The Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation (QCSF) has announced on Tuesday that all organisational and administrative preparations are completed to host 2023 FISU University World Cup 3x3 Basketball from November 10 to 12 at the Qatar University Sport and Events Complex (A07) in Doha.
The press conference was attended by the QCSF President Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh al-Naimi, the QCSF Secretary-General Rashid Saeed Adiba, FISU Sports Director Juan Carlos.
Dr al-Naimi said the event, which will be held for the first time in Qatar and Middle East Region, will be a memorable one. The QCSF President said this event will help all students from different cultural backgrounds to exchange experience and skills. “For us at QCSF we will be seeking new grounds to enhance our organisational, technical and administrative experience for FISU sport events to come.
“By hosting this event, we will turn our QCSF’s vision into reality to build up better sport activities for students of higher education institutions as well as to discover the most talented students and taking our university sports to a new level of excellence locally, regionally and internationally,” said Dr al-Naimi.
“I would like to thank FISU for their confidence in Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation organisational abilities for giving our federation the host rights of the event, I also wish better luck, success and good stay to all participating teams,” he added.
FISU Sports Director Juan Carlos appreciated Qatar’s organisational abilities. He praised the positive effort from partners and sponsors and said this championship is just a beginning of co-operation between FISU and QCSF in the sport events to come.
The QCSF Secretary-General Adiba delivered a brief presentation on event’s organisational and administrative issues, namely number of participating teams (24 teams), number of countries 17 countries), event venue (Qatar University Sports and Events Complex), logistics, technical matters and ongoing efforts to make the event memorable.
On the sidelines of the press conference, Dr al-Naimi inked sponsorship agreements for the event on behalf of the QCSF with Thierry Antinori, Chief Commercial Officer who signed on behalf of the Qatar Airways and Abdullah Nasser al-Nuaimi, General Manager Aspire Logistics.
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