Qatar Olympic Committee Announces Sport Events Calendar for 2023

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has released its 2023 sporting event schedule.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has released its 2023 sporting event schedule.

There are 81 sporting events scheduled for the new year, including 14 significant international competitions.

In 2023, the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) will play host to the King of the Court Finals (Beach Volleyball), which will be followed by the Beach Pro Tour Finals. The QVA will additionally host the 2023 Beach Volleyball World Pro Tour-Elite 16 in February.

The Qatar Tennis, Squash, and Badminton Federation continues to organise yearly professional tennis competitions with success. They will host the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and Qatar TotalEnergies Open in February 2023.

The Qatar Gymnastics Federation will host the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup 2023, one of four significant international sporting events that will take place in March. The 37th Qatar Open Amateur Championship will be held by the Qatar Golf Association, the 2023 ISSF World-shotgun will be held by the Qatar Shooting & Archery Association, and the Ooredoo Qatar Major Padel Championship will be run by the Qatar Tennis, Squash and Badminton.

In May 2023, Doha, the world's sports capital, will once again host numerous international sporting events, including the IJF World Judo Championship at the Ali bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Arena.

The FIBA 3x3 World Tour-Doha will be organised by the Qatar Basketball Federation. At the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, the Qatar Tennis, Squash, and Badminton Association will also host the Qatar QTerminals Classic Squash Tournament.

The Longines World Show Jumping Champions Tours, the show jumping qualifying competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the 28th Qatar International Table Tennis Championship, the 2023 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Golf Championship, the Qatar Fencing Grand Prix - Epee, the Qatar Grand Prix (Shotgun), the inaugural leg of the FIP's Official Padel Tour, the Doha Diamond League, and the third Qatar International Table Tennis Championship are among the international competitions that will be held in the year (Grand Prix ).

FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Pre-Qualifiers, Asia Professional Golf Tour, West Asia Men's Athletics Championship, FIBA U16 Asian Championship from, Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy, and West Asia Men's Squash are just a few of the 17 Asian sporting events on the calendar.

The ninth GCC Sports Tournament for Universities and Higher Education Institutions in 2023, the GCC Squash Championship (Singles and Teams), the GCC 3x3 U16 Basketball Championship, the GCC 3x3 Basketball Championship from, the GCC Padel Championship, and the GCC Billiard and Snooker Championship will all take place in Doha.

Additionally, a large number of regional and local events are listed in the recently released calendar, including the Qatar Basketball Cup Final, National Sport Day, QOC Challenge Championship (CrossFit), QOC Beach Games, Qatar Volleyball Cup Final, Olympic Schools Program Closing Ceremony, HH the Amir Volleyball Cup Final, HH the Amir Handball Cup Final, HH the Amir Basketball Cup Final, World Olympic Day, Sport Excellency Awards, The Flag Relay, as well as other events.