Oman is a kiss for the AFC Awards 2018

Muscat – Salem Al Wahaibi, President of the Omani Football Federation, welcomed football, sport, media, Gulf countries, Arabs, Asians and international delegations to participate each year in the AFC Awards for the Best, organized by the Omani capital, Muscat. . Basic with AFC game.

The sponsorship of Shehab bin Tariq Al Said, Advisor to the Sultan of Oman for the Asian Awards Ceremony, gives this event a great importance with regard to the Sultanate's interest in the success of this event, which will attract attention of the Asian continent to the sultanate.

Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of FIFA (FIFA), will participate in this event, as well as the leaders of the Gulf, Arab and Continental football federations as well as many football stars who go for the first time in the Omani capital. Al Wahaibi said that the presence of personalities at the event strengthened Oman's position in terms of organizing football events "a real departure for the upcoming organization of 39, continental and international events ". "We are working very hard to establish a number of football partnerships on the Asian continent.Today, we have the confidence of the Asian continent and, therefore, the event has been attributed to the Sultanate."

Coordination meetings

A series of regional, Arab and Gulf coordination meetings are scheduled to be held in Muscat in preparation for several football events, including the upcoming AFC elections in April 2019. The AFC, led by the Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, announced a few days ago via its website, List of Candidates at the best prices in 2018.

He is competing for the prize of the Asian player of the year, the Japanese Yuma Suzuki, the Japanese Kashima Antlers, his compatriot and his teammate Quinto Mesao, and the Qatar Abdul Karim Hassan. Suzuki, 22, has played an important role in preparing Kashima for the 2018 AFC Champions League, scoring two goals and winning the player title of the year. Misao midfielder has also played an important role in the continental title of Kashima, including building attacks.

Qatari international Abdulkarim Hassan, who has performed well this year, also contributed to Al Sadd's qualification for the AFC Champions League final. Australia's Samantha Kiir, Wang Shuang of China and Japan's Saki Kumagai also won the best player award. Kare hopes to win the Asian title of the year for the second consecutive year after leading her country to the 2018 Asian Women's Cup final in Jordan. She has an international career of 27 goals in 72 games.

The annual AFC Awards ceremony in Muscat reflects the status of the Sultanate of Oman on Asian football

On the other hand, Wang Shuang scored four goals in the Asian Women's Cup, helping China to win third place in the tournament, before joining Paris St Germain in August. Kumagai, who was nominated this year for the title of World Player of the Year, won the Asian Women's Cup for the second time in a row.

The winners of the Futsal Futsal Award (2018), the Iranian Ali Ashkar Hassan Zadeh, Mehdi Javed, the Japanese Rafael Henmi Katsutoshi and the Young Player of the Year Award in South Korea, South Korea -Japanese John Nishikawa and Saudi Arabia, Turki Al-Ammar, Saudi Arabia, Moika Minami and Saori Takarada. The list of candidates for the best coach award, Iraqi Basem Kassem, Japan's Joe Oya and Uzbek Ravshan Heydarov, as well as Japan's Asako Takakura, Mio Okamoto and Thai Nwengrottai Srathongvian are on the list of top players.

Great support

The AFC executive office announced its support for the Palestinian Football Federation in the face of the violations and suggested forming a task force to deal with the issue. "We will discuss with FIFA the establishment of a working group to address this issue immediately," said AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa. "This team will be procedural and will include the secretaries general of the International Federation, the AFC and the Federation, the European Union and the Palestinian Federation, where it will meet and propose solutions".

"We hope that the support team for Palestine and our total commitment to support the position of the Palestinian Football Federation will bring positive results." The Executive Board also discussed the request of the Bahrain Football Association to allow Bahraini clubs to participate in the Saudi league and the Bureau decided to submit this request to FIFA after completing all the required documents . Sheikh Salman congratulated the Omani Football Federation and Oman for their hospitality and generosity in organizing this event. The Executive Bureau approved the offer of the Hong Kong Football Association to host the 2019 annual awards ceremony in Hong Kong.

The Executive Bureau thanked the local organizing committee of the 2018 Asian Cup in the UAE for its work in organizing the largest edition of the tournament history . "The referees are ready and the teams have reached the final stage of preparation and we are now looking forward to the opening match between the UAE and Bahrain on January 5th," said Sheikh Salman.