SFA chiefs have agreed a partnership with World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar after a visit to the Arabian nation.

A three-man SFA delegation of chief executive Stewart Regan, president Campbell Ogilvie and vice-president Rod Petrie visited the oil-rich state last week on a fact-finding visit.

They viewed their facilities, including their Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence and the Aspetar Sports Medicine Hospital, with a Scotland Under-15 squad also playing in a tournament in Doha.

And the Qatari FA have revealed they have now established close links with the SFA. Vice-president Saud Abdulaziz Al Mohannadi said: "We had excellent discussions with the Scottish FA delegation and we have many areas of common interest.

"We agreed to strengthen areas of co-operation that will contribute to benefit the relations between our football associations.

"There will be an enhanced relationship between us in order to improve the football system in both Qatar and Scotland."

And Ogilvie insisted the SFA were happy to help to try and improve Qatari football ahead of their controversial hosting of the World Cup in 2022.

He said: "Doha has become one of the most important sports cities in the global arena. I'm impressed with what we have seen with their state-of-the-art facilities. Qatari football is progressing, too, and we hope to work together in the future."