On the sidelines of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – FIFA President " FIFA receives the President of the Qatar Football Association

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His Excellency Mr. Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain, President of the Qatar Football Association, met with Mr. Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) in Paris yesterday, Sunday, on the sidelines of the football competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. During the meeting, they discussed topics of common interest and ways to develop them in the coming period, which contributes to enhancing joint cooperation between the two sides.

The FIFA President expressed his happiness with the achievements made in the State of Qatar, especially the dazzling success of the 2022 World Cup and our national team winning the 2023 Asian Cup, in addition to Qatar hosting the U-17 World Cup, after the FIFA Council granted the State of Qatar the rights to host the tournament for several years last March, stressing the depth of the close relationship between FIFA and the Qatar Football Association and the importance of continuing the joint and close work between the two sides in a way that benefits both parties positively.

For his part, His Excellency Mr. Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain, President of the Qatar Football Association, stressed the depth of the close and solid relationship that binds us to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), and we look forward to working together with FIFA to organize the Under-17 World Cup from 2025 to 2029, which confirms that the State of Qatar is capable of hosting all major football events after the successes it has achieved in organizing many major events, especially the 2022 World Cup.