Seven Asian countries will set up training camps in Qatar from May 28 to June 9.
Doha: The Qatar Football Association (QFA) will host training camps for the national teams of Australia, Jordan, India, Nepal, East Timor, Oman and New Zealand, which will include five friendly matches from May 28 to June 9, in Doha.
The hosting of the camps comes within the framework of the excellent relations between QFA and its counterparts from friendly Asian federations, under the cooperation agreements signed between them.
The seven teams will set up training camps as part of their preparations for various upcoming events.
Five friendly matches will be held, the first between the Jordan U-23 team and its Indian counterpart on Saturday at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium at 7:00pm.
The Jordanian team is preparing to participate in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup finals in Uzbekistan from June 1-19, where they will play in Group B, along with Australia, Iraq and Kuwait.
On the same day, Nepal and East Timor will meet at 7pm at the Grand Hamad Stadium, while Jordan and Australia will face off at 9pm on June 1 at Al Janoub Stadium.
Meanwhile, Oman will play Nepal on June 3 at 7pm at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium, and finally New Zealand face Oman on June 9, at 9pm at the Education City Stadium.
Australia’s camp comes as part of their final preparations for the Asian World Cup qualifying play-off match against the UAE on June 7 at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium. In the same round of the qualifiers, New Zealand and Costa Rica will meet in the intercontinental play-off match 2 on June 14 at the same stadium.
The rest of the teams are also preparing for the final round of qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup China 2023, with the rounds’ matches set to be held on June 8, 11 and 14.
This is not the first time that the QFA has hosted preparation camps for the teams from Asia and elsewhere, having recently hosted camps for Algeria, Syria, Ghana and Gambia, in preparation for the World Cup qualifiers for Africa and Asia, and also the recent edition of the African Cup of Nations.
Doha has also hosted many important official matches recently, including the Oceania qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, from which New Zealand qualified for the final round.
The Iraqi national team also played their matches in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in Doha, especially following Qatar’s great success in organising and hosting many major tournaments in the recent period amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
