The problem
For amateur footballers in Kuwait, getting a game meant a nightly scramble: messaging groups, calling pitches, and hoping a slot was free — while facility owners watched peak evening hours go unbooked for lack of any storefront.
How it works
Li3ib is an app and website for sports venue reservations: users find nearby facilities, book pitches, schedule recreational games with other players, and set up their own tournaments, including managed competitions for companies. Beyond bookings, the company handles facility upkeep coordination and event organisation, promoting sports activity at multiple levels.
Pain points
Group-chat chaos to assemble a game, double-booked or locked pitches on arrival, and newcomers with no route into a match without a personal invite.
Business model
A cut of facility bookings plus fees for organising tournaments and running corporate competitions.
Challenges
Keeping both sides liquid — pitches listed and players showing up at the same hours — charging for bookings without pushing casual players back to free chats, and growing past a small domestic market.
Funding
- Raised: undisclosed (no verified funding figure found; keys omitted).
Latest — January 2024
In January 2024 TechRound named Li3ib among its 10 startups in Kuwait to watch, citing its comprehensive sports-management approach from facility upkeep to event organisation.