Qatar Steel Ice Hockey Team has qualified to the finals in the QS Ice Hockey Cup Tournament, organized by Qatar Winter Sports Committee, taking place concurrently with the country’s Sports Day.
The tournament started last Saturday at Vilagio Complex in Doha, with the participation of 4 teams.
Mr. Ali Bin Hassan Al-Muraikhi, Managing Director and General Manager of Qatar Steel expressed his delight at holding QS Ice Hockey Cup Tournament; “We are pleased to hold this tournament again for the second year on the country’s Sports Day, in coordination with Qatar Winter Sports Committee, the organizer of the event. Our participation in the Sports Day celebrations stems from our belief in the importance of sports and its basic role in making the society fit, strong, more productive, and capable to continue its march towards development.
Mr. Adel Al-Mutlaq, General Secretary of Qatar Winter Sports., spoke highly of Qatar Steel’s imitative to hold the Ice Hockey tournament for the second year running. He also extended his thanks and appreciation to Qatar Steel’s management for their positive contributions to supporting different community events and activities and particularly sports. He hoped that cooperation between the two sides would continue, for holding more hockey tournaments in the future.
Qatar Steel is taking this initiative in the context of supporting the sports on one hand, spreading ice hockey game in Qatar, and to encouraging the youth to practice it, on the other hand. Qatar Steel also re-affirms its continual support of the country’s community activities in general.