- Qatar has entered an exclusivity interval with Six Nations Rugby and SANZAAR
- Lusail Stadium, which held the soccer World Cup last, is being thought-about
- The tender claims that the three-day occasion will probably be a ‘Superbowl of rugby’
Qatar is closing in on an eight-year settlement to host the finals of rugby’s Nations Championship starting in 2026, in accordance with stories.
The Gulf nation’s Supreme Committee for Supply and Legacy have entered a two-month exclusivity interval with Six Nations Rugby and SANZAAR, the 2 our bodies that can run the match as in accordance with the Telegraph.
World Rugby confirmed plans for a biennial Nations Championship starting in 2026 final 12 months, with the Six Nations to tour the southern hemisphere for 3 matches each different summer season earlier than enjoying three house video games towards the opposite southern hemisphere sides within the autumn.
As reported by MailSport in April, the Qatari bid staff are understood to have despatched a proposal promising business returns of as much as £800million over the primary 4 editions of the finals.
The nation has now been given the inexperienced mild to proceed in what’s going to probably come as a aid given some unions’ unsure funds.
Qatar is closing in on an settlement to host the finals of rugby’s Nations Championship
Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 soccer World Cup last, is on the coronary heart of the bid
In what has been described because the ‘Superbowl of Rugby’, Qatar is proposing to a three-day sporting pageant to be held each two years from November 2026 which might be held at numerous stadiums in Doha, together with the venue that hosted the FIFA World Cup last in 2022, Lusail Stadium.
Below the proposals the top-ranked European staff following the six group matches performed by either side would face the main southern hemisphere staff in a grand last to find out the Championship winners.
As well as the second-ranked Six Nations aspect would play the second staff within the southern hemisphere desk, with third enjoying third and so forth all the way down to sixth vs sixth.
Fiji and Japan are anticipated to hitch New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina in dealing with the European nations, with the edges being ranked on leads to two six-team tables.
Qatar’s bid relies on the nation being the proper impartial venue for a last collection providing enormous business returns and is accessible to the groups and followers.
The gulf state is positioned virtually midway house for the southern hemisphere nations who will probably be travelling again from Europe, has seven world class stadia positioned inside a 33-mile radius of Doha, and with winter temperatures within the low 20s affords glorious enjoying circumstances for rugby.
Qatar are understood to be working along side advertising and sports activities rights company Pitch Worldwide, who’ve beforehand offered TV rights on behalf of all the Six Nations.
The Qatari authorities wish to construct on the World Cup by internet hosting extra main sporting occasions
Whereas the Nations Championship was unveiled by World Rugby final October the match is owned by 10 stakeholders – the Six Nations unions plus New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina – who will make the ultimate choice on whether or not to simply accept the Qatari provide.
The Qatari authorities stay keen to construct on staging the 2022 World Cup by internet hosting extra worldwide sporting occasions, notably given the emergence of neighbours Saudi Arabia as a world sporting powerhouse.
Subsequent 12 months’s World Aquatics Championships will happen in Qatar, as will the 2027 Basketball World Cup, whereas a bid for the 2036 Olympics can also be being thought-about.
