After Qatar won the bid to host the Asian Games 2030 on Wednesday, December 16, and the ongoing preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, the spotlight is now on for the country's AFC Asian Cup 2027 bid.
In July this year, Qatar Football Association (QFA) has announced its bid to host the 2027 edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the premier national team football competition. QFA officially submitted its bid in August and has handed over the fourth and final part of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 bid file this December.
With an hour to go before the kick-off (7 pm) of the Amir Cup Final 2020 at the newly-inaugurated Al Rayyan Stadium, QFA unveiled the emblem of Qatar's bid to host the AFC Asian Cup 2027.
Watch the video of the emblem reveal here:
Qatar is one of the five bids presented to the AFC. According to the AFC, all of these countries have until December 18, 2020, to submit their bid book.
The other four Member Associations who have bid to stage Asia's premier football tournament are:
The host nation for the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup in 2027™ will be announced in 2021, according to AFC.
Qatar has been committed to legacy projects – both locally and Asia-wide. Today we submit our bid book for the 2027 tournament, confident in our readiness and capability to deliver a world-class event. pic.twitter.com/T7SpmTked9
— Qatar Bid 2027 (@qatarbid2027) December 14, 2020
Qatar has hosted the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup twice - in 1988 and 2011. Currently, the reigning AFC Asian Cup™ champion, Qatar is hoping to be the first Asian country to host the competition for the third time.
Qatar has also hosted the AFC Champions League matches of the West Zone and the East Zone in 2020.
Mansoor Al Ansari, Secretary-General of the QFA, said: "Our bid confirms the great desire to follow major sporting events, which Qatar is conducting with great successes for over two decades now."
Al Ansari said that Qatar will be ready to host the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, taking advantage of the modern sports facilities that it has in the country. He added that the world-class sporting infrastructure in Qatar is a sound legacy for future football generations in the Asian continent.
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Sources: Qatar News Agency, Asian Football Confederation
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