Hassan Tower frames Global Champions finals from 30 October
Published on 10/31/2026 at 08:31 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael MĂĽller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSRabat finals and monument setting
- Rabat hosts the Global Champions League final on 30 October 2026 near Hassan Tower.
- The equestrian village occupies 5.5 hectares between Hassan Tower, the Royal Theatre and Mohammed VI Tower.
- Yacoub Al Mansour began the mosque project in the twelfth century, while the minaret is 44 metres high.
- Hassan Tower stands on Mohamed Lyazidi Boulevard in Rabat, Morocco.
Hassan Tower and the Longines Global Champions Tour finals share Rabat as their setting from 30 October to 1 November 2026. The equestrian village is positioned between the monument, the Royal Theatre of Rabat and Mohammed VI Tower, placing a major sporting programme beside one of Morocco’s best-known historic sites.
The monument itself is the Hassan Tower, the surviving minaret of an unfinished Almohad mosque complex.
Global Champions finals run beside Hassan Tower
The Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League finals are taking place in Rabat from 30 October to 1 November 2026. The programme marks the twentieth anniversary of the circuit and brings the season’s decisive competitions to the Moroccan capital for the third consecutive year.
The specially built equestrian village covers 5.5 hectares. The site lies between Hassan Tower, the Royal Theatre of Rabat and Mohammed VI Tower, so the monument forms part of the surrounding cityscape rather than serving as the competition arena. The announced Rabat programme also includes a themed village, musical and artistic activities, and national and international equestrian shows.
The Global Champions League team final is scheduled for 30 October 2026. The individual Longines Global Champions Tour final follows on 1 November 2026, when the individual season champion is due to be decided.
Hassan Tower links a twelfth-century project with the finals
Hassan Tower is the remaining minaret of a much larger mosque project commissioned by the Almohad sultan Yacoub Al Mansour in the twelfth century. The project did not survive the sultan’s death in 1199, and the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 later damaged the complex.
The surviving minaret rises 44 metres above the site. Its architecture resembles the Koutoubia in Marrakech and the Giralda in Seville, according to Visit Rabat’s monument guide. The surrounding remains preserve the scale of the unfinished mosque, while the temporary sporting village introduces a current public programme beside that historic setting.
Rabat first joined the Longines Global Champions Tour calendar in 2024 as the first African host city. The city returned to the calendar in 2025 and now stages the 2026 season finals, giving the site an identifiable connection to the event beyond a general city listing.
Visiting Hassan Tower: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The finals run from 30 October to 1 November 2026 in the equestrian village between Hassan Tower, the Royal Theatre of Rabat and Mohammed VI Tower.
- The Global Champions League final is scheduled for 30 October 2026, while the individual Longines Global Champions Tour final is scheduled for 1 November 2026. The published programme does not state that Hassan Tower itself is closed or that access to the monument has changed.
- Hassan Tower is on Mohamed Lyazidi Boulevard in Rabat. The event location can be identified from the monument and the two neighbouring landmarks named in the programme.
- The site combines the 44-metre minaret and the remains of an unfinished mosque with a temporary 5.5-hectare equestrian village.
- Morocco’s official languages are Arabic and Amazigh, and its national currency is the Moroccan dirham.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about Hassan Tower
When do the Global Champions finals take place near Hassan Tower?
The finals run from 30 October to 1 November 2026 in Rabat. The team final is scheduled for 30 October and the individual final for 1 November.
What is Hassan Tower?
It is the 44-metre minaret remaining from an unfinished Almohad mosque project begun under Yacoub Al Mansour in the twelfth century.
Where is Hassan Tower and how do you get there?
The monument stands on Mohamed Lyazidi Boulevard in Rabat, Morocco. The finals site is identified between Hassan Tower, the Royal Theatre of Rabat and Mohammed VI Tower.
