AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023/ Former Footballer Ibrahim Majid to QNA: Qatar will Organize Fabulous Tournament Edition

Doha, January 08 (QNA) - The current central defender for Qatar SC and former national team footballer Ibrahim Majid affirmed that hosting the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 is a new opportunity to demonstrate the major organizational abilities of the State of Qatar vindicated by the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 tournament that had strikingly achieved a great success at all levels. In remarks to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Majid said he is confident that Qatar is going to organize a premium edition considering the efforts underway to host the best tournament. He pointed out that Qatar has become renowned for organizing major sports events globally following the tremendous success achieved during the first edition of a world cup organized for the first time in the Middle East and the region and culminated in a dazzling and impressive image that broadly garnered the world's attention. All nations and entities commended the organization of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and when AFC Asian Cup is organized it will be as successful and impressive as the previous world cup edition, Majid emphasized, but AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 will become more successful in light of further organizational expertise Qatar has acquired after the honored success made in the previous world cup. He added that Qatar has, so far, organized two AFC editions and he personally participated in 2011 edition with the national team held in Qatar, during which the organizational level made by Qatar was commended by all. Recalling his fabulous memories about the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011, Majid said Qatar had offered a good level during the group league and succeeded in the qualification for the round of 16, indicating that the ambitions were high, albeit the difficult conditions the Qatari team encountered during the match with Japan in the quarter finals which obviously impeded the Qatari team to continue the competition. Commenting on the ability to maintain the title the team won for the first time in history during the previous edition held in the United Arab Emirates in 2019, Majid said the competition will indubitably be challenging as the team will be overwhelmed because they will be demanded to maintain that title as well. The components of the pitch and fans must be exploited for the team to be crowned anew with the Asian title, he added, emphasizing that the Asian teams remained more powerful and advanced, especially the Japanese team as the strongest competitor for the title considering the distinguished level the Japanese maintained during the recent tournament. He hoped the Qatari team would be on time to achieve further successes during the tournament, calling on the Qatari fans to stand with the national team during the upcoming saga to be pushed further towards gaining the title for the second time. (QNA)