Abdulla Al-Karbi
Qatari handball player (born 1990)
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Abdulla Al-Karbi (born 10 June 1990) is an Emirati-born[1] Qatari handball player for Al Sadd and the Qatari national team.[2]
He was part of the Qatar team that won silver medals at the 2015 World Championship in Qatar, the first World Championship medal for both Qatar and for any Asian team.[3] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar.[4][5] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[6] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[7] Furthermore there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.[8][9][10] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[11][12]