Qatar, crowned with the title of the last edition in 2019, has expressed its desire to host the 2023 Asian Cup Final, which was to be held in China, but apologized for not hosting it due to the effects of the Corona virus. This was announced on Monday by the Asian Football Confederation.
The confederation announced on its official website that four national federations have expressed their desire to host the 2023 AFC Asian Cup: Qatar, South Korea, Australia and Indonesia.
“Following an invitation from the AFC on 31 May 2022 to all member associations to express their interest in hosting the most important men’s national team tournament (in Asia), the following AFC members have responded within the deadline, which has been extended to 15: July 2022, and expressed interest in hosting the tournament: the Australian Football Association, the Indonesian Football Association, the Korea Football Association and the Qatar Football Association.
He continued, “In accordance with the candidate file submission process, candidate laws were circulated to AFC member associations on June 17, 2022, and the deadline for filing candidate files was set on August 31, 2022.”
The tournament was scheduled to be held in 10 cities in China with 24 teams from June 16 to July 16, 2023, but he apologized in mid-May for not hosting it due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Asian Football Confederation has opened its doors to its national member federations to express their desire to host the tournament, which takes place every four years, noting that interested countries must submit their nominations by June 30 before extending the deadline to the middle of this month. .
“A comprehensive evaluation of the candidate files will be carried out by the AFC administration before the selection and announcement of the competition organizer from 24 teams by the AFC Executive Committee on October 17, 2022,” the Confederation said in a statement on Monday.
Qatar, which faces its biggest test later this year by hosting the first World Cup final in the Middle East, hosted the Asian Cup in 1988 (Saudi Arabia won the title at the expense of South Korea) and 2011 (Japan). won at the expense of Australia).
