Bosnia and Herzegovina crowned champions Qatar's Koora Time World Cup Tournament
The Qatar Football Association (QFA), Al Dawri & Al Kass Sport Channels and Qatar Shell celebrated National Sport Day with a World Cup-style football tournament at Aspire Zone.
Forty-eight teams, each representing a different nation, battled it out across eight pitches in the day long football tournament.
Khalfan Ibrahim and Bilal Mohammed from Qatar’s National Football Team attended as honorary coaches and referees, spurring on the teams as well as running football clinics in a dedicated Fan Zone.
The football tournament is part of “Koora Time”, a five-year sustainable initiative designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Qatar’s youth through football.
Koora Time supports the Social and Human Development pillar of the Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy (NDS) by engaging Qatar’s youth at every stage of their lives with football-themed programmes that are tailored to three age groups: 7 to 12 years, 13 to 17 years and 18-24 years.
Saoud Al Mohannadi, Vice President, QFA, said, “The players and their supporters fully immersed themselves in the World Cup spirit throughout the whole day. What a great way to celebrate one year since we kicked off this exciting initiative with our partner Qatar Shell. We are extremely proud of the initiative’s continued success and are excited to welcome Al Dawri & Al Kass Sport Channels to the Koora Time family.”
This year, the Koora Time World Cup featured an mPowering Action booth, which showcased an energy-harnessing football that generates light after 30 minutes of play.
Participants were elated to interact with the energy-harnessing football and compete in a Freestyle Juggling Competition, which enabled a relevant conversation around access to energy.
