Qatar Nuoc chu nha Asian Cup 2011

Chu tich AFC Mohamed bin Hammam (phai) bat tay voi Tong thu ky LDBD Qatar Saud Al Mohannadi trong cuoc hop bao cong bo quyet dinh Qatar duoc chon lam nuoc chu nha Asian Cup 2011.

Qatar da duoc LDBD chau A (AFC) chon la nuoc se dang cai Asian Cup vao nam 2011. Dat nuoc dau mo nay la ung cu vien duy nhat de don xin to chuc su kien bong da lon nhat chau luc sau khi An Do va Iran xin rut lui truoc khi het han dang ky vao thang 5.

Tuy nhien Qatar van phai chung minh kha nang to chuc cua minh truoc khi AFC dua ra quyet dinh lua chon cuoi cung.

Theo chinh sach luan phien cua AFC, chi co cac nuoc Tay A duoc xin dang cai Asian Cup 2011. Tuy nhien, cac quan chuc AFC cho biet, lien doan se mo rong quyen dang cai cho cac nuoc khac neu Qatar khong du kha nang to chuc su kien nay theo dung yeu cau cua AFC.

"Toi nghi Asian Cup se tro thanh mot su kien lon, khac hon nhieu so voi nhung gi ma chung ta da tung chung kien truoc kia. Giai dau nay chac chan se ngay cang lon manh ve mat to chuc, ve so thanh vien tham gia va ca ve chat luong," Chu tich AFC Mohamed Bin Hammam phat bieu.

Theo ong Hamman, thong tin chi tiet ve su kien 2011 van dang duoc hoan thien nhung co the giai dau se duoc to chuc vao thang 1. Thoi gian dien ra Asian Cup 2011 co the se trung voi mot so giai vo dich quoc gia lon, nhu giai Ngoai hang Anh, Serie A.... nhung ong Hamman bay to su tin tuong rang cac DTQG van co day du cac cau thu gioi nhat boi thang 1 la thoi diem ma FIFA cho phep to chuc cac giai vo dich o cac chau luc.

"FIFA con cho phep thoi diem nua de to chuc cac giai vo dich chau luc la thang 7. Tuy nhien, thang 7 lai la quang thoi gian nong nhat o Qatar, vi vay, kho co the to chuc duoc Asian Cup vao thoi diem nay," Chu tich AFC giai thich.

Theo ong Hamman, Doha la thanh pho trung tam, co so ha tang tot, co the di chuyen den do bang duong bo va duong hang khong rat thuan tien. The nhung con mot van de khien AFC lo ngai la Qatar tuy nho nhung cac nuoc lang gieng xung quanh lai co dan so qua dong duc va nhu the viec to chuc o Doha co the se gap mot phan kho khan.

Qatar la nuoc duy nhat to chuc Asian Cup mot minh nhieu hon mot lan (tung mot minh to chuc nam 1988), dong chu nha voi Iran nam 1968 va 1976.

TTH - (Theo ESPN, AFP)