News from Al-Madinah: After South Korea and Indonesia withdrew from the running to host the event, the Asian Football Confederation confirmed today, Monday, that the State of Qatar will host the Asian Cup 2023 instead of China.
In 2019, China had the right to host the finals, but it had gave up the organization earlier this year due to efforts to reduce the spread of the Corona virus (Kovid-19).
After hosting the continental finals in 1988 and 2011, Sheikh Al-Bahraini Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the president of the Asian Federation, presented a certificate recognising Qatar’s hosting of the Asian Cup to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, the president of the Qatari Federation.
The Qatari federation posted on Twitter, “We embrace the championship again, welcome to Asia in Qatar.”
Due to its efforts to stop the spread of the Kofid-19 epidemic, China apologised last May for hosting the 18th edition. Since then, Qatar, South Korea, and Indonesia have expressed their interest in hosting, while Australia opted not to move forward with its application in early September.
The General Assembly meeting included a visual presentation of the files of the three countries, and a presentation of the AFC evaluation committee that included a detailed report on field visits and meetings held with file officials, before the voting process.
24 teams were expected to compete in the tournament, which was slated to take place in 10 Chinese cities between June 16 and July 16, 2023.
The first FIFA World Cup finals to be held in the Middle East will be hosted by Qatar next month, and it has previously hosted the Asian Cup in 1988, when Saudi Arabia won the championship at the expense of South Korea in a penalty shootout, and in 2011, when Japan triumphed at the expense of Australia following an extension.
The championship, which is held every four years and was first held in 1956, was won by Qatar in 2019. Japan has the record for most championship victories with four, followed by Saudi Arabia and Iran (3 times).
In addition to 8 stadiums, 7 of which are newly-styled, Qatar will host 32 teams for the World Cup Finals between November 20 and December 18, while also renovating the venerable Khalifa Stadium. Over a million people are anticipated to travel to the gas-rich Gulf state during the international event.
Doha also won the right to host the 2030 Asian Games for a second time after hosting the event in 2006. This decision was made in December 2020.
The World Cup handball was held in Qatar in 2015, the Arab Games in 2011, the FIFA World Cup in 1995, the World Swimming Championship in 2018, and the World Athletics Championship in 2019.
In addition, Qatar will host a number of important competitions, including the World Judo Championship in 2023 and the World Water Games Championship in 2024.
Origin: French.
The football Asian Cup in 2023 will be held in Qatar.
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