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The Lusail Stadium is lit up by fireworks during the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France in Lusail, Qatar, December 18, 2022. /CFP
The next edition of the Asian Cup will be held in Qatar from January 12 to February 10, 2024, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed on Wednesday.
The quadrennial continental championship was set to be held in China in 2019, and then changed to Qatar, which hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2022.
The 24-team tournament has been moved from mid-2023 to early 2024 to avoid the heat of the Gulf summer.
Qatar has staged the Asian Cup twice, in 1988 and 2011, and it won the last tournament in the United Arab Emirates in 2019.
According to the AFC, the tournament will be staged across eight stadiums, six of which were used during the World Cup.
The official draw ceremony for the tournament will be held at the Katara Opera House in Doha on May 11, with the official match schedule also expected to be unveiled shortly after the draw.
(With input from Reuters)
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