New Delhi: Asian Cup next year in India will be held in Mumbai and Pune after the Asian football confederation dropped Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad as a venue to minimize travel time for participants and ensure “optimal environment” for bio-safe bubbles.
The Mumbai football arena in Andherher’s sports complex and the Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex in Balewadi, Pune has been chosen as a new venue.
“The decision was confirmed by carefully considering the challenges caused by Covid-19 pandemic,” AFC said in a press release.
The body says it is part of “efforts to minimize travel time for teams and officials between venues, while ensuring the optimal environment to implement bio medical bubbles for the benefit of all stakeholders.” “The 37,900-capacity stadium in Patil in Navi Mumbai will remain as one of the three stadiums that will hold an Asian Asian Cup Asian Asian India 2022 which is on schedule to take place from January 20 to February 6, 2022,” AFC said.
Talking about changes in the Venue, President of the Football Federation throughout India (AIFF) and Chair of the Local Management Committee, Pressur Patel said, “When the situation evolved, we had to adapt and the need was to make bio-safe bubbles.” “Therefore, we chose Mumbai , Navi Mumbai and Pune, close to the geographical closeness with the stadium which had previously held the main football competition.
” Patel also thanked the Government of Odisha and Gujarat, stated that scheduled to host the previous tournament.
Japan, Australia, China PR and HOSTS India has sealed their place in the final and the race to join the quartet will take the centrestage from September this year when 28 teams in eight groups start their search to reach eight new places.
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Champion three times China Taipei, Bahrain, Turkmenistan and Laos have been withdrawn in group A, while Group B will see Vietnam, Tajikistan, Maldives and Afghanistan compete for somewhere in the final.
Asia Powerhouses and Title Holders Three times the Korean House of Representatives are in Group C with Singapore, Iraq and Indonesia with Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Guam and Lebanon completing a line-up in the D group.
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