China will host 2023 Asian Cup, confirms AFC
06, Jun 2019
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CONTEXT:
- China will stage the 2023 Asian Cup football after South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia dropped their bids.
- This was confirmed by the Asian Football Confederation in Paris on 4 June.
- It will mark the second time for China to host the quadrennial continental tournament.
- In the 2004 edition, China had finished runners-up to Japan.