AFC chief reminds Asia they are always at the center of world football events

26 June - The attention of world football may shift to the United States with the 2026 World Cup and the recent announcement of hosting the expanded 2025 Club World Cup, but the president of the 'AFC Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa pointed out that Asia still plays a major role after Qatar 2022 on the world stage.

FIFA will hold its 74th FIFA Congress on 17 May 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, while the FIFA Council has also designated Indonesia as the hosts of the 2023 U17 World Cup to be played in the end of the year.

Uzbekistan will host the 2024 Futsal World Cup, while the 2023 Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in the United Arab Emirates, will now be played from February 15-25, 2024.

The interesting thing about all the new hosting prices is that none went to Europe.

“It is a matter of comfort and happiness that Asia continues to dominate global accommodation,” Salman said.

"We went through many challenges, but our strength was in our unity and our belief in our development plans based on trust and partnership, and the passion for football that made Asian football the interface of events world football, the latest of which was Qatar's historic success in hosting the 2022 World Cup, and before that India's hosting of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022, and the UAE's hosting of the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, at a time when Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2023 Club World Cup, and Australia to host the Cup Women's World Cup 2023 in partnership with New Zealand."

Salman pointed out that the Asian region has both increased its football capacity and capabilities, as well as gained the trust and support of the rest of the football world.

“Achieving this trust is the result of teamwork, planning, building, governing executive and procedural pathways, accessing the trust of supporting institutions and sponsorships of investment, encouraging infrastructure and increasing the efficiency of Asian human capacities. This has allowed us to continue to achieve the global aspirations that the Asian continent deserves," he said. he declared.

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