By Sports Reporter/Doha
Qatar Aeronautical College (QAC), Qatar University (QU), College of the North Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q), and Northwestern University (NU-Q) have qualified to play in the semi-finals of the University League 2014-2015, a collaboration between Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) and Qatar Football Association (QFA).
Matches are set to take place on Thursday (January 29) at the Qatar Foundation, Pitch 3, where the first semi-final will kick off at 6pm between QAC and NU-Q and the second will follow at 7pm between QU and CNA-Q.
QAC and QU finished first in groups A and B with total points of 13 and 15 respectively, whereas CNA-Q and NU-Q came second in groups A and B with total points of 13 and 12 respectively.
The University League, a university football competition, supports Qatar Foundation and Qatar Football Association’s mission to foster a progressive society and encourage healthy living through sports. It began in October 2014 with 12 colleges and universities from across Qatar taking part.
Mansoor al-Ansari, Secretary General at QFA, commented: “We would like to congratulate the four teams on reaching the semi-finals stage of the league. They are a step away from winning the league title this year and we wish all the teams the best of luck. We look forward to witnessing the semi-finals this Thursday.”
Mohamed al-Naimi, Director of Community Affairs at Qatar Foundation, added: “We are committed to the Qatar National Vision 2030 in developing the community by ‘Unlocking Human Potential’. Hosting the Qatar University League provides each university with the chance to showcase their sporting endeavours competitively and their involvement truly demonstrates the community spirit of participating in this well organised tournament.”
This year’s edition had two groups—Group A and Group B, each with six teams.
Group A of the league includes Qatar Aeronautical College, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and College of the North Atlantic Qatar. Group B includes Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar University, Georgetown University-School of Foreign Service in Qatar, HEC Paris in Qatar, the Academic Bridge Programme and the University of Calgary Qatar.
Last year’s competition saw Qatar University win the trophy, while the University of Calgary and Qatar Aeronautical College came second and third respectively.
