Spirit of Sport
Qantas is a proud sponsor of the following sports and events:
Qantas wins Australian Olympic Committee Gold
Qantas has been awarded the Australian Olympic Committee's inaugural Gold Inspiration Award for excellence in Olympic marketing. The Australian Olympic Committee created the Inspiration Awards to recognise excellence in Olympic sponsorship leveraging. This inaugural award is presented to Australian Olympic Team sponsors who have achieved extraordinary success through the innovative and effective use of their Olympic sponsorship across any or all aspects of their business, having regard to the particular circumstances of the different industries and the diversity of the leveraging programs.
Australian Rugby Union
Qantas is a proud supporter of Australian Rugby Union and is the official airline of the Qantas Wallabies. We began our association with the Australian Rugby Union in 1990 and in 2004, we became the naming rights partner of the Qantas Wallabies. Qantas will remain as naming rights partner of the Qantas Wallabies until the end of 2015.
In 2013 we are once again proud to support Australian Rugby and the Qantas Wallabies as they prepare for a highly anticipated show down with the British & Irish Lions. The Lions are an elite selection of the finest Rugby players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and this year these players will join forces in one side to visit Australian shores for the first time since 2001.
Between 5 June and 6 July the Lions will play nine fixtures across Australia, including three highly anticipated Test matches against the Qantas Wallabies.
The Lions 2013 tour of Australia will be one of the biggest Rugby events staged in our country. This massive tour only heads to Australia once every 12 years, so it is a not to be missed event for all Rugby lovers!
In August The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship will kick-off with the Qantas Wallabies taking on the All Blacks, Springboks and Argentina at home and away over an eight week period.
Good luck Qantas Wallabies. We'll be cheering you on in every Test this year.
Domestic Match details
- Saturday 22 June, Qantas Wallabies v British & Irish Lions - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
- Saturday 29 June, Qantas Wallabies v British & Irish Lions - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
- Saturday 6 July, Qantas Wallabies v British & Irish Lions - ANZ Stadium, Sydney
- Saturday 17 August, Qantas Wallabies v All Blacks - ANZ Stadium, Sydney
- Saturday 7 September, Qantas Wallabies v Springbok - Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
- Saturday 15 Sep, Qantas Wallabies v Argentina - Patersons Stadium, Perth
Cricket Australia
Qantas is proud to be the Official Airline of Cricket Australia. Since December 2011, Qantas has carried our teams across Australia and the world in preparation for their big matches.
Qantas supports all forms of the game including Test, One Day International, T20 International, State and the KFC T20 Big Bash League, which sees cricket stars from around the world take each other on across the summer.
This year, Australia will fly to the UK to take part in the ICC Champions Trophy before battling it out in back-to-back Ashes for the first time since the 1970s.
We wish all the Australian, State and KFC T20 teams the best of luck for this season and beyond.
To find out more about cricket or to purchase tickets visit the Cricket Australia website.
Football Federation Australia
Qantas is the Official Partner and Airline of the Qantas Socceroos, Football Federation Australia and the Hyundai A-League.
Qantas is also proud to support the Australian Football men's teams; the Qantas Under 23s, the Qantas Young Socceroos, the Qantas Joeys and the Qantas Futsalroos.
Qantas Socceroos
Having played 13 matches throughout a busy 2012, the Qantas Socceroos are in the final stages of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil with crucial fixtures against Oman in Sydney in March and three big matches in June against Japan (Tokyo), Jordan (Melbourne) and Iraq (Sydney).
Late last year, the Qantas Socceroos also qualified for the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) East Asian Cup after winning the qualification tournament in Hong Kong. The Qantas Socceroos will now compete for the first time in the four-nation EAFF East Asian Cup against the likes of Japan, China and the host-nation the Korea Republic in July.
With so much on the line, the Qantas Socceroos are looking forward to playing in front of a large home crowd as they embark on the road to Brazil.
Hyundai A-League
The Hyundai A-League 2012/13 season kicks off 5 October 2012 and will run for 27 rounds with finals taking place in April 2013. Highlights this season include the introduction of new Club, Western Sydney Wanderers FC, dubbed Australia's newest, oldest Club due to the areas rich heritage in football and its strong connection to its grassroots participants and the development of the game. New starts to the league this season include Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney FC), Emile Heskey (Newcastle Jets) and Shinji Ono (Western Sydney Wanderers).
Since its inception in 2004, the Hyundai A-League has attracted 9,347,346 million fans to 815 Hyundai A-League and Finals Series matches. This season will see the league reach the 10,000,000 mark for attendances. For fixtures and more information visit www.a-league.com.au.
Qantas is a proud supporter and Official Airline of the Hyundai A-League.
Formula 1® Australian Grand Prix
As Official Airline of the Formula 1® Australian Grand Prix, Qantas is proud to support this elite motorsport event that takes place at Melbourne's famous Albert Park circuit.
We've been a supporter of Formula 1TM racing since the first Australian event in Adelaide in 1985, and we continue to be a driving force behind the staging of this prestigious event on the sporting calendar.
Qantas also proudly supports two Australian Formula 1® drivers, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo. We wish both of these outstanding Australians the very best of luck in the 2013 season.
Australian Olympic Committee
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to Australia's athletes and encourages the development of high performance sport through athlete support and funding initiatives. The role of the AOC also extends to spreading the Olympic spirit and ideals throughout the wider community, even in the years between Olympic Games.
It is the AOC's responsibility to select, send and fund Australian Teams to the Olympic Games, Olympic Winter Games, Youth Olympic Games and Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The AOC is also committed to the education of Australia's youth through programs including the a.s.p.i.r.e. school network, the annual Pierre de Coubertin Awards and State & National Australian Olympic Academies.
Qantas has been a proud partner of the AOC for over forty years and was the Official Airline of the 2010 and 2012 Australian Olympic Teams. Qantas will continue their support of the Australian Olympic Team for another four years and will carry the team to and from Rio in 2016.
