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Around 700 shooters from 50 teams will be seen in action in the 49th CISM World Military Shooting Championship which will take place from November 12 to 20 at the Losail Shooting Range.
The nine-day event will be contested in both the men’s and women’s sections in six different categories.
The opening ceremony will be held on November 13 at 3.30pm, while the closing ceremony will take place on November 19.
The championship is organised by Qatar Armed Forces and some of the top shooters who have won Olympic medals and have been world champions will be turning out for their respective military teams.
Qatar will have the largest delegation taking part in the championship. The hosts’ contingent will consist of 29 shooters and ten officials.
Qatar shooters as part of the training programme for the championship have been taking part in various camps outside the country. The team had a training camp in Switzerland last month.
The camp ended with Qatari shooters taking part in the European international military championship and gave a good account, winning four medals.
The last World Military Shooting Championship took place in South Korea in November 2015, while Switzerland had the honour of hosting the top military shooters a year earlier.
This is the second time Qatar is hosting a major military shooting championship.
In 2013, Qatar Armed Forces in collaboration with CSIM had hosted the Second CISM International Shotgun Championship at the same venue.
The three-day championship was sanctioned by CISM and had 65 shooters from ten countries taking part in the Trap and Skeet categories.
Qatar having delivered a perfect show in 2013 is keen to host the best world championship this year too and have formed various committees for hosting the championship.
Around 17 committees have been formed under the main organising committee for the smooth conduct of the championship. The organising committee is getting ready the technical facilities at the Losail Shooting Complex in perfect condition in co-operation with Qatar Shooting and Archery Association.
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