Qatar confirms 2036 Olympic Games host city bid

Qatar signaled its involvement arsenic an Olympic Games big with established infrastructure from 2022 FIFA World Cup a cardinal selling point.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) said it was taking portion successful “ongoing discussions” with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) implicit the predetermination process for the big metropolis of the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the organisation said successful a media merchandise connected its website.

The country, which hosted football’s World Cup successful 2022 and the Asian Cup successful 2024, is the latest to articulation the contention to signifier the 2036 Games aft confirmed bids from Indonesia, Turkiye, India and Chile.

Other Asian countries considering a bid see Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Egypt, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Denmark and Canada person also shown interest.

“We presently person 95% of the required sports infrastructure successful spot to big the Games, and we person a broad nationalist program to guarantee 100% readiness of each facilities,” Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, the president of QOC, told the state-run Qatar News Agency connected Tuesday.

“This program is rooted successful a semipermanent imaginativeness aimed astatine gathering a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable legacy.”

Qatar’s superior Doha is acceptable to big the Asian Games successful 2030, having staged the lawsuit successful 2006.

A palmy bid would marque Qatar the archetypal state successful the Middle East to big the Olympics amid the region’s increasing power implicit large sporting events. Saudi Arabia is acceptable to clasp the shot World Cup successful 2034.

Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup was wide considered a palmy staging of football’s largest planetary tourney [File: Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]