Third QOC Beach Games 2023 get underway

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October 08,2024
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10-March-2023

Third QOC Beach Games 2023 get underway

DOHA -  The third edition of the Qatar Olympic Committee Beach Games 2023, was  kicked off  at the Cultural Village Katara on Friday and will run from 10th to 17th of March with  more than 800 participants  are competing for top honors in seven beach games, , football , volleyball, 3x3 basketball, boxing , karate, swimming and Aquathlon.

The Games opening ceremony was attended by H.E QOC Secretary General , Jassim bin Rashid Al-Buenain, H.E General Manager of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), Dr. Khaled bin Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, H.E Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar, Mr. Ridwan Hassan, senior sport personalities, Presidents of National Sports Federations and Directors of QOC Departments.

By hosting this event,  the QOC  aims to  promote culture of  beach games inside the Qatari community,  increases base of participants and keeps its success alive  after hosted incredible  2019 ANOC Beach Games in Doha.

These beach games are companied by  entertainment and educational programs allocated  for all age groups  , with purpose of  keeping sustainability campaign goes forward and  to tell both citizen and resident about their part in preserving the environment and  beaches in Qatar.

Opening day has seen mouth-watering competitions in beach football, beach volleyball, Aquathlon and boxing. Mostly notably, this current edition  of QOC Beach Games are organized in the frame of cooperation between the Qatar Olympic Committee and the Indonesian Olympic Committee with purpose of transferring  the QOC incredible experience it has after hosted inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in 2019  to their  Indonesians counterpart who will  be hosting the next edition from 5th to 12th August, 2023.

This third edition  of QOC Games is fully supported by the  private and public institutions that spare no effort  to be an integral part of  sport and community events organized  annually by the QOC at the top of them,  Cultural Village (official partner), Attraction (official sponsor), Vodafone (official sponsor), Elan (official supplier) and LuLu Hypermarket (official supplier).