Setting the qualifying dates for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Competitions Committee approved the dates for the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, during the second meeting of the 2019-2023 edition held by the committee today, Wednesday, chaired by Trackwalk Tuan, via video call technology.
The AFC announced, on its official website today, that the committee agreed to complete all second round matches of the Asian qualifiers by next June 15, with the seventh and eighth round matches to be held next March, and the ninth and tenth rounds in June 2021, with the final round matches to start. In September of the same year.
The AFC stated that the committee agreed that after coordination with FIFA, the third round matches consisting of ten rounds will be completed by the end of March 2022, provided that the Asian supplement and global supplement matches will be held in May and June 2022, where they will be held. Facing the Asian supplement from one match.
The federation added that the committee approved the application process to host the 2022 AFC U-23 Cup, as the tournament was scheduled to be held in 2022 in China as part of preparing to host the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, but the Chinese Football Association informed its Asian counterpart of its unwillingness to organize. .
The members of the committee also agreed to re-open the door for applications to host the AFC U-23 Cup for the years 2022 and 2024 in the West Asia region, provided that the arrangement for the 2026 edition will be part of the preparation for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
The priority will be in the future edition of the AFC U-23 Championship in years that are not part of the Olympic qualifiers, to be held in the countries that will host the AFC Asian Cup.
The Competitions Committee decided to re-examine the dates of the AFC U-23 Cup 2022.
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