International Influencers Cup at the 974 World Cup Stadium

The International Influencers Cup, organized by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, concluded today at the 974 World Cup Stadium in the Qatari capital, Doha, with the participation of 25 prominent social media influencers, as well as Qatar’s legacy ambassadors worldwide, and a number of Qatar’s legacy ambassadors, who are the Brazilian Cafu, Australian Tim Cahill, Dutch Ronald de Boer, Omani Ali Al Habsi, Qatari quadruple Mubarak Mustafa, Khaled Salman, Ahmed Khalil, and Mohammed Saadoun Al Kuwari, in addition to the guests of the event, former German star Lothar Matthäus, French Marcel Desailer and Ivorian Yaya Touré.

The events were concluded in a wonderful atmosphere in the presence of Mr. Khaled Al-Naama, the Official Spokesperson and Director of the Digital Media Department at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and Fatima Al-Nuaimi, the Executive Director of Communications at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and a selection of those involved in the event.

The activities of the tournament opened yesterday, Monday, and witnessed the establishment of four matches, and resulted in the qualification of four teams to play for the first three places.

The competitions continued today, with first the match to determine the third place, and the activities concluded with the final match and the crowning of the stars of the championship. The Brazilian star Cafu team won first place, the Australian star Tim Cahill team second place, and the Omani star Ali Al-Habsi team ranked third.

The participants expressed their happiness to participate in this distinguished event, and agreed on the importance of the event in terms of exchanging experiences among the most prominent influential figures in the world, and getting to know the landmarks and facilities of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Khaled Al-Nama, in a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), said The idea of gathering this constellation of influential figures at the world level comes in the week leading up to the Qatar World Cup 2022 draw, to communicate with them, especially since we in the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy have had a constructive relationship with them for a while. However, the Corona pandemic prevented many of them from coming to the State of Qatar and watching and following up the preparations closely and touching the cultural landmarks and features associated with the World Cup and the importance of this tournament for this region.

Al-Nama added “Therefore, we are pleased with the presence and arrival of these influential personalities from more than ten countries representing four continents Europe, North and South America, Asia, and of course from the Arab world and the Middle East, led by football specialists who usually talk to their large fans about football, and most importantly today is that In addition to the opportunity to talk about the Qatar World Cup closely, they will also have the opportunity to practice football in the stadiums of the tournament, even ahead of the stars of most of the teams that will participate in the tournament.

In addition, the former Oman national team star Ali Al-Habsi explained in a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA) Such events are very important before hosting the World Cup, which is what the State of Qatar cares about, which, by organizing these events, always contributes to bringing the world together. Not only through football, but through a lot of other sports.

Al-Habsi continued, This global sports and cultural gathering today, in the presence of personalities from all over the world, meets in this World Cup stadium, which is an impressive architectural masterpiece,  represents us a lot of wonderful meanings.