AFC thanks Qatar for ensuring successful Champions League

THE president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa praised the efforts of Qatar towards delivering a successful 2020 AFC Champions League.

Chairing the AFC Executive Committees online meeting on Wednesday, the AFC President extended thanks to Qatar Football Association, the Qatari authorities and the medical professionals and front liners, for their outstanding contribution, stressing that these combined efforts ensured the AFCs successful completion of the West one matches and now their continued assistance is on show in the East one competition.

“We are now looking forward to an outstanding AFC Champions League final on December 19, 2020 and we extend our gratitude to the Member Associations and clubs for helping us reach this important milestone. It has been a significant achievement which has demonstrated the exceptional professionalism which exists in Asia,” the AFC President said.

Sheikh Salman underlined that the unity and transparency that have been so successfully evident in the last seven years will provide the solid foundations on which a brighter future can be built, expressing confidence that Asian football is on the right track to weather the current impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shaikh Salman added that the AFC will continue to work to deliver all the competitions in 2021 and with FIFA to guarantee the successful completion of the AFC Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 while keeping the health and well-being of all participants as a main priority.