On the sidelines of the draw… The Media Committee of Gulf 25 holds its first meeting in Basra

Khaled Al-Kuwari, head of the Qatari media delegation, was chosen as Vice-Chairman of the Media Committee for the 25th Gulf Cup

View all regulatory procedures related to media matters for Gulf 25

On Sunday, October 23, the first meeting of the Media Committee for the 25th Gulf Championship was held at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Basra Governorate in the Republic of Iraq, headed by Mr. Younis bin Issa Al-Ghafri from Oman, Salem bin Ali Al-Naqbi from the Emirates, Ahmed Mahdi Mirza from Bahrain, and Faisal bin Yousef Al-Tuwaiher from Saudi Arabia.

The committee’s rapporteur, Bilal Mustafa, and Youssef Fadel from the Iraqi Football Association, and Abdul Rahman Al-Abd Al-Jabbar and Ali Al-Zein from the Gulf media delegation also attended.

At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Ahmed Zamil, Chairman of the Media Committee, welcomed the attendees and praised their presence in Basra Governorate, Republic of Iraq, and their efforts to make the tournament a success in Basra, after which the agenda was reviewed in the meeting.

Jassim Al-Rumaihi, Secretary-General of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation, also attended before the beginning of the meeting, welcoming everyone and wishing the committee success.

According to the committee’s agenda, the terms of reference of the media committee were reviewed based on the tournament list, and the selection of Mr. Khaled Mubarak al-Kuwari, head of the Qatari media delegation, as deputy head of the media committee for Gulf 25 was approved based on the nomination of members of the media committee, and the formation of the media committee for the tournament was approved and approved.

The committee also discussed the organizational procedures for media matters for the 25th Gulf Cup, as well as the logistical arrangements for the official media delegations.

The media committee specializes in many tasks, including: drawing up a unified media policy for the tournament and transmitting its activities through various media, by urging the media in the participating countries to promote the tournament in accordance with its lofty sporting goals and marketing the necessary publicity for it.

It is necessary to take into account that each of the participating teams obtains its right of media coverage on the same level of equality between itself and the other participating teams, in addition to focusing on avoiding publishing, displaying, broadcasting or circulating any talk or article that does not serve the objectives of the tournament.

Working to educate the sports fans about everything that is purposeful and away from excitement and fanaticism, and not to publish what could badly increase the enthusiasm of the masses, and this also relates to not publishing complaints and protests that teams may submit and to leave these issues to the relevant committees for consideration and making appropriate decisions about it.

The committee has the right to determine the number of media delegations for each country participating in the tournament. It is also interested in holding media awareness sessions and seminars accompanying the tournament’s activities for media professionals and setting a program of press conferences for coaches before and after the session, in addition to naming media coordinators for the matches.