Regional sustainability and competition plans … a brilliant future for Qatar’s leading role on the global sports arena

Mark
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Over the past two decades, the State of Qatar has become a global sporting destination by organizing many major championships, which played a pivotal role in strengthening its image on the international scene thanks to the unlimited support that the country’s wise leadership and the Qatar Olympic Committee in order for the state to remain in its position. Sports distinguished worldwide.

Despite its hosting of many international sports tournaments, the most prominent turning point was Qatar’s organization of the FIFA World Cup FIFA 2022, which is the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world.

The Qatar World Cup was distinguished by providing a global infrastructure, including the creation of innovative stadiums such as “House Stadium” and “Lusail Stadium”, where it brought together sustainability and technology, and the state has also invested significantly in developing transportation networks, hotels and support services, which made the tournament a unique experience Its kind, whether for athletes or fans, describes the championship as the best in the history of world championships.

Before the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Doha hosted a wide range of international championships, most notably the World Athletics Championship 2019, the 2014 World Swimming Championship, the 2011 Asian Football Championship, and the 2015 World Handball Championship, as these tournaments were not just passing sporting events, but rather Practical tests of Qatari infrastructure and organizational capacity to receive international activities.

Qatar was distinguished by organizing global and continental events in individual games, as it hosted global tours of tennis and swimming, cars, motorcycles, squash, and pair, in addition to the world championship in boxing as well as table tennis, as well as the 2006 Asian Games, as well as international and local equestrian festivals And camel.

Qatar came out of all these events in a wonderful and ideal manner in organizing and providing distinguished sporting experiences, whether for the athletes themselves or the masses, thanks to its high -quality sporting facilities that keep pace with all international specifications.

Despite success, there are some challenges that Qatar may face in the future, including the great investment in the sport infrastructure that needs sustainability plans to ensure long -term returns, especially in light of regional and international competition from the countries of the region such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both of which seek strongly to enter The field of hosting major tournaments, which increases competitive challenges.

By achieving the sustainability equation in sports infrastructure and addressing regional and international competition, Qatar will be able to maintain its position in the global sports map as a central destination to host and organize the most important and most important sporting events.

Thanks to the ambitious plans for the future, Qatar appears to be prepared to continue this leadership role on the global sports scene, and then preserve the strong global in the field of organizing major championships, especially as it was able to employ sports as a tool to achieve its economic and political goals.

Qatar has been distinguished in recent years in hosting the most prominent international sports championships, the world is still talking about Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, to obtain Qatar praises from the international community by its impressive organization of the tournament, which will remain in the memory, in terms of the unique Qatari organization, and the excellence in the good preparation of the structure Infrastructure, Qatar outperformed itself, after the championship sales achieved more than 2.45 million tickets to attend the matches, on the World Cup stadiums.

The dazzling Qatari organization of the major continental sports events returned, in the second year in a row, a year after the organization of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, to offer the country a new model by hosting the Asian Cup Qatar 2023 championship, to receive the Qatari capital, Doha, more than 702,800 visitors during January 2023, coinciding with it With the start of the tournament to achieve a new record in the number of international visitors that Qatar received within one month, in terms of the number of public attendance that broke the record, by reaching more than one million and 170 thousand and 219 fans who were in the championship, while about 3 million people used the Doha Metro And the Tarm Lusail, which strengthened the tourist status of Qatar internally and externally, to become and will remain a kiss for visitors of various nationalities because of its investments for natural ingredients in it and the development of its infrastructure and tourism facilities and its attractiveness for all events.

During its organization, a distinguished championship for it and the Arabs, Qatar had the dazzling, amazement and creativity in the ideal organization of matches and activities of the Asian Cup Qatar 2023, which crowned the Qatari team for the second time in its history, after its victory over the Jordanian team in the final (3-1), To keep / support / the title that he received in the last version that took place in the UAE in 2019, to continue the throne of Asian football by winning the cup in two consecutive versions for the first time since the Japanese team crowned the title in my versions (2000 and 2004).

The journey of excellence in the good Qatari organization of sports events continued to organize the Asian Cup Qatar U -23 Championship, two months after the conclusion of the Asian Cup 2023 Qatar, on the World Cup stadiums, so that the Qatari capital, Doha, witnesses a great public interaction in the tournament that also witnessed 16 teams competing over The title was held during the period from April 15, 2024 to May 3 of the same year, which was the championship that revealed the identities of the teams qualified for the Olympic Games /Paris 2024 /.

Qatar also hosted the Qatar Grand Prix of Formula-1 Award last year 2024, in addition to the FIFA FIFA Confederations Cup Qatar 2024 football, with its new system, which was held in its final stages in Doha and with the participation of four clubs from different continents, after it took place on the 11th, 14 and 18 days December of last year 2024, with the participation of the major clubs in the world, led by Real Madrid, the Champions League champion and crowned with the title, next to the Mexican Pachuca team, Brazilian and Al -Ahly, Al -Ahly, to achieve great success after strong competitions were held for the four teams that made the fans of Qatari football and the fans Al Arabiya is in a new experience for a different and distinctive championship with the participation of the Confederations Champions, and it regains the memories of hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Also last year, Qatar succeeded in organizing the Master Championship for Water Games “Doha 2024”, which was held over ten days with the participation of about 2,600 sports and sports of all age ages, as the championship competitions included five sports: swimming, diving, and ball Water, rhythmic swimming, and swimming in open waters, and the tournament destroyed 41 records, as well as 19 global records, which exceeds any previous master championship, after the competitors presented distinctive levels that they dazzled for everyone over ten days, to send the tournament Messages to the world on Qatar’s ability to organize global sporting events, after hosting the World Water Games Championship and the Master Championship.

The Qatari Events Organization concluded the major championships, when Qatar organized a few days ago the 43rd edition of the Arab Championship for Men Volleyball Clubs, with the Qatar Club and the Arab Club, which concluded with the crowning of the Egyptian Zamalek as the champion of the competition, by winning in the final over his Egyptian citizen with three clean runs, to find the other The praise of the Qatari organization that contributed to the success of the championship at the organizational and technical levels of the participating clubs.

Qatar is currently preparing to organize five copies of the FIFA U -17 Football Championship starting from November this year, which confirms the recognition of the International Football Federation / FIFA / of the Qatari organization, and its ability in terms of quality and professional standards.

The country will also organize the Arab Cup for the teams in its next edition, after it hosted the last version in December 2021, with the participation of 16 teams, when Algeria won the title at the expense of Tunisia, in the mini rehearsal before the start of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which is the tournament that Qatar seeks to Its success to change the world’s view and misconceptions about Arab football and to correct the negative belief about it.