At the Katara Opera House.. Doha will host the draw for the 2023 Asian Nations Finals

At 2:00 pm tomorrow, Qatar time, all eyes will be on the Katara Opera House, where the Asian Cup draw will take place, and its competitors will start from January 12 to February 10, 2024, in the presence of Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, President of the AFC, members of the Executive Office of the Federation and coaches of the participating teams.

The 24 teams reached the continental finals, which were divided into 4 pots, according to the latest classification of the International Federation (FIFA), and Qatar (the host) was placed in first place in the first pot to ensure that it will compete in the opening match of the tournament.

It is noteworthy that the first level includes: Qatar, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, and Saudi Arabia, while the second level includes: Iraq, the UAE, Oman, Uzbekistan, China, and Jordan, and the third level includes: Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, Vietnam, and Kyrgyzstan. , Lebanon, and finally the fourth level includes: India, Tajikistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.

And Qatar’s file won hosting the tournament after China’s apology for reasons related to the Corona pandemic, which means that Doha is hosting the tournament for the third time in its history after the 1988 and 2011 editions, outperforming Iran, Thailand and the UAE, each of which hosted the tournament in two ranks, Thus, this will be the first edition of the continental tournament to be held on the World Cup stadiums, where the confrontations will be hosted by 8 stadiums, of which 6 hosted the World Cup matches (Al-Janoub, Al-Bayt, Ahmed bin Ali, Al-Thumama, Education City, Khalifa International Stadium), in addition to Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. in Al Sadd, and Abdullah bin Khalifa in Al Duhail.

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