67 sports facilities served 1.2mn people in Oman

Muscat: The number of government sports facilities in the Sultanate reached 67 by the end of 2019, serving about 1.2 million people, according to statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

The NCSI sports statistics bulletin showed that the largest number of government sports facilities belonged to 44 sports clubs, which possessed 66 percent of the total government sports facilities, followed by 12 sports complexes, and 11 sports centres.

The number of beneficiaries of the sports complexes in 2019 was 1,191,982 people, of whom 874,038 were males and 317,944 were females, compared to 1,073,989 people in 2018, of whom 809,763 were males and 264,226 were females.

The bulletin indicated that in 2019, the Sultanate witnessed about 158 competitions and championships, 78 training sessions, 84 camps, and 12 conferences and seminars.

Oman Athletics Federation (OAF) led the sports federations in terms of the number of medals won by the national teams with 43 medals, followed by Oman Shooting Association (OSA) with 26 medals, Omani Swimming association (OSA) with 22 medals, Oman Tennis Association (OTA) and Oman Camel Racing Federation with 6 medals each, 5 medals for Oman Volleyball Association (OVA) 3 for Oman Hockey Federation (OHF), Oman Equestrian Federation (OEF), Omani Handball Association (OHA) 2 medals each, and one medal for Oman Football Association (OFA).

The number of sports activities implemented by the sports committees reached 59. The total medals achieved by the committees reached 228 medals, including 121 for Oman Weightlifting and Physical Strength Committee (OWPSC), 44 for Oman Paralympic Committee (OPC), Oman Bodybuilding Committee (OBC ) and Oman Sailing Committee 13 medals each, 9 medals for Oman Billiards and Snooker Committee (OBSC) and 8 medals for the Oman Bowling Committee (OBC),  6 for the Omani Golf Association (OGA), 5 for Oman Taekwondo Committee (OTC), Omani Cycling Federation (OCF), Oman Sepak Takraw, Kabaddi and Woodball committee (OSTKWC), Oman University Sports Committee (OUSC) and Oman Fencing Committee (OFC) 2 medals each and one medal for Oman Table Tennis Federation (OTTF).
The number of participants in summer activities reached 78,173, of whom 34,308 at the Summer Sports, 21,310 at “Cheer Your Team” programme, followed by the Shababi Programme with 21,226, the chanting competitions for clubs with 671 participants, and Club Youth Camps with 622 participants.

The number of players with disabilities registered in sport games reached 90, of whom 84 were male and 6 were female. The players were divided into Wheelchair Basketball with 28 players, 26 in Athletics, 20 in Indoor Football, 10 in Football for the blind and 6 in Goalball for the blind.