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Rashid bin Humaid: AFC has faith in UAE's capability to host major events

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Friday the various centralised venues for the remaining Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 that are slated to take place from May 31 to June 15.

The United Arab Emirates have been selected as the host for Group G, which consists of ASEAN challengers Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia apart from the hosts.

Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the UAE Football Association, appreciated AFC's decision to hand the opportunity to UAE to host the remaining matches of the group.