Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award
Current: 2017 Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Creative Sports Award
Logo of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Creative Sports Award
Sponsored by	Emirates Airline Dubai Sports Channel Dubai Roads and Transport Authority
Location	Dubai
Country	United Arab Emirates
First awarded	2009
Website	mbrawards.ae

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award is an award that reflects the thoughts and philosophy of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President & Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai. The idea behind the award is to honor individuals, teams and organizations with the significant contributions to the sport’s movement and thus encouraging them to realize further creative achievements promoting sports, not only in UAE, Arab world but also worldwide.

History

Since the launch of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award in 2009, it has undergone several stages of development and improvement, which has reached the stage of the leadership and the internationalism, because of the accumulation of experience and expertise on the level of knowledge and skills.

On its 1st Edition in 2009, the award was launched as a generous gesture of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of the Dubai Sports Council. The award was the first of its kind in the area of sports creativity that intended to fill a major gap in sports to honor creative athletes in recognition of their outstanding achievements, support the efforts made to develop the sports sector in various fields, and uplift it to international standards. In its initial phase, the award was restricted to the local and Arab levels with three main categories determined for each level namely Individual Sports Creativity, Group Sports Creativity and Corporate Sports Creativity.

In harmony with the ambitious vision of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Award, and with his persistent endeavors to turn the award into a unique trend whereby athletic and intellectual innovators can be honored, be it local or international innovators from different countries. The award, in its 4th Edition expanded internationally by adding achievements made in the Corporate Creative Sports Category, for which special technical regulations were issued. Thus, with this prestigious award, Dubai has become a shining spot for creative sports in the UAE, the Arab world and worldwide.

In recognition to what the award has achieved of cumulative knowledge and international placing role in sports during the past years through supporting and motivating the creatives, the award was selected as one of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) to support and disseminate knowledge, vision of the future, leadership, empowerment of community and contribution to the sustainable human development.

Board of Trustees

Following are the Board of Trustees for the award.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairman	H. E. Mr. Mattar Mohammed Al-Tayer	United Arab Emirates
Deputy Chairman	Khalid Ali Bin Zayed Al-Falasi	United Arab Emirates
Members	Dr. Hassan Moustafa	Egypt
	Dr. Mustapha Larfaoui	Algeria
	Dr. Khalifa Rashid Al-Shaali	United Arab Emirates
	H. E. Mr. Ahmed Mosaed Al-Osaimi	Saudi Arabia
	H. E. Ms. Muna Darwish Busamra	United Arab Emirates
Secretary General	H. E. Ms. Moaza Saeed Al-Marri	United Arab Emirates

Objectives

The award strives to achieve the following objectives:

• To support and highlight the leading creative efforts of individuals, teams, organizations or bodies and Institutions in the field of sports, in view of developing and enhancing sports creativity in all specializations, sectors and levels.
• To encourage athletes and persons working in the field of sports all over the world to achieve creative sports through the provision of adequate moral and material incentives.
• To develop sports works by supporting creative initiatives based on scientific grounds to achieve the objectives.
• To shed light on the concept of creativity and innovation in the field of sports, and raise awareness about the importance of sponsoring distinguished creative works and persons.

Award Categories

There are three main categories:

Individual Sports Creativity

This award is given to Individuals such as players, coaches, referees, and administrators who have accomplished creative sports achievements on the local, Arab, continental or international level.

Group Sports Creativity

This award is given to sports groups which have achieved creative sports works on the local, Arab, continental or international level.

Corporate Sports Creativity

This award is given to sports institutes which have achieved creative sports works and best initiatives on the local, Arab, continental or international level.

Local Awards

These awards are given to athletes, officials or organisations of United Arab Emirates only.

Best Local Athlete

Year	Winner	Sport
2009	Mr. Ahmed Sultan Al Ketbi	Equestrian
2010	Mr. Yahya Mansour Al-Hammadi	Jujutsu
2011	Mr. Nader Mujtahed Ali Bin Hindi	Water ski
	Mr. Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh	Chess
2012	Mr. Abdulla Sultan Hamad Masoud Al-Aryani	Shooting
2013	None Awarded
2014	Mr. Faisal Fahad Ahmed Al-Koutby	Jujutsu
2015	Mr. Saif Bin Futtais	Shooting
2016	None Awarded
2017	Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Raaki Al-Amoodi	Football

Best Local Referee

Year	Winner	Sport
2009	None Awarded
2010	None Awarded
2011	Mr. Omar Mohamed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi	Handball
	Mr. Mohammad Rashid Al-Nuaimi	Handball
2012	Mr. Hamed Mohammed Ahmed Al-Rousy	Volleyball
2013	Mr. Sultan Ali Mohammed Al-Taher	Chess
2014	Mr. Mahdi Abdulrahim Abu El-Hassan	Chess
	Mr. Yaqoub Ghabish	Basketball
2015	Mr. Mohammed Essa Al Adhab	Equestrian
2016	Mr. Khamis Hassan Al-Shamsi	Futsal
2017	Mr. Ebrahim Yousef Khalaf Al-Mansoori	Football

Best Local Coach

Year	Winner	Sport
2009	Mahdi Ali	Football
2010	None Awarded
2011	Abdullah Sweidan Said Bin Sweidan	Cycling
2012	None Awarded
2013	None Awarded
2014	None Awarded
2015	None Awarded
2016	Mr. Ismail Mohammad Abdulrahman Al-Jeziri	Equestrian
2017	Mr. Saeed Bin Suroor Al Khaldi

Best Local Team

Year	Winner	Sport
2009	UAE Youth National Football Team	Football
2010	UAE National Bowling Team	Bowling
2011	UAE National Football Team	Football
2012	Al-Nasr Sports Cultural Club (Men's Table Tennis Team)	Table tennis
2013	Victory Team 3	Powerboating
2014	UAE National Handball Team	Handball
2015	UAE National Disabled Shooting Team	Shooting
2016	None Awarded
2017	None Awarded

Best Local Administrator

Year	Winner	Sport
2009	Mohammed Ahmed Bin Sulayem	Auto race
2010	Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Al-Badwawi	Football
2011	None Awarded
2012	None Awarded
2013	None Awarded
2014	Mr. Ahmad Al Kamali	Athletics
2015	Mr. Majid Abdulla Mushed Rashed	Paralympics
2016	Mr. Naser Mohamed Al-Tamimi	Judo
2017	None Awarded

Best Local Organisation

Year	Winner	Sport
2009	Sharjah Ladies Club
	United Arab Emirates Athletics Federation	Athletics
2010	Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club	Different sports
2011	UAE Taekwondo and Karate Federation	Taekwondo & Karate
	Al-Theqa Disabled Club
2012	United Arab Emirates Wrestling, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing Federation	Wrestling, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing
2013	Mamemo Productions	Beach water polo
2014	None Awarded
2015	SkyDive Dubai	Different sports
	Abu Dhabi Falcons Club
2016	UAE Paralympic Committee	Paralympics
2017	UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation	Jujutsu

Arab Awards

These awards are given to the athletes of Arab countries.

Best Arab Player

Year	Winner	Country	Sport
2009	Mr. Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	Swimming
2010	Mr. Ali Mohammed Al-Asi	Jordan	Gymnastics
2011	Mr. Ibrahim Sabry	Egypt	Archery
2012	Mr. Taoufik Makhloufi	Algeria	Athletics
2013	Mr. Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	Athletics
2014	Mr. Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	Athletics
2015	Mr. Ihab Abdelrahman	Egypt	Athletics
2016	Mr. Ahmad Abughaush	Jordan	Taekwondo
2017	Ms. Nour Atef Ahmed Zaki El Sherbini	Egypt	Squash

Best Arab Coach

Year	Winner	Country	Sport
2009	Mr. Hassan Shehata	Egypt	Football
2010	Mr. Jama Mohamed Aden	Somalia	Athletics
Not awarded from 2011 to 2014
2015	Mr. Kheïreddine Madoui	Algeria	Football
2016	Mr. Ali Al Zahrani	Saudi Arabia	Karate
2017	Mr. Faris Ali Ibrahim Al Assaf	Jordan	Taekwondo

Best Arab Team

Year	Winner	Country	Sport
2009	Oman National Football Team	Oman	Football
2010	None Awarded
2011	Egypt National Youth Handball Team	Egypt	Handball
2012	None Awarded
2013	Al Ahly SC (Football Team)	Egypt	Football
2014	Saudi Arabia Disabled Football Team	Saudi Arabia	Football
2015	None Awarded
2016	Bahrain Royal Endurance Team	Bahrain	Equestrian
2017	Iraq National U-16 Football Team	Iraq	Football

Best Arab Organisation

Year	Winner	Country	Sport
2009	Tunisia National Center for Medicine and Sports Science	Tunisia
2010	Sudan Athletics Association	Sudan	Athletics
2011	Bahrain Olympic Committee	Bahrain
2012	Qatar Olympic Committee	Qatar
2013	Sports Institute Pierre de Coubertin	Tunisia
2014	Fitness Time Corporation	Saudi Arabia
2015	Sports Department of Egyptian Armed Forces	Egypt
2016	Sheikha Althani for Underprivileged Children	Egypt
2017	None Awarded

Best International Organisation

Year	Winner	Country	Sport
	Not awarded between 2009 – 2011
2012	British Olympic Association	United Kingdom
2013	Fédération Internationale de Football Association	Switzerland	Football
2014	International Hockey Federation	Switzerland	Hockey
2015	International Judo Federation	Switzerland	Judo
2016	Badminton World Federation	Malaysia	Badminton
	British Paralympic Association	United Kingdom
2017	Union Cycliste Internationale	Switzerland	Cycling
	International Cricket Council	United Arab Emirates	Cricket

Other Awards

2009

Award	Winner	Country
Sports Figure Contributed to the Enrichment of the Local Sports Movement Award	Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan	United Arab Emirates
Sports Figure Contributed to the Enrichment of the Arab Sports Movement Award	Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah	Kuwait
Athlete Achieved Success within Major Humanitarian Challenges	Mr. Mohammed Khamis Khalaf	United Arab Emirates
Athlete Achieved Outstanding Successes	Mr. Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan
An achievement based on sports values	Al-Wehdat SC	Jordan
An outstanding media initiative promoting sports	Al Jamaheer Program team of Dubai Sports Channel	United Arab Emirates

2010

Award	Winner	Country
Sports figure contributed to the Enrichment of local sports movement	H. H. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi	United Arab Emirates
Sports figure contributed to the Enrichment of Arab sports movement	H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani	Qatar
Sports figure contributed to the Enrichment of the Women Sports	Sheikha Naima Al-Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah	Kuwait
An organisation supports and promotes sports in the community	Egyptian Olympic Committee	Egypt
Successful program resulted in outstanding outcomes	Qatar Olympic Committee	Qatar
	Abu Dhabi Sports Council	United Arab Emirates
Local junior athlete achieved tremendous success in the field of sports	Mr. Ahmed Khalil	United Arab Emirates