Qatar Airways has agreed a deal to become title sponsors of the new Nations Championship, underlining rugby union’s determination to secure investment from the Middle East
The Lusail Stadium in Doha staged the 2022 football World Cup. Qatar will also host the 2028 rugby Nations Championship.The Lusail Stadium in Doha staged the 2022 football World Cup. Qatar will also host the 2028 rugby Nations Championship.Qatar Airways has agreed a deal worth up to £80m to become title sponsors of the new Nations Championship in a move that underlines rugby union’s determination to follow other sports in securing investment from the Middle East.
The inaugural Nations Championship will take place next year in a joint venture run by the Six Nations and southern hemisphere Sanzaar unions, with assistance from World Rugby. The Six Nations teams will play three matches away and three at home against the Sanzaar nations and two others – expected to be Japan and Fiji – in July and November followed by a final series.
Qatar had wanted to stage the first four Nations Championship finals, but that proposal was rejected by the Irish and French unions due to uncertainty over attendances and concerns over the country’s human rights record. The heads-of-terms agreement is understood to give Qatar the option of staging the event again in either 2030 or 2032 however, if certain revenue targets are met.
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