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{{short description|Qatari sports television network}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2008}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Alkass Sports Channels
| logo = Alkass Sports logo (cropped).jpg
| logo_size = 110px
| logo_caption = Alkass logo
| launch_date = {{launch date and age|6 June 2006}}
| owner = [[Government of Qatar]]
| founder = Ali Al Hitmi [[Khalid Jassem]]
| picture_format = [[1080p]] [[MPEG-4]] [[HDTV]]
| country = {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar]]
| language = [[Arabic]], [[English language|English]]
| headquarters = [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.alkass.net}}
| online_serv_1 = Alkass Live
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=one Alkass One] [https://www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=two Alkass Two] [https://www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=four Alkass Four] [https://www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=five Alkass Five] [https://www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=online Alkass Online]
}}

'''Alkass Sports Channels''' ({{langx|ar|قنوات الكأس الرياضية}}) is a group of eleven [[sports channel]]s that are broadcast [[24/7]] from [[Qatar]]. Its official name is ''Al Dawri wal Kass'' ({{langx|ar|الدوري والكأس|lit=the league and the cup}}), since it was initially launched to broadcast domestic football in Qatar. The eleven channels of Alkass are numbered from one to eleven.

Starting from 2013, five of its ten channels (Al-Kass 6/7/8/9/10) are encrypted with Qatari pay-tv network [[beIN Channels Network]], which are specified to broadcasting matches of [[AFC Champions League]] and [[AFC Cup]]. Since January 2023, [[beIN Channels Network]] introduced 2 new encrypted channels (9/10).

==History==
Alkass Sports Channels was launched in June 2006 as the second sports channel from Qatar after [[Al Jazeera Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Al Dawri & Al Kass Sport Channel, BID award winner, organizes an International under-17 Soccer Tournament|url=http://www.bidgroup.org/blog/al-dawri-al-kass-sport-channel-bid-award-winner-organizes-international-17-soccer-tournament/|publisher=BID Group|access-date=13 September 2014|date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913214603/http://www.bidgroup.org/blog/al-dawri-al-kass-sport-channel-bid-award-winner-organizes-international-17-soccer-tournament/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In its first year, the channel won many viewers with its unmatched coverage of domestic sports, especially football. It also broadcast the [[2006 Asian Games]] held in Doha. It now also covers matches involving the Arabian Gulf countries, notably [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifying matches, the [[AFC Asian Cup]] and the [[Arabian Gulf Cup]]. It has emerged as one of the most popular sport channels in [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]].

Al-Kass has now 11 sports channel, 5 of them are [[Free-to-air|FTA]] and the other 6 channels are encrypted with the Qatari pay-tv [[beIN Channels Network]].

==Programming==

=== Football ===
In September 2012, Alkass held the rights to broadcast the [[Qatar Stars League]] in English.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 September 2012|title=Al Kass to cover the Qatar Stars League in English|url=http://marhaba.com.qa/al-kass-to-cover-the-qatar-stars-league-in-english/|access-date=30 December 2014|publisher=marhaba.com}}</ref>

==== Football broadcasters ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Show name
!Anchors
!Note
|-
|Al Majlis
|[[Khalid Jassem]]
|Flagship talk show involving former national players and coaches; previews every match involving [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] and [[Qatari]] clubs.
|-
|Fadh Fadh
|Jamal Hosni
|Fans interaction show where the channel's reporters mingle among the crowd during matches.
|-
|QSL Review
|[[Rhodri Williams]]
|Analysts and reviews of Qatar Stars League matches
|-
|World Football
|[[Ronald de Boer]]
|Analysts of world football matches.
|-
|Jarayed
|Huda Mohammed
|Fans interaction show where the channel's reporters mingle among the crowd during matches.
|}

==Events==
Besides broadcasting, the channel has held certain sporting events in its history. A notable event is the [[Alkass International Cup]]. It is an under-17 tournament in which the best teams in the world send their youth teams to Qatar to participate in the tournament. Both, Qatar's Aspire International, and Aspire Qatar participated. The main purpose of the tournament is to help develop youth systems worldwide. There are cash prizes for the winners.<ref>[http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/al-kass-intl-cup-jan-8/ Al Kass International Cup from Jan 8] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110080841/http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/al-kass-intl-cup-jan-8/ |date=2012-01-10 }} Doha Stadium Plus. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2014.</ref>

==Awards==
The channel won the Best Persian Gulf Sports Channel award in 2007. Khalid Jassim, the host of the ''Majlis'' (The Council) program won the Best Host award.

The channel also won two awards at the [[Promax Awards|PromaxBDA Awards]] held at New York in June 2008.<ref>[http://www.ameinfo.com/163450.html AMEInfo] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607050352/http://www.ameinfo.com/163450.html |date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.alkass.net}}

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[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1996]]
[[Category:Arabic-language television]]
[[Category:Television networks in Qatar]]
[[Category:Sports mass media in West Asia]]
[[Category:Mass media in Doha]]

Alkass Sports Channels - Revision history

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