Doha: The Qatar Swimming Association began its preparations to host the 3rd round of the FINA Swimming World Cup, which will be at Hamad Aquatics Center next month.

As per the final FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 calendar, announced recently, the first two legs will be contested in Berlin (GER) and Budapest (HUN) on October 1-3, and October 7-9, respectively, while Doha (QAT) and Kazan (RUS) will stage the two remaining legs on October 21-23 and October 28-30.

All four stops of the 2021 World Cup will be competed in 25m-pools and are qualifying events for the postponed 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) to be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from December 16-21, 2021.

Source: Qatar Olympic Committee