Live Bar September 25th According to reporter Madexing , a total of member associations from five West Asia regions are competing for the hosting of the 6th U23 Asian Cup Tournament in 2024.
Since this event is also the qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics men's football team in Asia, the competition for hosting rights is quite fierce. So far, a total of five member associations, including Iran , Qatar , Saudi , UAE and Uzbek, have applied to host it. Since the AFC constitution does not stipulate that a member association cannot host two consecutive events at the same time, after hosting the fifth event, the Uzbek Football Association proposed to apply for the 6th event in 2024, which is fully in line with the regulations and is also accepted by the AFC .
According to the agreement reached by FIFA and the International Olympic Games, among the 16 participating teams in the 2024 Paris Olympic Men's Football Championship, there are 3.5 seats in Asia. That is, the teams that have entered the semi-finals of the 6th U23 Asian Cup in 2024 have the opportunity to play in the Paris Olympics. The top three will directly get the right to participate, and the fourth place will play the game with the fourth place in the African region.
However, the AFC has also made a decision that the regulations for the rotation of the East and West Asian regions will be cancelled from the 7th U23 Asian Cup in 2026, and the member associations that have obtained the right to host the 2027 Asian Cup will directly and simultaneously obtain the right to host the odd U23 Asian Cup, that is, the odd U23 Asian Cup is the test match the year before the Asian Cup; the even session will be held by various member associations. And so on. At present, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iran are competing for the hosting rights of the 2027 Asian Cup, which means: Once one of the above three member associations gets the hosting rights of the 2024 6th U23 Asian Cup, it is very likely that it will host the 2026 7th U23 Asian Cup.
According to the competition schedule formulated by the AFC, the 2024 6th U23 Asian Cup qualifiers will be held in this FIFA-designated national team competition window from September 4 to 12, 2023; the final stage competition will be initially scheduled to be held from January 10 to 28, 2024. However, since Qatar is currently competing with South Korea and Indonesia for the hosting rights of the 2023 Asian Cup final stage, once Qatar obtains the hosting rights, the 2023 Asian Cup 2024 Asian Cup final stage will be postponed to January 2024, and the 6th U23 Asian Cup final stage will be postponed to February or March 2024 in order to make way for the Asian Cup.
(Nanling Crying)
