DOHA: During a press briefing held in Radisson Blu Hotel on Tuesday, Qatar Lubricants Company (QALCO) officially announced the launch of the Qualifying rounds for The Football Five's World Championship (F5WC) in Qatar. The Football Five’s World Championship (F5WC) brings together a global initiative to select talented amateur football players through regional 5-a-side qualifying rounds to then compete in the Dubai 2014 finals. The tournament aims to find undiscovered talent, showcased in Dubai and gives a platform for professional football clubs to scout and sign this talent. The qualifying rounds for the amateur football championship, sponsored by QALCO, aims to discover aspiring male footballers over 16 years who are not professionally registered with any football club in Qatar. The tournament is being managed by Legacy Sports & Events/DUPLAYS Doha. Supported by the Qatar Football Association (QFA) as the official venue provider, the QFA will also provide official referees for the tournament to ensure the Laws of the Game are enforced during the course of all matches. QFA’s support for this tournament demonstrates QFA’s social responsibility vision to spread the game of football amongst the community along with the positive values it brings to the people. QFA constantly focuses and targets different age groups in the community by introducing and supporting different football-related initiatives and tournaments, thus, creating a football-loving nation. Present at the Press Conference were Mr. Fawad Rana, Managing Director - Qatar Lubricants, Mr. Khalid Al Kuwari, Director of Marketing and Communications - QFA, Mr. Hamad Al Amari, Managing Partner - Legacy Sports & Events/Duplays Doha and Mr. Carl Windley, Co-Founder – Legacy Sports & Events and official spokesperson for the F5WC Qatar Qualifiers. The ceremony was also attended by other senior officials from the QFA, QALCO and Legacy Sports & Events. During the briefing, Mr. Khalid Al Kuwari, Director of Marketing and Communications for QFA said: “The F5WC is designed to provide a structured platform for aspiring football players and gives an opportunity to tap into a vast pool of budding football talent that is found in this country. As the Qatari football’s governing body, one of our main objectives is to have a direct positive impact on the popularity and development of the game in the country and allow it to continue to grow through our contribution and support to various amateur and community leagues." Local qualifying rounds in Qatar will be held on Fridays & Saturdays in April and May 2014. There will be group stage tournaments, in which the winning teams will proceed from the pre-qualifying stage to the Qatar Finals. A total of 32 teams will be competing on the Finals Day that will be held on Friday, 23rd May 2014. The victorious team will win an all-expenses paid trip to Dubai including 3 nights stay at the Marriott Hotel from the 12 - 14 of June 2014, while competing against 31 other countries at the Dubai World Trade Centre.