The Qusai initiative works to improve the safety of athletes in Jordan through sports therapy training and athletic facilities improvement. The initiative is named after Jordanian footballer, Qusai Al-Khawaldeh, who sadly passed away after a medical incident during a football match.

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Program Type

Strengthening sports therapy

Program Pathway

Economic Participation

Program Type: Strengthening sports therapy
Program Pathway: Economic Participation
Program Period: Open year round
Program Type: Strengthening sports therapy
Program Pathway : Economic Participation
Program Period: Open year round

About Qusai

Qusai works to ensure the safety of athletes in Jordan. This includes establishing effective emergency responses, enacting a law requiring the presence of an athletic therapist during training or competitions, launching an Athletic Therapy master’s degree at the University of Jordan, and regulating the qualification of sports therapists in Jordan.

Qusai was launched in 2015 by HRH Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and is implemented by the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) in collaboration with the Crown Prince Foundation (CPF).

Qusai works to ensure the safety of athletes in Jordan. This includes establishing effective emergency responses, enacting a law requiring the presence of an athletic therapist during training or competitions, launching an Athletic Therapy master’s degree at the University of Jordan, and regulating the qualification of sports therapists in Jordan.

Qusai was launched in 2015 by HRH Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II and is implemented by the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) in collaboration with the Crown Prince Foundation (CPF).

Qusai Key Achievements

  • Accredited over 390 sports therapists.
  • Conducted over 140 training courses.
  • Launched a master’s program in Athletic Therapy at the University of Jordan.
  • Established the Jordan Athletic Therapy Association, reviewed and approved by The Executive Committee of the World Federation of Athletic Training & Therapy (WFATT), to organize the sports therapy sector in Jordan in a way that guarantees the rights and clarifies the duties of both therapists and players.
  • Designed and equipped 11 specialized sport treatment rooms for emergency cases throughout the Kingdom.

  • Accredited over 390 sports therapists.
  • Conducted over 140 training courses.
  • Launched a master’s program in Athletic Therapy at the University of Jordan.
  • Established the Jordan Athletic Therapy Association, reviewed and approved by The Executive Committee of the World Federation of Athletic Training & Therapy (WFATT), to organize the sports therapy sector in Jordan in a way that guarantees the rights and clarifies the duties of both therapists and players.
  • Designed and equipped 11 specialized sport treatment rooms for emergency cases throughout the Kingdom.

Qusai Goals

To develop a sports infrastructure that encourages and supports athletic careers

To promote athlete safety through sports therapy training and qualification

To improve the safety of athletic facilities

To raise the readiness of the sports treatment sector to adeptly deal with sports injuries on the field