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Qatar confirm 2018 bid

27 January 2009 | 16:31 - AFC

Qatar has announced its intention to bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and, should that fail, the 2022 edition of football's global showpiece event.


 

Qatar is the third Asian Football Confederation member to flag its interest in the competition after Australia and Japan.

"I can confirm that the Qatar football federation has today sent a letter to FIFA in which it officially declared its candidacy for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups,” Qatar Football Federation general secretary Saud Al Mohannadi said in Doha.

“We have the stadiums and we have experience hosting top sports events. We don't want to rush into anything, we need to find out what the full requirements are, but we are interested.”

FIFA started the reception of bids for the right to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups earlier this month. All the interested national federations will have to make their bids before February 2, 2009.

FIFA, football's world governing body, will name the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups in December 2010.

Qatar successfully hosted the 2006 Asian Games and will host the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

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