Doha, exclusive: Mohammed bin Abdat-SME
The AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, which starts on January 12 and continues until February 10 of next year, will witness spirited competitions between a number of the best football teams in Asia. The tournament matches will be hosted by nine modern stadiums built according to the best international standards, including seven World Cup stadiums.
The Lusail World Cup stadium will witness the opening and final match, in which our national team, as the host country, will face the Lebanese national team at 7 pm Doha time. The stunning stadium has a capacity of 88,000 seats and is famous for hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™️ final.
The upcoming Asian Championship competitions will host six other World Cup stadiums, which are; Al Bayt Stadium, Al Janoub Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium, Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium, Education City Stadium, and Khalifa International Stadium. These stadiums will be joined by Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium and Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, which are home to the Qatar Stars League champions Al Sadd and Al Duhail, respectively.
24 teams are participating in the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, divided into 6 groups, and the tournament will witness up to three matches per day during the group stage. Thanks to the close-distance nature of the State of Qatar, fans will have an exceptional opportunity to attend more than one match during the day, and this feature allows fans coming from outside the country to stay in one place throughout the duration of the tournament.
Jassim Abdulaziz Al Jassim, CEO of the Local Organizing Committee for the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, said: “We are pleased to host the Asian Championship for the third time in Qatar. We are confident that the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 will be the best edition that has been organized so far, and the match schedule will witness a number of Fantastic, high-energy rivalries between some of the most famous teams in Asia.”
Mr. Jassim Abdulaziz Al-Jassim added: “We await with great enthusiasm the return of the atmosphere of world football to the stadiums in Qatar, and the stadiums will be filled with fans who are passionate about the world of the round witch, and who will come to the country from all over the continent to attend the matches of the prestigious sporting event.”
Qatar hosted the Asian Cup, the most important tournament in the continent of Asia, in 1988 and 2011. Our national team, the champion of the championship, will be keen to retain the title at home and among its fans, after its success in reaching the podium in 2019 after participating in honorable confrontations in which it won. One win after another.
Al-Annabi came in the first group of the Asian Cup Qatar 2023, along with China, Tajikistan and Lebanon. Al-Annabi’s remaining two matches will be held at Al-Bayt Stadium, where the Tajikistan national team will meet on January 17, at 5:30 pm, and will face China at Khalifa International Stadium on January 22, at 6 pm.
The two best teams from each group, as well as the four best third-placed teams, will compete in the Round of 16, which begins on January 28. The final whistle will sound on February 10 at Lusail Stadium at 6:00 pm.
