On May, 2023 1 1 day, Beijing time, the draw ceremony of Qatar Asian Cup Group was held. After the draw, China entered Group A with Qatar, Tajikistan and Lebanon.
Group details: Group A: Qatar, China, Tajikistan and Lebanon; Group B: Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria, India; Group C: Iran, United Arab Emirates, China, Hongkong and Palestine; Group D: Japan, Indonesia, Iraq and Vietnam; Group E: Korea, Malaysia, Jordan and Bahrain; Group F: Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan and Oman.
Qatar Asian Cup will be held from June 65438+1October 12 to February 10 in 2024. The 24 teams will be divided into 6 groups with 4 teams in each group. According to the rules of the competition, the top two teams in the group and the fourth best teams are promoted to the top 16. This is the third time that Qatar has hosted the Asian Cup. Prior to this, Qatar hosted the top Asian football events in 1988 and 20 1 1 twice.
Qatar Asian Cup mascot
On the evening of June 2, 2023, the mascot of Qatar Asian Cup was announced in Doha. Five mascots with different colors based on the desert jerboa met fans again after 12. Ahmad Mahid, the mascot designer, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency: "The mascot was inspired by Qatar's natural environment and also simulated Qatar's traditional family atmosphere." .
According to the organizing Committee, Sabug, the blue mouse, is the eldest son of the jerboa family and is named after Qatar's jerboa. Freha is the eldest daughter, with the same name as a place in northern Qatar; Tem, the weasel, is the youngest son, named after the northeast of Qatar. Green mouse Cready is the father of jerboa, and purple mouse Trana is the mother of jerboa, representing the west and north of Qatar respectively.