E-Sports players are set to converge from August 5 to 26 for the third edition of AAMeghessib's Back-2-Back – dubbed as “a unique e-Sport platform for FIFA 22 on PlayStation 5 in Qatar.” The competition – an initiative and named after Ahmed al-Meghessib, known as one of the region’s top e-sport FIFA players – has become a major event in the country and has been attracting a huge number of participants.
AAMeghessib's Back-2-Back is an initiative and named after Ahmed al-Meghessib, known as one of the region’s top e-sport FIFA players. PICTURE: Red Bull
The tournament’s format creates a team of two players who compete in offline qualifiers leading to the national final. The sportive angle is that teams need to score two consecutive goals to win in 11v11 Kick Off Mode. The first place winner will get QR45,000, provided by Qatar Tourism in redeemable vouchers from Virgin Megastores, and QR30,000 will be given to the second placer. The third-place winner will receive QR15,000.
Ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, several other events, exhibitions, workshops, and summer camps are being held across Qatar this month and beyond. These include the Local Dates Festival, which concludes on August 10 at Souq Waqif; Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You by internationally renowned Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist at the National Museum of Qatar; A Sneak Peek at Qatar Auto Museum, also at NMoQ; Doha Dreams Inspired by Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition at Msheireb Downtown Doha’s M7; Al Shaqab’s Summer Equestrian Programme at Al Shaqab; Abeer Al-Tamimi: Beyond the Rules and Abstraction: Subverting Reality at the Doha Fire Station; Creative Space Summer Camp at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Paint Palette: Abstract Art for Children at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Visit Qatar, the official social media tourism account of Qatar Tourism, posted a schedule of sports competitions, festivals, cultural performances, art exhibitions, and conferences set to take place in Qatar before the FIFA World Cup 2022.
AAMeghessib's Back-2-Back is an initiative and named after Ahmed al-Meghessib, known as one of the region’s top e-sport FIFA players. PICTURE: Red Bull
The tournament’s format creates a team of two players who compete in offline qualifiers leading to the national final. The sportive angle is that teams need to score two consecutive goals to win in 11v11 Kick Off Mode. The first place winner will get QR45,000, provided by Qatar Tourism in redeemable vouchers from Virgin Megastores, and QR30,000 will be given to the second placer. The third-place winner will receive QR15,000.
Paintings on display at the Abstraction: Subverting Reality at the Doha Fire Station. PICTURE: Thajudheen
Ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, several other events, exhibitions, workshops, and summer camps are being held across Qatar this month and beyond. These include the Local Dates Festival, which concludes on August 10 at Souq Waqif; Your Brain to Me, My Brain to You by internationally renowned Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist at the National Museum of Qatar; A Sneak Peek at Qatar Auto Museum, also at NMoQ; Doha Dreams Inspired by Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition at Msheireb Downtown Doha’s M7; Al Shaqab’s Summer Equestrian Programme at Al Shaqab; Abeer Al-Tamimi: Beyond the Rules and Abstraction: Subverting Reality at the Doha Fire Station; Creative Space Summer Camp at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Paint Palette: Abstract Art for Children at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Visit Qatar, the official social media tourism account of Qatar Tourism, posted a schedule of sports competitions, festivals, cultural performances, art exhibitions, and conferences set to take place in Qatar before the FIFA World Cup 2022.