ISTANBUL, Turkey: Qatar's Olympic squad on Saturday kicked off the final phase of their preparations ahead of this month's AFC U-23 Championship, details showed. Coached by Felix Sanchez, Qatar squad recently returned from Spain where they spent a couple of weeks preparing for the Jan 12 to 30 event. The top three sides at the Doha event will seal an automatic berth at this year's Olympic Games. The training session included fitness drills, team officials said on Saturday. Later the boys rested since the team management wants to keep 'the players fresh'. Qatar squad will be in training daily until January 7 when they return to Doha, officials said on Saturday. Qatar squad: Muhannad Naeem, Musab Al-Khader, Abdul Karim Hassan, Ali Asad, Mohammed Alaa, Bassam Hisham, Ahmed Alaa, Ahmed Fadel, Tariq Salman, Mohammed Muntari, Ahmed Yasser, Abdul Rahman Mohammed, Wazan Naem, Sultan Bareik, Tamim Mohammed, Mohammed Bakri, Essam Madapo, Moiaz Ali, Fahad Ali, Ahmed Moin, Abdullah Abdul Salam, Akram Afif,Salim Al-Hajri, Yusuf Hassan and Ahmed Al-Saadi. Coach: Felix Sanchez