The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) officially announced the establishment of Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation (QCSF) during a press conference on 2 August 2022.

عقد الاتحاد #القطري للرياضة الجامعية مؤتمراً صحفياً صباح اليوم أعلن من خلاله اكتمال إجراءات تأسيسه وبصدد استكمال إجراءات انضمامه للاتحادات العربية والآسيوية والدولية، كما سلط الضوء على رسالته ورؤيته وأهدافه بحضور من مؤسسات التعليم العالي والاتحادات الرياضية ووسائل الإعلام pic.twitter.com/CoVT7jmack

— Team Qatar 🇶🇦 (@qatar_olympic) August 2, 2022

During the press conference, QOC explained that the establishment of the Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation aims at promoting sports among male and female students in higher education institutions, by developing its activities and events in accordance with the best international standards and following them up in the field.

QOC added that other objectives also include the organization, coordination and implementation of sports projects, programs and activities among its members, as well as developing sports competitions, and discovering talented athletes to raise the level of collegiate sports in the country locally, globally and regionally.

The Board of Directors of the Federation includes Dr Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Naimi as president of the federation who said: "Our message is to build up high education institutions that will play a centre stage role in the sports at both regional and global levels. Our vision is to build better sports activities for students of higher education institutions, namely, Universities, colleges, and institutes in Qatar."

"The QCSF is an entity that acts as a complementary level to the sports activities being organized at the primary, intermediate and secondary schools throughout Schools Olympic Program," Dr Al Nuaimi noted.

The Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation (QCSF) also took to Twitter to inaugurate its official account:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم..
نعلن تدشين الحساب الرسمي للاتحاد القطري للرياضة الجامعية على منصة #تويتر pic.twitter.com/oVvsfxfZZs

— Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation (@qcsfqa) August 2, 2022

Source: Qatar Olympic Committee & QNA
Cover image credit: Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation

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