# List of sporting events in the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of international sporting events in the United Arab Emirates.

## Single sport events

| Year | City | Sport | Event |
| 1982 | Dubai | Football | 6th Arabian Gulf Cup |
| 1984 | Sharjah | Cricket | 1984 Asia Cup |
| 1985 | Abu Dhabi | Football | 1985 AFC Youth Championship |
| 1989 | Dubai | Volleyball | 1989 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship |
| 1990 | Dubai Sharjah | Football | 1990 AFC U-16 Championship |
| 1991 | Dubai | Football | 1991 Arab Cup Winners' Cup |
| 1992 | Dubai | Football | 1992 AFC Youth Championship |
| 1994 | Dubai | Football | 12th Arabian Gulf Cup |
| 1995 | Sharjah | Cricket | 1995 Asia Cup |
| 1996 | Abu Dhabi Al Ain Dubai | Football | 1996 AFC Asian Cup |
| 1996 | Dubai | Handball | 1996 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship |
| 2000 | Dubai Sharjah | Cricket | 2000 ACC Trophy |
| 2001 | Dubai | Basketball | 2001 ABC Champions Cup |
| 2002 | Dubai | Football | 2002 AFC U-17 Championship |
| 2003 | Abu Dhabi Al Ain Dubai Sharjah | Football | 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship |
| 2004 | Sharjah | Basketball | 2004 FIBA Asia Champions Cup |
| 2004 | Dubai Sharjah | Cricket | 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge |
| 2005 | Dubai | Weightlifting | 2005 Asian Weightlifting Championships |
| 2006 | Dubai Sharjah | Rugby union | 2006 Under 19 Rugby World Championship |
| 2007 | Dubai | Football | 18th Arabian Gulf Cup |
| 2008 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2008 Arab Cup |
| 2009 | Dubai | Volleyball | 2009 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
| 2009 | Dubai | Beach soccer | 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
| 2009 | Dubai | Football | 2009 GCC U-17 Championship |
| 2009 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia |
| 2009 | Dubai | Rugby sevens | 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| 2010 | Abu Dhabi | Handball | 2010 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship |
| 2011 | Al Ain | Athletics | 2011 Arab Athletics Championships |
| 2011 | Abu Dhabi | Judo | 2011 Asian Judo Championships |
| 2011 | Dubai | Rugby union | 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations |
| 2011 | Abu Dhabi | Brazilian jiu-jitsu | World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2011 |
| 2012 | Dubai Sharjah | Cricket | 2012 ACC Trophy Elite |
| 2012 | Fujairah Ras Al Khaimah | Football | 2012 AFC U-19 Championship |
| 2012 | Dubai | Rugby union | 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations |
| 2012 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship |
| 2012 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia |
| 2012 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification |
| 2013 | Dubai | Karate | 2013 Asian Karate Championships |
| 2013 | Dubai | Volleyball | 2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship |
| 2013 | Abu Dhabi Al Ain Dubai Fujairah Ras Al Khaimah Sharjah | Football | 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| 2014 | Dubai | Basketball | 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship |
| 2014 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2014 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia |
| 2014 | Dubai | Weightlifting | 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships |
| 2014 | Dubai Sharjah | Cricket | 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup |
| 2015 | Dubai | Volleyball | 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship |
| 2016 | Dubai | Athletics | IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship 2016 |
| 2017 | Abu Dhabi Dubai | Cricket | 2017 Desert T20 Challenge |
| 2018 | Abu Dhabi Dubai | Cricket | 2018 Asia Cup |
| 2019 | Abu Dhabi Al Ain Dubai Sharjah | Football | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
| 2019 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification |
| 2019 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia |
| 2019 | Abu Dhabi | Ice hockey | 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I |
| Upcoming ||||
| Year | City | Sport | Event |
| 2019 | TBA | Cricket | 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier |

## Annual sport events

| Year | City | Sport | Event |
| 1999– | Dubai | Rugby sevens | Dubai Sevens |
| 2004–2012 | Fujairah | Cue sports | WPA World Eight-ball Championship |
| 2006–2009 | Dubai | Beach soccer | AFC Beach Soccer Championship |
| 2010–2011 | Abu Dhabi | Football | WAFF Women's Championship |
| 2011– | Dubai | Beach soccer | Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup |
| 2011– | Dubai | Rugby sevens | Dubai Women's Sevens |
| 2014–2017 | Dubai | Badminton | BWF Super Series Finals |