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I.S.S.F Newsletter

January 2016

Tunisian Habiba Ghribi 2015 Best Arab Sports Personality ********

The Arab Sport Press Association, in Tunis, issued a verdict on

who the best Arab Sports Personality of the year 2015 was

and Tunisian Habiba Ghribi, the 2nd World Champion who

won silver at the women's 3000 metres steeplechase events

at both 2015 World Championships in Beijing and 2011 IAAF

World Championships in Daegu, and held the best

performance of the year at the meeting of the IAAF

Diamond League in Birmingham, which declared her as the

winner of the women's category to take the title of “Best

Arab Sportswoman of the Year 2015”.

A week earlier in Tunis, Habiba was elected best Tunisian

sportswoman of the year 2015 by the annual poll organised

by Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) news agency. She also won

recognition by readers of the famous magazine Jeune

Afrique, as one of the most devoted and significant Women

of Africa in the year 2015.

It is recalled that Habiba Gribi also won the silver medal at

the London 2012 Olympic Games behind doping convicted

Russian; Yuliya Zaripova. Conversely, it is expected that the

Gold Medal of the London Games as well as the World

Championships in Daegu 2011 will be returned to her in the

coming months.

Habiba’s current objective is her preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,

with Gold as her highest step of the Athletics podium.

In This Issue:

Tunisian Habiba Ghribi 2015 Best Arab

Sports Personality ............................. 1

Opening of bidding process for hosting

the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in

2021 .................................................. 2

Invitation Letter sent all I.S.S.F

Member NOCs to participate in the

4th Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity

Games: .............................................. 2

Mohammad Abdulwahab shines in

ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals .......... 4

Egypt win 2016 African Handball Cup

of Nations, qualify for Rio 2016

Olympics ........................................... 4

Saudi Arabia win Rio quota in Asia

Olympic Shooting Qualifiers .............. 5

Egypt clinch Rio 2016 spot after

winning the Men’s African Olympic

Volleyball Qualification tournament .. 6

Iraq wins place in Rio 2016 Olympic

Games men’s football tournament .... 7

I.S.S.F Member NOCs ......................... 8

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Opening of bidding process for hosting the

5th Islamic Solidarity Games in 2021

The I.S.S.F General Assembly, at its 9th session held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 3rd

and 4th November 2015, announced opening the bidding process for hosting

and organising the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in 2021.

A circular letter, signed by His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin

ABDULAZIZ President of the I.S.S.F, was sent to all member NOCs, i.e. 57 Olympic

Committees, inviting them to submit their bids for the 5th Islamic Solidarity

Games within six months from the date of invitation.

Invitation Letter sent all I.S.S.F Member NOCs to participate in

the 4th Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games:

As per the decision taken by the I.S.S.F General Assembly, at its 9th session held

on 3rd and 4th November 2015, announcing the approval of organizing the 4th

Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan on 12th-22nd November 2017, His

Royal Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin ABDULAZIZ president of the

I.S.S.F sent the invitation letters to all I.S.S.F Member NOCs, i.e. 57 Olympic

Committees, to participate in the 4th Baku 2017 ISG.

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The 4th Baku 2017 ISG includes 18 sports and 2 special-needs sports,

namely:

No. Sport Category

1

Aquatics: Swimming Men Women

Diving Men Women

Water-polo Men ----

2 Athletics Men Women

3 Basketball 3 × 3 Men Women

4 Boxing Men ----

5 Football Men ----

6 Gymnastics Men Women

Rhythmic Gymnastics ---- Women

7 Handball Men Women

8 Judo Men Women

9 Karate Men Women

10 Shooting Men Women

11 Table Tennis Men Women

12 Tennis Men Women

13 Taekwondo Men Women

14 Volleyball Men Women

15 Weight-lifting Men Women

16 Wrestling Men Women

17 Wushu Men ----

18 Zurkhaneh Men ----

Special-Needs Sports:

1 Para-athletics Men Women

2 Blind Judo Men Women

Proposal to include the following two sports:

1 Badminton Men Women

2 Beach Soccer Men ----

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Mohammad Abdulwahab shines in ITTF World Junior Circuit

Finals

DOHA, January 24, 2016- Qatar’s Mohammad Abdulwahab is participating in

the ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals being held in India until January 24, 2016.

His compatriot Abdullah Al Najjar was supposed to participate in the event but

an Indian player replaced him.

Qatar’s Mohammed Abdulwahab suffered a 0-3 defeat against Tomokazu

Harimoto of Japan in the initial round.

Egypt win 2016 African Handball Cup of Nations, qualify for Rio 2016

Olympics

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Egypt’s men’s handball team won the 22nd Men’s African Handball Cup

of Nations and earned their qualifying ticked for the 2016 Olympics after

their win over Tunisia's 21-19 at the final game in Cairo.

This is the 6th African title won by Egypt after those earned in 1991, 1992,

2000, 2004 and 2008. Tunisia still has the record with 9 titles.

Both teams qualified for the IHF World Championship scheduled in 2017 in France

along with Angola who finished third after beating holders Algeria's 25-19 in the third

place playoff.

Tunisia's men’s handball team will take part in the World Olympic Qualification

tournaments on 7-10 April 2016 to compete for the final berth.

Saudi Arabia win Rio quota in Asia Olympic Shooting Qualifiers

Saudi Arabia’s shooter Atallah Alanazi won the Silver medal and was awarded with the

second slot for Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the first one for Saudi Arabia in New Delhi.

Alanazi booked the second place in the 10m Air Pistol Men Finals at the Dr. Karni

Singh Shooting Ranges during Day 6 of the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for

Shooting on February 1, 2016 in New Delhi, India.

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Egypt clinch Rio 2016 spot after winning the Men’s African

Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament

Brazzaville, January 12, 2016 - Egypt men's claimed their place at the Rio de Janeiro

2016 Olympic Games after overcoming Tunisia in a dramatic five set match at the

Men’s African Olympic Volleyball Qualification final tournament in Brazzaville.

The Egyptian team was able to hold its nerve in the closing stages to secure a 25-19,

20-25, 25-18, 19-25, 16-14 victory.

In Tokyo, March 2016, both Algeria and Tunisia will have a second chance to qualify

for Rio 2016 as they will take part in the intercontinental event, where they will meet

Chile and Mexico to secure a sole berth.

Algeria’s volleyball team won the third place after they defeated Cameroon in the third

place playoff.

The Olympic Qualification rules stipulate that the first placed team from the African

Olympic Qualification Tournament will directly qualify to Rio 2016, but the second

and third placed teams will take part in the World Olympic Qualifiers to compete for

the final berth.

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Iraq wins place in Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s football

tournament

Iraq booked a spot at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games after their victory over

hosts Qatar for third place at the Asian Football Confederation's under-23

championships with a 2-1 extra time win.

Iraq trailed after Ahmed Alaa’s first-half goal in the 27th min but Mohanad

Abdulraheem equalised with four minutes left, in the 86th min, and Aymen Hussein

headed the winner in the second half of extra-time in the 109th min.

This is the 5th time for Iraq to qualify for Olympic Games, as they reached the Olympic

Games 4 times in Moscow1980, Los Angeles1984, Seoul 1988 and Athens 2004.

In Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Iraq achieved a great victory as they reached the semi-

finals and won the fourth place in the bronze medal match, which is the biggest Olympic

football victory for Arabs in Asia.

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I.S.S.F Member NOCs

AZE JOR AFG ALB UAE

INA UZB UGA IRI PAK

BRN BRU BAN BEN BUR

TJK TUR TKM TCH TOG

TUN ALG DJI KSA SEN

SUD SYR SUR SLE SOM

IRQ OMA GAB GAM GUY

GIU GBS PAL COM KYG

QAT KAZ CMR CIV KUW

LIB LBA MDV MAL MAS

EGY MAR MTN MOZ NIG

NGR YEM