Most notably, the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Sports Complex, and the tournament coincided with Expo 2020

Al-Razouki: 5 factors that gave the "Dubai Karate World Cup" the title of best in the world

• Hamdan bin Mohammed Sports Complex provided safety factors for all participants.

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The President of the UAE and Asian Federations, First Vice-President of the International Karate Federation, Major General Nasser Abdul Razzaq Al-Razuqi, revealed five factors that gifted the “Dubai World Cup”, which was unveiled the day before yesterday, and the Japanese team crowned the title of best organized in the history of the world championships that began for the first time. In 1970, the most prominent of them was the venue of the competitions in the Hamdan bin Mohammed Sports Complex, and the tournament's establishment coincided with the "Expo 2020 Dubai".

Al-Razouki told "Emirates Today": "The Dubai Championship, which was hosted for the first time by the state, and has competed for its titles since November 16, has 1000 players, from 117 countries, presented, according to the testimony and opinions of the majority of the members of the International Federation of the game, a unique and integrated model of Where the organizational procedures and other logistical factors are the best in the history of the world championships, in light of the integration of five main factors that made this tournament a special event that is difficult to repeat.”

1 Hamdan Sports Complex

Major General Al-Razouki confirmed that the Hamdan bin Mohammed Sports Complex, and the spacious spaces for competitions and training, were among the most prominent factors that made the World Championship in Dubai, a success story that is difficult to repeat. Hamdan bin Mohammed Complex, in an architectural masterpiece that succeeded in achieving the highest safety standards for competitions, whether the safe entry and exit of players, maintaining social distancing, and even the large spaces for training venues and the simplest competitions, as well as areas for international media, separate and completely far from the spacious areas for the referees’ crews and judges.”

2 Coinciding with “Expo 2020 Dubai”

Al-Razouki indicated the keenness of the Supreme Organizing Committee for the World Championship in Dubai, to hold the “World Cup” in conjunction with the country’s hosting of “Expo 2020 Dubai”, the largest and most comprehensive event in the history of international exhibitions “Expo”, and said: “Organizing visits for participating delegations in addition to members of the office. The Executive Committee and the International Karate Federation to the headquarters of (Expo), and the tireless and dedicated work of all the committees working in the world championship, towards showing the (Dubai World Cup) in the best suit in the history of the world championships, which is nothing but a new message to the whole world, that the people of the Emirates work with clear visions of a solid government approach, He is not satisfied with anything but the number (1) and leadership in various fields.”

3- Excellence in government performance

Al-Razouki said, "Excellence was not limited to organizational factors only, but also to the high efficiency of government performance in Dubai, which has always succeeded in snatching leadership in the world, whether in facilitating the procedures for the arrival of participating delegations through Dubai airports, or in the smooth issuance of official papers from Entry visas and others at record speed through great cooperation by the Dubai Police and the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, and the speedy completion of tests for medical spaces at airports and places of residence for delegations and competitions, in addition to the support of the Dubai Sports Council, emergency and crisis authorities, and the presence of volunteers.

4 logistical structures

The Chairman of the Supreme Organizing Committee confirmed that the logistical structures in the Dubai Championship are the largest in the history of the world championships, not only in terms of hotels, residences and competition venues, which are among the best in the world, but also in the ease of transportation of players and delegations to and from the Hamdan bin Mohammed Sports Complex. Al-Razouki said: "The infrastructure that characterizes Dubai, both spacious public roads and the world's leading transportation network, made the movement of delegations, despite the huge number of participants, very smooth, and helped to obtain high accuracy in organizing competitions and meetings on time."

5 precautionary measures

Al-Razouki drew attention to another aspect, in which the championship outperformed even the Olympic Games "Tokyo 2020", and said: "Based on a strict health protocol, in coordination with all government agencies, and in accordance with the International Federation, it was sufficient to secure the safety of more than 3000 athletes from the delegations. And the players, in light of the availability of 12 health centers located in coordination with (Yas Klink) in hotels, delegations’ headquarters and training venues, all of which contributed to making the Dubai Championship an exceptional version with the testimony of everyone, and its success in excelling in terms of the efficacy of the procedures followed not only at the level of world championships, but also Even those recorded by the last Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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