The ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence is Qatar's visionary programme for discovering and developing the best young sporting talent from the region and around the world. The objective is to turn young sporting talents into winners at the highest levels of international competition. ASPIRE's Talent Identification Programme is the foundation of the Academy’s success. It works in close coordination with Qatar’s Ministry of Education, the Supreme Council of Education and the Qatar National Olympic Committee to find students who have exceptional athletic talent and offer them a scholarship to ASPIRE. It comprises a three-phase structure (Bronze, Silver and Gold), each phase with specific aims and tests. The authors, who all work at the academy, provide an overview of the process and a description of each phase, including the tests and other activities that they use. They conclude by stressing the importance of talent development.