posted May 3rd, 2015 - The Qatar Tigers appeared on the SKYLEAGUE.COM leaderboard the first time in January 2011 after competing at the DIPC 2011, and they have been a part of the international 4-way community ever since.

Coach Luc Verstrepen, former NMP-PCH Hayabusa member, guided his 2012 lineup (Fahad Aljehani, Rashid Alkubaisi, Hamad Almari, Aziz Alshamari, with Pavel Skotak on camera) through Qatar's first world meet in Dubai 2012 where they finished short of the semifinals with a 17.0 average after Round 8.

Unfortunately, the Qatar Tigers then missed the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2014 in Prostejov, where they were expected to compete for one of the six slots in the finals. However, the Qatar 4-way project was far from over, and the 2014 lineup (Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Aadawy, Hamad Almari, Aziz Abdulwahab Almotawa, Fahad Alshamari, with Pavel Skotak on camera) was showing that clearly at the 5th Dubai International Parachuting Championship.

World Challenge 2015			Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		15,K,E,F	11,22,A	16,H,M,19	3,10,D	17,18,P	4,12,O	5,N,L,G	14,B,C,20	2,1,21	J,Q,6,13	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	40	24	32	25	29	26	38	30	24	33	301	30.1
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	36	24	28	22	28	23	34	26	23	29	273	27.3
3	Weembi Lille	FR	36	20	31	25	23	23	31	29	21	29	268	26.8
4	Gavroche	FR	34	23	30	23	25	23	32	27	22	24	263	26.3
5	Thunder ISR	BE	35	21	29	23	27	21	28	24	22	27	257	25.7
6	SportLoto	RU	36	23	30	21	24	21	32	22	23	22	254	25.4
7	Artemis Saumur RealFly	FR	33	21	28	22	23	21	29	27	19	27	250	25.0
8	Qatar Tigers	QA	28	21	29	22	26	20	30	24	21	25	246	24.6

The 19.7 average in December 2014 was evidence enough that the Qatar Tigers are on their way to compete on the world's top level. Dubai Asaar Black had won the last slot in the finals (6th) in Prostejov with a 17.1 average.

The Tigers lineup changed again at the end of the 2014 season. Hamad Almari, Aziz Alshamari and Fahad Alshamari came to the team's first 2015 competition, the World Challenge, with new member Yusuf Al Jahani.

However, the new Qatar Tigers seem to continue with the scoring progression without interruption. The third visit to Bodyflight Bedford had the third new indoor record average for the team (21.3 - 23.0 - 24.6) as a result.

World Meet 2014			Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Class		E,3,C,5	F,6,D,21	19,H,2	M,4,1	O,14,A,P	8,J,16	7,11,12	22,20,15	17,G,18	13,B,9	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	29	25	25	33	25	22	18	26	29	264	26.4
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	31	27	25	24	31	23	22	17	24	29	253	25.3
3	Evolution	CA	31	28	24	22	28	23	20	21	25	27	249	24.9
4	VoltR	FR	24	26	18	23	26	20	20	13	24	21	215	21.5
5	Barkli	RU	24	23	20	22	25	21	19	16	18	26	214	21.4
6	Dubai Asaar Black	AE	18	20	17	17	20	14	15	13	17	20	171	17.1

The Qatar Tigers did not make the Top 10 at the team's first World Challenge in 2013. The 21.3 average was only good enough for the 11th place. However, a year later, the Tigers moved up to the 7th place with a 23.0 average. The World Challenge has neither a cut after Round 8 nor after Round 9.

Coach Luc Verstrepen had to work a new member into the lineup for the 2015 season, and this year's 24.6 average speaks for the personnel change. The Qatar Tigers still had to accept a lower ranking (8th) than in 2014. The new lineup of the French B-Team, Artemis Saumur Flyzone, improved their scoring and performance level even more significantly and outscored the Qatar Tigers by four points. The French world class pickup team Weembi Lille also claimed one of the top rankings.

Coach Luc Verstrepen said that he is now hoping for a smoother road to the next world meet, where he plans to see his team make it to the finals and Round 10...