The Qatar national football team, nicknamed "The Maroons", represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA. They play their home games at Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. The latter is considered the home stadium.
The Qatar national handball team is controlled by the Qatar Handball Association and take part in international handball competitions.
Sport in Qatar is primarily centred on football in terms of participation and spectators. Additionally, athletics, basketball, handball, volleyball, camel racing, horse racing, cricket and swimming are also widely practised. There are currently eleven multi-sports clubs in the country and seven single-sports clubs.
Danijel Šarić is a Bosnian-Qatari handball player of Serbian descent who plays for Qatari club Al Arabi.
The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those of Norway, Poland and France after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, in Malmö, Sweden. This was the third time that the World Championship was hosted in the Middle East And North Africa, after Egypt in 1999 and Tunisia in 2005.
Valero Rivera López is a Spanish handball coach for the Qatari national team.
Žarko Marković is a Montenegrin-born Qatari handball player who plays for Al Gharafa on loan from Al Rayyan.
Jovo Damjanović is a Montenegrin-born Qatari handball player for Qatari Al-Rayyan and Qatar.
Kamalaldin Mallash is a Syrian-born Qatari handball player for Al Rayyan and the Qatari national team.
Mahmoud Hassaballa is an Egyptian-Qatari handball player for Al-Gharafa and the Qatari national team.
Ameen Zakkar is a Syrian-born Qatari player for Saudi Arabian handball player for Khaleej Club and the Qatari national team.
Qatar competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Anis Zouaoui is a Qatari handball player for Al Arabi and the Qatari national team.
Frankis Carol Marzo is a Cuban-born Qatari handball player for Al Arabi SC and the Qatar national team.
Anadin Suljaković is a Bosnian-born Qatari handball player who plays for HSG Wetzlar and the Qatari national team.
Firas Chaieb is a Qatari handball player for Al-Duhail and the Qatari national team.
Allaedine Berrached is a Qatari handball player for Al-Duhail and the Qatari national team.
Nidhal Aissa is a Qatari handball player for Al-Wakrah and the Qatari national team.
Hamdi Ayed is a Qatari handball player for Al Rayyan and the Qatari national team.
Moustafa Heiba is a Qatari handball player for Al Wakrah and the Qatari national team.
