At noon on July 18, Beijing time, AFC confirmed through official channels. After the Indonesian Football Association and the South Korean Football Association clearly submitted an application, the Qatar Football Association and the Australian Football Association also confirmed their application to host the 2023 Asian Cup Football Championship. The AFC will announce the final bid results at the Executive Committee meeting on October 17.
In May this year, the AFC announced through official channels that the 2023 Asian Cup , which was originally planned to be held in China, was relocated for some reason.
Subsequently, the AFC launched the bidding process. The bid period originally planned to end on June 30 was extended to July 15. Previously, the Indonesian Football Association and the South Korean Football Association confirmed the bid, and the Japanese Football Association gave up the bid. The Australian Football Association, which also once gave up its bid, changed its mind at the last moment. They worked with the Qatar Football Association to submit an application to host the Asian Cup.
Previously, the outside world was generally optimistic about the successful bid by the Korean Football Association, because its bid was strongly supported by its own government, and South Korea, as one of the host countries of the 2002 World Cup, has international first-class venue conditions. However, with the bid for Qatar , the prospects for this event will become confusing.
text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Zan
edited by Zhang Yingchuan
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