November 28 – Organisers of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, to be performed in January-February subsequent yr, are reporting that greater than 90,000 tickets have been offered throughout the first 24 hours of the second batch of tickets being launched on November 19.

This follows on from greater than 150,000 tickets being offered within the first launch of tickets in mid-October, with 81,209 tickets being offered throughout the first 24-hours of launch. The primary launch of tickets have been offered out inside per week.

Supporters from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and India lead the nations by way of tickets purchased.

Most requested video games are the match opener between Qatar and Lebanon, scheduled for 12 January on the Lusail Stadium, and the group sport between Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Twenty-four groups from throughout Asia will compete in Qatar between January 12 and February 10, 2024. A complete of 51 matches can be performed. This would be the third time that Qatar has hosted the competitors, having beforehand hosted in 1988 and 2011.

Seven of the 2022 World Cup venues will characteristic on the Asian Cup – in addition to Lusail, they’re Al Bayt, Khalifa Worldwide, Al Janoub, Ahmad bin Ali, Al Thumama and Schooling Metropolis stadiums.

The Jassim bin Hamad Stadium and Abdulla bin Khalifa Stadium can even host matches.

Costs for group stage match tickets begin at 25 QAR (£6.50) and may be bought on-line via the official ticketing web site (http://asiancup2023.qa). Followers can comply with their favorite workforce via quite a lot of packages.

The Qatar Native Organising Committee have mentioned that match ticket gross sales income can be donated to humanitarian aid initiatives in Palestine.

The cash can be particularly used to offer medical assist and meals aid to individuals in Palestine, emphasised the Qatar LOC.

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