Determining the Competencies of Sports Event Managers

The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the viewpoints shared by university professors and the managers holding sports events of federations on the competencies of sports event managers. The study was a descriptive survey conducted as a field research. The statistical population included all university professors with more than three years of experience of teaching courses related to management of sports events (N=39) and managers involved in holding sports events of federations (N=50). The statistical sample was equal to statistical population (n=89). The data were collected by the COSEM questionnaire of the competencies of sports event managers (Toh، 1997) consisting of 65 closed questions. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by university professors، and its reliability coefficient was 0. 87. The inferential statistics of confirmatory factor analysis with varimax rotation and Kolmogorov-Smirnov and independent t tests were used. The results showed the most important competencies of sports event managers included event planning and management techniques، sports facilities management، and event marketing management. Also، there was no significant difference between the viewpoints of university professors and the managers holding sports events of federations.