The first edition of the AFC Asian Cup took place just two years after the creation of the Asian Football Confederation and saw Hong Kong awarded the hosting rights, with all games scheduled to take place at the Government Stadium.
Home to Al Duhail SC, this compact stadium previously hosted the semi-final of the 24th Gulf Cup.
Education City Stadium was opened in 2020 and hosted four matches at the FIFA Club World Cup including the final between FC Bayern Munich and Mexico’s UANL.
Located in the southern city of Al Wakrah, the 40,000-capacity Al Janoub Stadium opened on May 16, 2019.
Al Thumama, near the Hamad International Airport 12km south of Doha’s glittering skyline, was opened in October 2021.
The Khalifa International Stadium – Qatar’s national stadium – hosted the final of the AFC Asian Cup 2011.
Al Bayt hosted the Opening Match of the 2022 World Cup and fixtures through to the semi-finals.
The Lusail Stadium is the largest stadium in Qatar and was built for the 2022 World Cup, staging the final.
Full of confidence and ambition, the Socceroos want to chase silverware in Doha, after winning their first Asian Cup on home soil in 2015. They will be among the favourites to win the competition even if the underdog role seems to suit the team better.
It is a very different Asian Cup for China than what their fans expected. This edition of the tournament was supposed to be held on Chinese soil last year but a resurgence of the COVID-19 virus in the country led to dropping out of hosting.
Returning to Asia’s premier continental tournament for the first time since 1968, Hong Kong qualified via the third qualification round after recovering from a shaky 4-0 loss versus India with back-to-back victories over Cambodia and Afghanistan.
India return to the continent’s flagship tournament for the fifth time. They were runners-up behind hosts Israel in the 1964 Asian Cup, but in recent times they have never progressed from the group stages.
