Qatar’s cross-country team managed to occupy the 5th rank in the finals of the IAAF World Cross Country Championship, which was held in Amman-Jordan on 28 March 2009. The Qatari team could collect (79) points, as the total points gained by the best (4) athletes among the (6) champions who represented Qatar. The results of these athletes were:

1) Saif Saeed Shaheen, (rank 13)  
2) Ahmad Hassan Abdullah, (rank 18)   
3) Felix Kipuri, (rank 20)  
4) Jamal Bilal Salem, (rank, 28)  
5) Essa Ismail Rashed, (rank 55)  
6) Musa Amer Obaid, (rank 93)  

Kenya dominated the 1st rank with a total of (28) points, while Ethiopia occupied the 2nd rank with the same number of points (28). This represented a state of tie to seize the first rank. In accordance with the rules and regulations of IAAF, the break of the tie is determined by the final rank of the fourth competitor in each team. Kenya’s forth athlete occupied the 11th rank while the fourth Ethiopian athlete occupied the 12th rank, and thus Kenya’s team won the first rank and Ethiopia was ranked second.

Eritrea ended in the 3rd rank where it collected 50 points, while Uganda occupied the 4th rank (65 points), leaving the 5th rank to Qatar with 79 points. Thus, Africa dominated the first four ranks in the championship, where 19 countries participated. The final ranking order of the participating countries ended as below:
 
(Kenya - Ethiopia - Eritrea - Uganda - Qatar - Morocco - Spain - USA - South Africa - Rwanda - Japan - Denmark - France - Britain - Jordan - Botswana - Canada - Egypt - Iraq).  The number of participants who represented these countries reached (145) athletes, among whom (8) athletes did not complete the race.

 
The Qatari delegation included Mr. Issa Abdullah Al-Harami (Team Director), Mr. Khalifa Yusuf Abdulmalik (Team Administrator), six athletes, one coach, and one massager.