JAKARTA - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has officially announced that Qatar will host the 2023 Asian Cup. Qatar, which is preparing to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, defeated countries such as South Korea and Indonesia, who are also running for host.
"The executive committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today has confirmed the Qatari Football Association (QFA) as the association to host the 2023 AFC Asian Cup," the AFC said in their official statement.
The 2023 Asian Cup is supposed to take place in China from June 16 to July 16 next year. However, the country resigned in May this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic policy.
China's resignation has made Indonesia, South Korea and Qatar compete in the race for the quota to host the tournament that the 24 teams will participate in.
However, Qatar was then chosen for several reasons, especially their track record in organizing large international-scale tournaments. Moreover, at the end of this year they hosted the World Cup.
"On behalf of the AFC and Asian football families, I would like to congratulate the Qatari Football Association for being granted the right to host the 2023 Asian Cup," said AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim.
Qatar is the defending champion of the Asian Cup after winning it in 2019 in the United Arab Emirates. This is Qatar's third time to host after 1988 and 2011.
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