The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, yesterday acknowledged the solidarity and unity which has not only allowed the AFC to begin the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic but also deliver more global events to Asia.
This came in the first ever AFC Executive Committee meeting to be held online, where AFC President praised all the Member Associations for the way that they had contributed to the health and wellbeing of their communities during the recent crisis.
Al Khalifa said: “On behalf of the Asian football family, I thank you all for the work of your initiatives and the work of your MAs on behalf of your communities during this troubled time.”
The AFC President was joined by the Executive Committee in offering his congratulations to the Football Federation Australia (FFA) on the success of their joint bid with New Zealand Football (NZF) to be the first cross-Confederation hosts of any FIFA competition - the FIFA Womens World Cup in 2023
. The AFC President also reflected on the fact that Asia will now be the focus of world football in the coming years: “Asia can look forward to hosting not only the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 but the FIFA Womens World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 and the FIFA Club World Cup in the Peoples Republic of China in the near future.”
During the meeting, the AFC decided also to establish a working group to preserve and protect the Confederations Commercial Rights.
