From Left: Carl Windley, Co-founder of Legacy Sports and Events and official spokesperson for the F5WC Qatar Qualifiers, Hamad Al Amari, Managing Partner of Legacy Sports and Events, Khalid Al Kuwari, Director of Marketing and Communications QFA, and FawadRana, Managing Director of Qatar Lubricants during the press conference at Radisson Blu Hotel yesterday. Kammutty v P
Doha: The Qualifying rounds for the Football Five’s World Championship (F5WC) will be held in April and May in Qatar. This was announced yesterday at a press briefing held at Radisson Blu Hotel.
The Football Five’s World Championship (F5WC) brings together a global initiative to select talented amateur football players through regional 5-a-side qualifying rounds to then compete in the Dubai 2014 finals. The tournament aims to find undiscovered talent, showcased in Dubai and gives a platform for professional football clubs to scout and sign this talent.
The qualifying rounds for the amateur football championship, sponsored by Qatar Lubricants Company (Qalco), aims to discover aspiring male footballers over 16 years who are not professionally registered with any football club in Qatar. The tournament is being managed by Legacy Sports & Events/DUPLAYS Doha.
Supported by the Qatar Football Association as the official venue provider, the QFA will alsoprovide official referees for the tournament to ensure the Laws of the Game are enforced during the course of all matches. QFA’s support for this tournament demonstrates QFA’s social responsibility vision to spread the game of football amongst the community along with the positive values it brings to the people.
QFA constantly focuses and targets different age groups in the community by introducing and supporting different football-related initiatives and tournaments, thus, creating a football-loving nation.
Present at the Press Conference were Sheikh Sultan bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Lubricants, FawadRana, Managing Director of Qatar Lubricants, Khalid Al Kuwari, Director of Marketing and Communications QFA, Hamad Al Amari, Managing Partner of Legacy Sports & Events/Duplays Doha and Carl Windley, Co-founder of Legacy Sports & Events and official spokesperson for the F5WC Qatar Qualifiers. The ceremony was also attended by other senior officials from the QFA, QALCO and Legacy Sports & Events.
Local qualifying rounds in Qatar will be held on Fridays and Saturdays in April and May 2014. There will be group stage tournaments, in which the winning teams will proceed from the pre-qualifying stage to the Qatar Finals.
A total of 32 teams will be competing on the Finals that will be held on May 23, Friday. The victorious team will win an all-expenses paid trip to Dubai including three nights stay at the Marriott Hotel from June 12 to 14, while competing against 31 other countries at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Registrations are now open for the much anticipated football championship at www.F5WC.com or call 4493 2268 to find out more.
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