The United Arab Emirates will host the World Parachuting Championships 2012 for the first time in Dubai, the capital of sports in the Middle East, over the period from 28 November to 09 December 2012. The Championships are expected to have unprecedented participation with regard to the numbers of countries, parachutists and competitions. Experts expect the number of parachutists will amount to more than 800, who will participate in competitions of formation formation skydiving, canopy formations, accurate landing, canopy piloting, over water, freefall flying, freefall style and para skiing for the first time in the Middle East.