Some time ago, the Chinese Football Association officially announced that it will give up the right to host the 2023 Asian Cup, which is a pity for fans not being able to enjoy the ball game at their doorstep, and the national football team has no chance to play against other Asian teams, which can be said to be a pity.
According to media reports, the reason why the Chinese Football Association gave up hosting the Asian Cup is that the AFC wants to open all the matches during the game and allow fans and teams to enter and leave the stadium at will, which is certainly impossible for China to strictly control the new crown epidemic. Once all are opened and the epidemic prevention policy is not observed, so many fans flock to the stadium, which is bound to increase the possibility of contracting new crown pneumonia.
After China gave up hosting the Asian Cup, the AFC was also actively looking for a new host country, but it was rejected by Australia and India, and when the AFC sought help from Japan, the Japanese directly asked the AFC for money, and their own finances could not afford to hold an Asian Cup. This made the AFC very helpless, originally hoping that the full opening up can make more money, but China gave up the undertaking, other countries have difficulties, the AFC this time can be said to be a dilemma.
Recently, FIFA officially announced the candidate cities for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, a total of 22 countries, from the United States, Canada, Mexico three countries, which is also to show fans that it is difficult to host the World Cup by a single country. However, the head coach of the national football team, Li Xiaopeng, can be said to have ushered in a good news, the next World Cup in the Asian region has 8.5 qualifying places, which is conducive to the national football team to advance to the World Cup finals. Chinese fans have always had a wish that China can host a World Cup in the future, and since the 2022 World Cup is hosted by the Asian country of Kotal, China's next time will wait until 20 years later, and fans will have to wait for a long time.