List of sporting events in the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of international sporting events in the United Arab Emirates.

Single sport events

Year City Sport Event
1982 Dubai Football 6th Arabian Gulf Cup
1984 Sharjah Cricket 1984 Asia Cup
1985 Abu Dhabi Football 1985 AFC Youth Championship
1989 Dubai Volleyball 1989 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
1990 Dubai
Sharjah 		Football 1990 AFC U-16 Championship
1991 Dubai Football 1991 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
1992 Dubai Football 1992 AFC Youth Championship
1994 Dubai Football 12th Arabian Gulf Cup
1995 Sharjah Cricket 1995 Asia Cup
1996 Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Dubai 		Football 1996 AFC Asian Cup
Dubai Handball 1996 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship
2000 Dubai
Sharjah 		Cricket 2000 ACC Trophy
2001 Dubai Basketball 2001 ABC Champions Cup
2002 Dubai Football 2002 AFC U-17 Championship
2003 Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Dubai
Sharjah 		Football 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
2004 Sharjah Basketball 2004 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Dubai
Sharjah 		Cricket 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge
2005 Dubai Weightlifting 2005 Asian Weightlifting Championships
2006 Dubai
Sharjah 		Rugby union 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship
2007 Dubai Football 18th Arabian Gulf Cup
2008 Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2008 Arab Cup
2009 Dubai Volleyball 2009 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
Dubai Beach soccer 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Dubai Football 2009 GCC U-17 Championship
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Dubai Rugby sevens 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens
2010 Abu Dhabi Handball 2010 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship
2011 Al Ain Athletics 2011 Arab Athletics Championships
Abu Dhabi Judo 2011 Asian Judo Championships
Dubai Rugby union 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations
Abu Dhabi Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2011
2012 Dubai
Sharjah 		Cricket 2012 ACC Trophy Elite
Fujairah
Ras Al Khaimah 		Football 2012 AFC U-19 Championship
Dubai Rugby union 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification
2013 Dubai Karate 2013 Asian Karate Championships
Dubai Volleyball 2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Dubai
Fujairah
Ras Al Khaimah
Sharjah 		Football 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2014 Dubai Basketball 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2014 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Dubai Weightlifting 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships
Dubai
Sharjah 		Cricket 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
2015 Dubai Volleyball 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
2016 Dubai Athletics IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship 2016
2017 Abu Dhabi
Dubai 		Cricket 2017 Desert T20 Challenge
2018 Abu Dhabi
Dubai 		Cricket 2018 Asia Cup
2019 Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Dubai
Sharjah 		Football 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Abu Dhabi Ice hockey 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I
Upcoming
Year City Sport Event
2019 TBA Cricket 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

Annual sport events

Year City Sport Event
1999– Dubai Rugby sevens Dubai Sevens
2004–2012 Fujairah Cue sports WPA World Eight-ball Championship
2006–2009 Dubai Beach soccer AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2010–2011 Abu Dhabi Football WAFF Women's Championship
2011– Dubai Beach soccer Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
2011– Dubai Rugby sevens Dubai Women's Sevens
2014–2017 Dubai Badminton BWF Super Series Finals
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.