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The Qatari Minister of Sports and Youth, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, said that the Jordanian football team played beautiful football and an excellent level during the 2023 Asian Cup, and was able to reach the final with merit.
The Qatari minister added, in an interview broadcast on Qatar's BeIN Sports channels last night, that the Jordanian public should be proud of this advanced team, which will have a major role in the next stage, stressing that the Jordanian team will always have a role in the Asian Cup.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa stressed that the Al-Nashama team presented high technical levels in the tournament, and succeeded in surpassing the teams of Iraq, Tajikistan and South Korea.
Regarding the next edition of the Arab Cup, the Qatari minister said that his country has expressed its desire to host the next edition of this tournament and that it be a continuation of the last edition that was held in Qatar in 2021 and at the same level under the umbrella of “FIFA”, provided that the tournament will be held in the month of December. The year 2025 in Qatar under the umbrella of “FIFA”.
He added that the Arab Cup Championship in 2021 proved to the world the ability and development of the Arab teams, as the tournament succeeded organizationally and technically, and we hope that everyone will support this step, especially since organizing it under the “FIFA” umbrella gives it greater importance.
The Qatari Minister of Sports and Youth said that Qatar is on its way to hosting major tournaments in the coming period, adding that Qatar is planning to host the Olympics in the coming period and it deserves to do so. There is no doubt that the successes achieved in hosting major international tournaments confirm that Qatar deserves to host the Olympics.
He pointed out that Qatar was subjected to a major attack after obtaining the right to host the 2022 World Cup, but we did not yield to these pressures, and the response to all these allegations was the impressive organizational success of the exceptional edition of the World Cup.
He considered that the sports facilities owned by Qatar, a legacy of the 2022 World Cup, had a major role in the success of the Asian Cup Qatar 2023, attributing the reasons for the large public attendance in the Asian Cup to the large facilities owned by Qatar, in addition to the large fans of the participating teams who were keen to attend the matches. .
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa said that the 2023 Asian Cup was much better than the African Cup, which was held at the same time, and he attributed this to the quality of organization in Asia.
Regarding his expectation that the Qatar national team would win the title for the second edition in a row, he said that the national team was not a candidate for the title, but the players had a great desire and were able to achieve a historic achievement thanks to the great confidence that the national team possessed to achieve the impossible, especially since they defied all the circumstances they were exposed to before the tournament.
Regarding attracting stars in the Qatari League, the Qatari Minister said that attracting many big stars had a positive impact, as the local player benefited from the experience of these stars, and this was in parallel with the opening of the Aspire Academy and Qatar winning the Asian Cup twice in a row as a result of this unique experience. The whole world remembers that these great stars like Guardiola, Fernando Hierro, Caniggia, Gabriel Batistuta and others played in Qatar.
He said that Qatar is harnessing all its capabilities and expertise to the brothers in Morocco, which is hosting the 2030 World Cup in partnership with Spain and Portugal, explaining that there is communication and coordination with Morocco, and Qatar is also harnessing all of our capabilities and expertise in serving the brothers in Saudi Arabia, which is hosting the 2034 World Cup.
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