Football: Malaysia bids to host 2019 Asian Cup
Australia is hosting the 2015 Asian Cup, which will take place in January.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Malaysia is bidding to host the 2019 Asian Cup, looking to edge out 10 other countries interested in holding the region’s premier football tournament, said an official yesterday.
An official with the Football Association of Malaysia said the Southeast Asian nation had started submitting documents to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to support its bid. “We are bidding for it,” stated the official. “The process has begun.”
AFC said in a statement last month that 11 countries have expressed interest in hosting the cup. Besides Malaysia, the prospective hosts are Bahrain, China, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the UAE.
Australia is hosting the 2015 Asian Cup, which will take place in January.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2013.
Malaysia is bidding to host the 2019 Asian Cup, looking to edge out 10 other countries interested in holding the region’s premier football tournament, said an official yesterday.
An official with the Football Association of Malaysia said the Southeast Asian nation had started submitting documents to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to support its bid. “We are bidding for it,” stated the official. “The process has begun.”
AFC said in a statement last month that 11 countries have expressed interest in hosting the cup. Besides Malaysia, the prospective hosts are Bahrain, China, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the UAE.
Australia is hosting the 2015 Asian Cup, which will take place in January.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2013.