The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees will sign an agreement this Thursday to award the QOC the right to host the 12th Pan-Arab Games 2011.
The agreement will be signed in Muscat on the sidelines of the 19th Gulf Cup football tournament and will confirm the quadrennial multi-sport event’s first ever hosting by a Gulf state.
Arab Sports Federation secretary general Othman Al-Saad said that Qatar’s hosting of the Pan-Arab Games would give the event “more momentum and significance in light of the huge capabilities and world-class sports facilities which Qatar owns."
The 11th edition of the Pan-Arab Games were held in Egypt in November 2007 and saw the participation of some 7,000 athletes and officials from 22 countries and regions.
