The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) released its calendar of sports events for 2023 featuring 81 sports events, including 14 major international tournaments.
Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will host the calendar’s first sports event in 2023, which is the King of the Court finals (Beach Volleyball) this January, followed by the Beach Pro Tour finals. In February, QVA will also host the 2023 Beach Volleyball Word Pro Tour-Elite 16.
The Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation will also continue to organise annual professional tennis events starting with the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in February.
The calendar will see four major international sports events in March, as Qatar Gymnastics Federation will organise the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup 2023. The Qatar Golf Association will host the 37th edition of the Qatar Open Amateur Championship, the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association will stage the 2023 ISSF World-shotgun and the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton will organise the Ooredoo Qatar Major Padel Championship.
International sports events will continue flowing into Doha in May 2023, where the IJF World Judo Championship will take place at Ali bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Arena.
Doha will host more international sports events in 2023, the Qatar Basketball Federation will organise FIBA 3×3 World Tour-Doha. In addition, Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton will host the Qatar QTerminals Classic Squash Tournament at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
This 2023 sports calendar contains 23 international championships, the most prominent include the Longines World Show Jumping Champions Tours, the qualifying tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympics in show jumping, the 28th edition of Qatar International Table Tennis Championship, the 2023 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Golf Championship, Qatar Fencing Grand Prix – Epee, Qatar Grand Prix (Shotgun), the inaugural leg of FIP’s Official Padel Tour, the Doha Diamond League, the 3rd edition of Qatar International Taekwondo Open Championship, the Qatar International Ice Hockey Open Championship, and the Qatar International Weightlifting Cup (Grand Prix ).
Asian and GCC levels
On the Asian level, the calendar is packed with 17 Asian sports events, including the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Pre-Qualifiers, the Asia Professional Golf Tour, West Asia Men’s Athletics Championship, FIBA U16 Asian Championship, Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy, West Asia Men’s Squash Championship, Asian Handball Qualifications for 2024 Olympic Games, and Asian Padel Championship.
On the Arab level, there are four championships to be staged in Doha, including the Doha Stars Artistic Gymnastic Championship, Arab Squash Championship (Singles – Teams), Arab Padel Tournament, and Arab Judo Championship 2023.
On the GCC level, Doha will be the host city of five sports events, including the 9th edition of the 2023 GCC Sports Tournament for Universities and Higher Education Institutions, GCC Squash Championship (singles and teams), GCC 3×3 U16 Basketball Championship, GCC 3×3 Basketball Championship, GCC Padel Championship, and GCC Billiard and Snooker Championship.
The newly-released calendar includes a big number of local and community events such as the Qatar Basketball Cup final, the National Sports Day celebration, the QOC Challenge Championship (CrossFit), the QOC Beach Games, the Qatar Volleyball Cup final, the closing ceremony of the Olympic Schools Program, HH the Amir Volleyball Cup final, Qatar Handball Cup final, HH the Amir Handball Cup, HH the Amir Basketball Cup final, World Olympic Day, Sport Excellency Awards, the Flag Relay, the Amir Football Cup final, the Qatar Football Cup Final and HH The Emir Sword Equestrian Festival.
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