Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar (23) defeated Jhonatan Golindano/Carlos Rangel, Venezuela (47) 2-1 (21-18, 22-24, 15-10).
It was the first FIVB World Tour meeting between the two teams.
In Pool B, Qatar is 2-0, advancing to the knockout phase, and Venezuela is 0-2. Also in Pool B, Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins is 2-0 and Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen of Germany is 0-2.
Up next for Qatar is Latvia while Venezuela plays Germany with the loser being eliminated. Both matches are Tuesday, 1 August.