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Rio De Janeiro
The Qatari handball team will begin its campaign at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with a match against Croatia on Sunday.
Qatar have been placed in tough Group A which includes world champions France who are targeting a hat-trick in Rio.
Tunisia, France, Denmark, Croatia and Argentina are other teams in the contest.
The Qatari squad includes: Zarko Markovicm Hassan Mabrouk, Bertrand Roine, Rafael Capote, Abdulrazzaq Murad, Danijel Saric, Eldar Memisevic, Bassel al Rayes, Nasreddine Megdich, Goran Stojanovic, Borja Vidal, Kamalaldin Mallash, Abdelrahman Abdalla and Ameen Zakkar
Qatar's daily training regime often includes two sessions and consists of gym work, running, and practicing tactics in an attempt to prepare athletes holistically.
Within three years, the Qatar handball team has made giant strides to become the Asian powerhouse. They clinched gold medal at Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea two years ago and also triumphed in the Asian Championship in January this year.
But the best show from the Al Anabi came last year when they stunned the world by reaching the final of World Hanball Championship, only losing to France in the final.
