Qatar to hold Asian Cup

Qatar seems likely to hold the next Asian Cup in 2011, after being the only country to get its act together enough to submit its bid prior to the deadline.

The Asian Cup is usually held every four years. However, this year the Asian Cup is being held a year early due to a rather full sports calandar next year. Starting on July 7th, the current games are being co-hosted by Indonesian, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. Qatar will meet Japan in the first round of the cup in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 9th July. Qatar have yet to win an Asian cup, although they hosted it in 1988, but they may be feeling confident after winning the Asian Games Football inside a packed out Al Sadd Stadium. (See this post for report and pictures.)

Both the Asian Cup and the Qatar-Japan game next week will be covered in detail by our sister site Soccerphile.

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