The General Manager, Group Communication, Qatar National Bank (QNB), Yousef Ali Al Darwish (left); and President of West Asian World Sport Group, Pierre Kakhia (right); exchanging documents after they signed a three-year sponsorship agreement for QNB as a Commercial Partner of AFC at a function held at the Sharq Village and Spa in Doha yesterday. The President of AFC, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (second right); and Acting Group CEO of QNB, Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari (second left); were also present at the event.
Picture by: Salim Matramkot
Doha: Qatar Petroleum has signed a three-year agreement to become a Commercial Partner of the Asian Football Confederation, becoming the latest backer of the continental body’s Club and National Team programmes.
The agreement was completed at the start of the 2014 season and sees Qatar Petroleum, Qaargas and RasGas, join other leading firms in sponsoring the Kuala Lumpur-based AFC and tournaments such as the AFC Asian Cup, the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup.
H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry in the State of Qatar and the Chairman of Qatar Petroleum described the agreement as “an important landmark in QP’s support of sports, particularly football.”
Dr Al Sada said “the partnership with the AFC comes a few weeks after Qatar celebrated National Sports day, and amidst intensive preparations to host the 2022 FIFA Football World Cup.”
“This agreement further emphasizes the role Qatar plays in the world of sports under the guidance and support of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar,” His Excellency concluded.
“We are delighted to welcome Qatar Petroleum, who become the latest elite brand to join the Asian football family as one of our highly valued commercial partners,” said AFC General Secretary, Dato’ Alex Soosay.
“Asian football has shown continual improvement year-on-year and, as our existing commercial partners can confirm, there is much to be gained through an association with the sport in Asia.
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