The previous head of the Qatar Olympic Committee, H E Sheikh Saoud bin Khalid Al-Thani, the head of the Qatar Press Center, Saad Mohammed Al Rumaihi, and Prof. Ahmed Al Emadi participated in a panel discussion on “Qatari Football and the World Cup” on Thursday at Qatar University.
The panel discussion was sponsored by the College of Education at Qatar University and focused on two major topics: football in Qatar and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022. It also discussed various details and key moments in the history of Qatari sports.
The Dean of College of Education Dr. Hessa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani said that sport is an important competitive field of education and the first pillar of a good life, adding that it gives the athlete the desire to give and work in group and contributes to the development of higher skills such as analysis and evaluation.
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She said that football is a tool of unity and positive cooperation between competitors, stressing that the College of Education organized this panel to highlight important aspects as a contribution to the country’s efforts to prepare for hosting World Cup.
Sheikh Saoud said in statements to Qatar News Agency (QNA) that Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for the first time in the Arab region is a great honour, pointing out that Qatar has achieved, through sports, a construction boom, highly praised by the world, and was able to be among the best countries in the world in the fields of education, health and urban development, and over the course of 12 years it became a focus of global attention.
He noted that sport is of great importance in various fields, and it is necessary to pay attention to all sports besides football, pointing out that the establishment of the Olympic Committee contributed to the development of Qatari sports and the making of Qatari champions.
Al Rumaihi said that football today has become the most prominent event for the whole world for its close connection with economic, social and political sectors due to its great impact on the world, stressing that Qatar does not know the impossible in any field, especially in the field of sports and hosting successful tournaments.
In a similar statement to QNA, Al Rumaihi said that Qatar’s hosting of this world championship is a message to the world that the Arab fans are advocates of peace and spread messages of love between countries without discrimination, noting that hosting the World Cup is a real opportunity to convey the beautiful image of the Arab peoples, which are distinguished by good hospitality and spreading love.
He discussed the history of football throughout the world during the panel, beginning with the founding of the English Federation in 1863 and reviewing the most significant phases of Qatari football since the 1980s. He predicted that at least one billion and 700 million people will watch the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which will take place in Qatar.
