India, Qatar Among Five Bidders For 2027 Asian Cup | Football News

India has bid for the 2027 Asian Cup webhosting rights together with 4 different nations, the Asian Football Federation (AFC) has published. The opposite bidders for Asia’s premier soccer match are Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. “The AFC will now paintings with each and every Bidding Member Affiliation at the supply of the important bidding documentation in line with the bidding procedure and can announce the host for the 19th version of the AFC Asian Cup in 2021,” stated the AFC in a remark past due on Tuesday. 

AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa thanked the 5 member associations for showcasing their reinforce to the Asian Cup. 

“On behalf of the Asian soccer circle of relatives, I wish to thank all our Member Associations for stepping ahead to specific their want and for sharing our ambitions to host a world-class level for our avid gamers, groups, officers and enthusiasts and I want they all the perfect within the bidding procedure,” he stated. 

Of the 5 nations expressing an hobby, two international locations have already hosted the match two times since its inception in 1956. 

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Reigning champions Qatar staged the contest in 1988 and 2011, in addition to Iran, who’re the one country in Asian soccer historical past to have received the coveted crown two times on house soil in 1968 and 1976. 

3-time champions Saudi Arabia and India, who have been lately awarded the webhosting rights for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, in addition to Uzbekistan, this 12 months’s host for the AFC U-19 Championship, are all vying to level match for the primary time.