Saudi Arabia won the hosting of the next AFC Congress in 2019 and the Saudi capital of Riyadh overcame New Delhi from India by 13 votes to 5 in the vote held at the AFC General Assembly in Hong Kong. For his part, explained d. Qassim Al Muaidi, President of the Saudi Federation of Sports Medicine and member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Sports Medicine Federation, said that hosting this sporting event next year is a pride for all of us and came only with the support of the President of the General Authority for Sport Turki Al-Sheikh and his deputy Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal We thank them for their unlimited support for us, especially for sports and athletes in general, and I congratulate you for our wise government leadership and for the sports leadership that has always returned us to represent our country well in international forums. The 19th Asian Congress of Sports Medicine aims at spreading the importance of preventing sports injuries through the slogan “Sports Medicine for Excellence in Health and Performance", in addition to presenting the latest protocols of rehabilitation and evaluation of sports performance and the deployment of preventive programs for the sports community.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation, a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Sports Medicine Federation d. Qassim bin Ibrahim Al Muaidi to Hong Kong to represent Saudi Arabia in the meetings of the Asian Association of Sports Medicine and participate in the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Asian Sports Medicine Federation and the congress accompanying him .

The Saudi Federation of Sports Medicine participated in the international conference held at the College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity at King Saud University. The contribution of the Saudi Federation of Sports Medicine through the preparation and implementation of a workshop under the title of “medical adhesive" and received a great response from the two conferences, which is an added quality to the international conference, which lasted two days.