FC Barcelona handball team off to Qatar

The world handball championship for clubs, the Super Globe, is set to start and current holders FC Barcelona are heading for the Qatari capital.

Six and a half hour flight

They met on Saturday morning at 8.30 AM CET at the Palau Blaugrana to have breakfast together before heading to the airport for an 11.00 AM flight to Doha.

There were six and half hours of travel between the capitals of Catalonia and Qatar, where they are due to arrive at 6.30 PM local time (one hour ahead of Barcelona).

Fixtures

Barcelona make their Super Globe debut at 7.15 PM CET on Sunday against local side Al-Saad.

On Monday at 1.00 PM CET they face Sydney University and on Tuesday at the same time their opponents will be Esperance of Tunisia.

Wednesday is a rest day, while the semi-finals are on Thursday and the grand final on Friday.