The Suheim bin Hamad Stadium ( Arabic : ملعب سحيم بن حمد ), also known as Qatar SC Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha , Qatar . Currently used mostly for football matches, it is home of the football team Qatar Sports Club .
3-478: The stadium opened in 1985 and holds 12,000 people. The opening and closing ceremonies of the 2005 West Asian Games were held here. During the 2006 Asian Games , it served as one of five venues used for football matches. The stadium’s 1,050-capacity indoor hall hosted taekwondo, karate and judo matches. Both were renovated for the occasion. In 2010, it hosted the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix ,
6-780: The West Asian Games Federation decided that the Games would be held every four years, instead of two, namely one year before the Asian Games. The Third West Asian Games was held from the 1 to 10 December 2005 in Doha , Qatar as test event for the 2006 Asian Games and involved over 1,200 athletes from 13 nations participating in 11 sports. Women participated in the West Asian Games for the first time. * Host nation ( Qatar ) Four players who took part in
9-576: The first meeting of the 2010 Diamond League . Some of the matches from the 2011 AFC Asian Cup were held in this stadium. In March 2014, it was announced that the stadium would host the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships . This article about a Qatari sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2005 West Asian Games The 3rd West Asian Games were to be held from 7 to 17 April 2003 in Damascus , Syria. However, they were postponed and then cancelled. On 4 April 2002
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