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
|
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
|
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
|
Dubai
|
Beach soccer
|
2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
|
Dubai
|
Football
|
2009 GCC U-17 Championship
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
|
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
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Judo
|
2011 Asian Judo Championships
|
Dubai
|
Rugby union
|
2011 Emirates Cup of Nations
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
|
World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2011
|
2012
|
Dubai Sharjah
|
Cricket
|
2012 ACC Trophy Elite
|
Fujairah Ras Al Khaimah
|
Football
|
2012 AFC U-19 Championship
|
Dubai
|
Rugby union
|
2011 Emirates Cup of Nations
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2012 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2013 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification
|
2013
|
Dubai
|
Karate
|
2013 Asian Karate Championships
|
Dubai
|
Volleyball
|
2013 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
|
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
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2014 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
|
Dubai
|
Weightlifting
|
2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships
|
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
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2019 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Ice hockey
|
2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
|
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
|