HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani, Chairman of the Organising Committee, and International Handball Federation (IHF) president Dr Hassan Mustafa signing the contract to host World Cup Men’s Handball Championship - Qatar 2015.
QNA/Barcelona
The Organising Committee of the World Cup Men’s Handball Championship - Qatar 2015 yesterday signed the hosting contract of the championship which will be held in Doha in 2015. The logo of the 24th edition of the competition was also launched.
The contract was signed by HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani, Chairman of the Organising Committee, and International Handball Federation (IHF) president Dr Hassan Mustafa.
This came in a press conference held at Juan Carlos Hotel in the Spanish city of Barcelona in the presence of Secretary General of Qatar Olympic Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Organising Committee HE Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, president of Qatar Handball Association and Executive Director of the Organising Committee Ahmed al-Shaabi in addition to a number of officials in the Organising Committee and the International Handball Federation.
HE Sheikh Joaan expressed the Qatari government’s pride for hosting the World Men’s Handball Championship which is expected to be the most important in the history of this sport and which will see a quantum leap in terms of the organising handball world championships.
HE Sheikh Joaan said “as one of the world’s booming countries we are looking forward to playing a leading role with all the peoples of the world under the umbrella of sport.”
He said “as organising state of World Men’s Handball Championship we aim to provide class sport complexes to provide comfort for players.”
