AFC: The United Arab Emirates will host the AFC Asian Cup in 2019, with 24 teams competing

The UAE was selected as the host of the AFC Asian Cup in 2019 at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) on 09/03/2015.

Two countries had submitted bids to host the competition: the UAE and Iran. "I firmly believe that the UAE Football Association will host a tournament that could match and potentially even...