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FISU General Assembly Meeting approves Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation as a new member

November 30,2024
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18-November-2023

FISU General Assembly Meeting approves Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation as a new member

Geneva, Switzerland  – The General Assembly Meeting of International University Sports Federation (FISU ) has unanimously approved the Qatar Collegiates Sports Federation (QCSF) as a member no (165) to join the FISU  family  officially on Saturday, during FISU GA meeting that ran  from 17th  to 18th , November  in Switzerland city of Geneva.

FISU welcomed Qatar  as a new member  and  QCSF President, Dr. Ibrahim Bin Saleh Al-Naimi thanked FISU for  confidence in QCSF. He called on for importance of building up better relations between all FISU members, said that with hard work we can achieve our goals and develop values  of peace, love and friendship between us.

At  this meeting, Mr. Leonz Eder  has been elected  as a FISU President  in attendance of FISU members  ,  including QCSF as a new member , besides  monitors from FISU and  from continental and national University sport federations. 

Over two days , the  FISU General Assembly meetings   approved  the   general budget, reviewed  Executive Committee program , shed lights on  annual reports of the  committees, elected a new Executive Committee and set up mechanisms to make University activities sustainable across the world.

The QCSF  was represented in these FISU meetings by the QCSF President Dr. Ibrahim Saleh Al-Naimi, Dr. Salem Nasser Al Naimi, President of University of Doha for Science and Technology and the QCSF board member and the QCSF Secretary General, Mr. Rashid Saeed Adiba.,

On this occasion, the QCSF President Dr. Ibrahim Bin Saleh Al-Naimi congratulated H.E the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) President, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani and H.E the QOC Secretary General, Mr. Jassim Rashid Al Buenain on this achievement  and said getting  this international membership  is a significant step to give Qatar sports  more presence at all regional, continental and international levels.

This membership is going to take QCSF to  new grounds of better cooperation with others at international scene. It will help improving our experience and staff  in how to manage sport events” added Dr. Al-Naimi.

For his part, the QCSF Secretary General, Mr. Rashid Saeed Adiba thanked FISU General Assembly members for their confidence in the QCSF and its contributions in supporting the activities and programs of FISU.

By getting this FISU membership,  the QCSF has joined all  federations , starting from  AUSF membership followed by Arab University Sports Federation membership and now FISU.