2027 AFC Asian Cup

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2027 AFC Asian Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	TBD
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2027 AFC Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament will involve 24 national teams, including that of the host nation, assuming the current format of the finals is maintained.

Host selection

Main article: 2027 AFC Asian Cup bids

AFC confirmed that the five following member associations expressed their interest to host 2027 AFC Asian Cup before the deadline. The host was expected to be announced at the AFC Congress in Doha, Qatar in November 2021, but due the circumstances from the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, it was pussed back to 2022. Uzbekistan later withdrew their bid in December 2020. On 17 October 2022, the AFC Executive Committee announced that the host of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup would be chosen by the AFC Congress at its next meeting in February 2023. However, India, one of the last two bidders, withdrew on 5 December leaving Saudi Arabia as the only remaining bidder.

Bids	Details
Saudi Arabia	On 6 February 2020, Saudi Arabia submitted its bid to host the competition. If this is successful, it will be the first time the Asian Cup is hosted by Saudi Arabia.

Qualification

Main article: 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The first two rounds of qualification will act as part of the Asian qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The host nation's team, which will have automatically qualified for the 2027 Asian Cup, will also participate in the qualifiers to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

Northern Mariana Islands, whose football association became the 47th full AFC member during the confederation's 30th Congress on 9 December 2020, are eligible to enter the qualification tournament only for the Asian Cup.

Qualified teams

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Saudi Arabia (expected)	*Hosts !Hosts	01 !February 2023	12th	2023	1 !Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)

External links

• AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com

2027 AFC Asian Cup

Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Group E · Group F Knockout stage · Final Squads · Venues