Who wins the Asian Cup 2023?
AFC Asian Cup 2023
Introduction:
The AFC Asian Cup 2023 is the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup. The Asian Cup is under the Asian Football Confederation aka AFC and is a quadrennial men’s football championship.
Explanation:
This edition of Asian Cup would have been hosted by China but due to Covid-19 pandemic and Zero-Covid policy of China, this competition was shifted to Qatar. Though Australia, Indonesia, and South Korea had also bided for the hosting rights but with Australia and Indonesia backed out in September and October respectively.
There will be 24 total teams and the current champions are Qatar. The first two round of Asian Cup has a purpose and that is the winner of these two rounds will qualify for the World Cup. Qatar and China only played the 2nd round as Qatar had already qualified for World Cup as the host nation qualifies automatically and China had qualified for Asian Cup 2023 as a host nation too. The qualification matches for this tournament began in 2019.