The report indicates that the ongoing development of sports facilities, and the number of tournaments that, are held annually keep pace with the ambitions of the State of Qatar that it seeks to achieve in the sports field at the global level, and its ambition to prepare 2022 FIFA World Cup Soccer optimally.
The report says that the State of Qatar is interested in providing many establishments and sports facilities for various sports activities, especially football stadiums, which has increased from 78 in 2007/2008 to 90 stadiums in 2010-2011. There has also been a rise in the number of sports stadiums, from 10 in 2007-2008 to 12 stadiums in 2010/2011. The State intends to build new sports stadiums on the occasion of 2022 FIFA World Cup Soccer, which will have the greatest impact, as it will increase the number of sports facilities in general and football stadiums in particular. In 2010-2011, players enrolled in sports federations totaled 15,414, of which 14,300 were males (92.7%), while 1,114 were females (7.3%). Male players enrolled in football activity were 33.5%, followed by 12.9 % in handball activity, and 10.8% for swimming. Female-centered games were taekwondo and judo (14.8%), followed by fencing (12.7%). The number of tournaments organized at the local level constituted around 459 tournaments (55.90%), followed by international tournaments that are amounted to 137 tournaments (16.7%), and then Gulf tournaments which made up 87 tournaments (10.6%).For more details: Click
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