos.

Players who attended to watch, and gain experience: Jonas Hecker, Marios Darby, Oliver Wolff.

On Monday, 28th of November, the U16 girls’ basketball team travelled with coaches Mr. Muhammad McIntee-Masud and Ms. Zisin Lee to compete on the QUESS U16 Girls’ Basketball Tournament at Qatar International School (QIS). The SEK International School Qatar’s squad played against three other schools.

On the first match, SEK faced QIS, with Katerina scoring 2 points, and Victoria 8 points for SEK Qatar. Final result saw a win of 10 points to 2 points for SEK. On the second match, against Dukhan English School, SEK scored a total of 10 points to 2 points from Dukhan. Gabriela scored 4 points, and Victoria another 6 points. On the third match, SEK played against a very strong side from Doha College, losing 7-9. Gabriela scored 2 points, Katerina 2 points, Victoria 3 points. On the last match, versus Al Khor International School, SEK won by 12-9. Gabriela scored 6 points, Salma 2 points, Katerina 2 points, Victoria 2 points.

SEK players’ highlights:

Victoria had the hot shot of the evening. With solid use of the backboard. Great job bringing basketball up the court.

Gabriela had a great laying-up the centre of the key. She was fast driving up the court.

Great defense from the forwards, owned their zone. Forwards also did a great job squaring up, and rebounding, especially on defense, with Katerina continuously blocking shots from opponents.

Overall, the team played a fast paced hustle. They communicated well, and supported each other in defense and offence.

With 39 points scored, SEK Qatar finished in 1st place, winning the QUESS U16 Girls’ Basketball Tournament of 2016-2017.

Squad: Gabriela de la Cuesta, Katerina Darby, Salma El-Bechouti, Tsunami Ceballos, Victoria Pérez.

Keep up the great work!

On Tuesday 10th, SEK Qatar hosted another QUESS U13 Boys’ Basketball match against Compass International School Doha. SEK Qatar’s squad was superior throughout the whole game, with a score of 14-0 after the first 20 minutes, and ending the match with 37-14. The man of the match was Ryota Yamazki-Wolff, who had a fantastic performance.

Squad: Adrián García, Alejandro Tebar, Alessandro Benini, Carlos Heredia, Majd Saed, Mario Salvador, Nicolas Montesinos, Oriol Cano Palau, Ryota Yamazki-Wolff, Samuel.

Coach: Mr. Muhammad Mc Intee-Masud.

Some information on playing statistics of the various girls and boys leagues that SEK Qatar is currently competing on. Click on the pictures to check current positions on Basketball, Football, and Volleyball.

On the 23rd of February the QUESS U12 and U13 Boys’ Football squads travelled to Qatar Academy (QA) to play their matches. U12 played two matches, winning 3-2 against QA A team, and drawing against QA B team 0-0. U13 Boys did well winning their only match by 1 goal to nil.

On the following day, Dukhan English School (DES) visited SEK Qatar for a QUESS U13 Boys’ Basketball fixture. The SEK squad performed well, and won the match scoring 28 points against 20 points from DES.