Qatar

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Qatar is a Middle Eastern Smash region that encompasses the country of the same name. The country shares a border with Saudi Arabia and is also close to Bahrain. As such, the Qatari Smash scene frequently crosses over with the other two scenes. Tournament activity takes place in the capital city, Doha, and its surrounding metropolitan area. With the city featuring most of Qatar's population, nearly every notable Qatari Smash player resides in the metropolitan area as well.

The region's Smash scene began sometime in the early 2010s, though similar to most Middle Eastern scenes at the time, the tournament scene was incredibly small and niche. However, the scene received a notable boost around the time of Super Smash Bros. 4's release as several conventions, most notably IGN Convention Qatar, held Smash 4 events and attracted sizable attendance. The scene steadily grew throughout the Smash 4 era, thanks to events held by local organizations, including weekly/biweekly events at 1-Up Gaming Center and annual events held by Geekdom Tournaments, and the rise of several Qatari smashers in the Middle East's Smash scene, including Nagnoog, Qatar's best Smash 4 player, who also placed highly at several events outside of Qatar, as well as TheFinalHeart, a player who dominated 1-Up Gaming Center events for some time. Ultimate further highlighted the size and strength of Qatar's scene: Second Wind! became one of the largest Ultimate events in the early metagame, and several Qatari Smashers, such as Crono, $BK, and Xaiop, found decent results at other large Middle Eastern events. The growth culminated in the post-pandemic metagame thanks to the gaming center Virtuocity, which held several of the region's best-known events, including the Smash World Tour 2022 Gold-tier Virtuocity Smash Open 2022, which featured many of the Middle East's best players, and Virtuocity Battleground, where several international players were also invited.

Smashers

See also: Category:Qatari smashers

The following players are currently or were previously ranked. Their highest placement is listed.

Nationally ranked players

Tag	Character(s)	Best placement	Notes
$BK		OrionRank 2022 Middle East: 8th

Other notable players

Tag	Character(s)	Notes
Crono		The best Qatari Smash player in Ultimate's early metagame, winning many events in Qatar during this time and ranking 1st on the first four Qatari Power Rankings in Ultimate.
kenji		One of the primary tournament organizers in Qatar, known for running the 1-Up Biweekly series and several other regional events in Qatar.
KK		One of the best Qatari Smash 4 players, ranking 1st in two different seasons.
Nagnoog		The best Qatari Smash 4 player, ranking 1st on their first power ranking, though he attended fewer events than most other Qatari players during his peak, and as such, was unranked for most of Smash 4.
TheArabSamurai		The first notable tournament organizer in Qatar, who was responsible for organizing several of the earliest Qatari events. He is also the CEO of Team Mana, the team responsible for competitive Smash in Qatar.
TheFinalHeart		One of the best Qatari Smash 4 players, ranking 1st in two different seasons.
Xaiop		One of the best Qatari Ultimate players.

Tournaments

See also: Category:Qatari tournaments

Notable tournament series

Tournament series that have achieved recognition outside their local region.

Tournament	Games	Type	Status
1-UP		Weekly/Biweekly	Discontinued
Geekdom		Annual	Ongoing
Virtuocity		Unscheduled	Ongoing

Notable tournaments

Tournaments that featured at least one game at a superregional level.

Tournament	Date	Entrants	Supermajor	Major	Superregional	Other
Virtuocity Smash Open 2022	March 17th-19th, 2022	106	—	—		—
Virtuocity Battleground	February 20th-22nd, 2025	~102	—	—		—

Largest singles events

Rank	Tournament	Date	Game	Attendance	Winner	Character(s)
1	Virtuocity Smash Open 2022	March 17th-19th, 2022		106	Chag
2	Second Wind!	March 15th, 2019		104	Crono
3	Virtuocity Battleground	February 20th-22nd, 2025		102	Zomba
4	Geekdom 22	December 5th-15th, 2022		94	Crono
5	Geekdom 2021	November 8th-12th, 2021		82	Crono
6	Legion's Gauntlet of Power	July 6th-8th, 2023		71	Chag
7	Geekdom 3000	February 22nd-23rd, 2024		65	soudsamus
8	IGN Convention Qatar 2015	February 26th, 2015		64	KHS223
	Geekend 24	September 13th, 2024			$BK
10	The EC Open	September 9th-10th, 2022		62	Raflow

See also

• Qatari Power Rankings