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Sport in Qatar is primarily centered on football in terms in participation and spectators. Additionally, athletics, basketball, handball, volleyball, camel racing, horse racing, cricket and swimming are also widely practiced.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sports chapter (2013) )〕 There are currently 11 multi-sports clubs in the country, and 7 single-sports clubs.〔 The largest sporting event hosted in Qatar was the 2006 Asian Games, hosted in Doha. There were 46 disciplines from 39 events contested. On 2 December 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, thus becoming the first Arab nation to host the tournament.〔 ==Football== (詳細はQatar Stars League, has undergone numerous expansions in the last several years. In 2009, the league expanded from ten to twelve clubs,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qatar Stars League (QSL) )〕 and again expanded by two clubs in May 2013, bringing the total number of teams in the first division to fourteen. Attendance at QSL matches ranges between 2,000 and 10,000, depending on the popularity of the teams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Qatar Stars League attendances hit record high )〕 In a 2014 survey conducted by Qatari government ministries and departments, 65% of the 1,079 respondents indicated that they did not attend a football match in the previous league season. Al Sadd is the most successful sports club in the country, and have won the continental club competition on two separate occasions. Former Real Madrid and Spain striker Raul Gonzalez played for Al Sadd between 2012 and 2014, and in July 2015 the club announced the signing of former FC Barcelona and Spain playmaker Xavi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Real Madrid legend Raul opts to join Qatari outfit Al Sadd after ending Schalke stint )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Xavi Hernández is leaving Barcelona to join Qatari club Al Sadd )〕 Other famous footballers to play in Qatar include: Pep Guardiola, Gabriel Batistuta, Fernando Hierro, and Ronald de Boer. The Qatari national football team's greatest footballing accolade has been winning the Gulf Cup three times, first in 1992, and again in 2004 and 2015.〔 The youth team also reached the final of the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, where they lost 4-0 to West Germany in the final. Qatar hosted the AFC Asian Cup in 1988 and 2011.〔 It has also hosted the Gulf Cup three times, winning the cup twice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Champions )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sport in Qatar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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