In a festive atmosphere, full of enthusiasm and entertainment, the Community College of Qatar (CCQ) organized the "College Fans Festival", with wide participation of students, in the presence of Dr. Khalid Mohammed Al-Horr, President of CCQ, and a number of faculty and administrative members. The festival included many cultural, sports, and recreational activities designed to celebrate the shared passion for football with the approaching launch of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Qatar as the first Arab and Middle Eastern country.

On this occasion, Dr. Khalid Al-Horr, President of CCQ, stressed the importance of sports in stimulating human, social and cultural development among members of society, especially that football is the game of millions of people around the world, expressing his happiness with approaching the FIFA World Cup, and the accompanying atmosphere of enthusiasm and suspense in various parts of Qatar, with everyone waiting for the official lunch of the tournament.

Dr. Al-Horr added that the College Fans Festival, which was organized by the Public Relations and Communication Department, in cooperation with the Student Affairs Division, for students and academic and administrative staff, provided a glimpse into the wonderful atmosphere that will accompany the upcoming football tournament and reflects part of the sports and cultural activities that the College has organized coinciding the FIFA World Cup; with the aim of enhancing communication between students and creating atmosphere of excitement and enthusiasm, while engaging CCQ students in an exciting and unforgettable experience.

The festival kicked-off with the PlayStation Football Tournament, “FIFA 2023”, which lasted for four consecutive days, with the participation of 25 students from various Academic Divisions, where the game was held in a single-elimination mode and by activating the tactical defending settings and disabling the injury option, noting that there were no prerequisites for participating in the tournament stages.

The tournament witnessed fun and unforgettable moments, especially since the organizing committee of the tournament allowed each participant to choose the team he represents in the tournament, provided that it is among the countries already participating in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which made it more motivating for the competitors to give their best and ignite the spirit of excitement to win the tournament. The tournament concluded with student Yousef Al-Darwish in the first place, and student Sanad Al-Hadidi in second place, and student Mohammad Jaber Al-Marri in third place.

In addition, the second event organized in the framework of the "College Fans Festival" was the "Support Your Team" contest, which revolved around each team representing one of the participating countries in the FIFA World Cup and show its support to that team provided that the most interactive and enthusiastic team will have the chance to win this contest based on the highest votes from the audience.

CCQ female students participated in the exhibition with great enthusiasm, where 8 groups have participated in this wonderful cultural entertainment experience, each of which consists of 4 female students and a faculty member representing one of the sports teams participating in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Each group set up a booth in the name of its team to reflect on the culture of the country it belongs to, including fashion and food or other stuff it is most famous for, in addition to organizing competitions and interactive sessions for the attendees with the aim of introducing the country and the participating team.

The exhibition, which had a total of 8 booths, including: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and England, has impressed the visitors, who learned about the culture of the countries and were briefed by the students competing for the title of the best booth in the exhibition, about customs and traditions of each country. The contest concluded with Qatar and Mexico booths won, according to the result of the audience voting in terms of design, interaction, and enthusiasm.