Arab Cup 2025.. “The Arab Wedding” begins today in Doha – Al-Hiwar Algeria

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The FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 will kick off today in a ceremony that will witness many wonderful and distinctive surprises awaiting fans, whether residents or those who will travel to Doha to watch the competition matches, during the period from 1 to 18 December, with the participation of 16 Arab teams, as Qatar will be on a date with hosting the competition for the second time in a row under the umbrella of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), and for the third time in its history, as the first match in the Arab Championship will be held in Qatar. Between Tunisia and Syria in the first round of the first group, today at 14:00 Algeria time, after which the match between Qatar and Palestine will take place at 17:30, which will precede the opening ceremony that will be held on the same stadium.

An exceptional, highly anticipated edition

The second edition of the Arab Cup under the umbrella of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is expected to be exceptional, after the one that took place in 2021, which witnessed a distinctive atmosphere, created by the Arab fans, where various Arab flavors were mixed, in the stands and stadiums that hosted the matches, which raised it to a very high level, approaching the level of the World Cup, which was held almost a year later.

The Arab Cup Qatar 2025 is the second consecutive tournament to be held under the umbrella of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), after the previous edition hosted by Doha in 2021. It was recognized by the federation for the first time since its inception in 1963, which gave it an international dimension and great interest that moved it from regional to global, to be a unique and qualitative experience to test the facilities that the State of Qatar built to host the 2022 World Cup finals, including stadiums and structures. Infrastructure, so the amazing success achieved by the Arab Championship and then the World Cup prompted the International Federation to confirm its stay in the State of Qatar for the next three editions under the same international umbrella until 2033.

The tournament will attract a large audience

It is expected that the tournament will enjoy a large audience following and break the records recorded in the previous edition 2021, after the great demand for tickets for the matches after 700,699 tickets were sold, in addition to the expected follow-up in the Arab region and the world as a whole, in light of many television channels obtaining the rights to broadcast the matches, and more than 3,861 media professionals applied for a media card to cover the event, which has become of great interest in light of the developments that have occurred since the inclusion of the tournament under the umbrella of the International Federation of Football Associations. Foot.

A huge ceremony before the Qatar-Palestine signing

According to what Jassim Abdul Aziz Al Jassim, CEO of the tournament, revealed in the press conference about the date of the opening ceremony of the tournament, the opening ceremony of the Arab Cup will be today, Monday, at Al Bayt Stadium at 17:30, which will be held before the opening match between Qatar and Palestine, which will take place at 5:30 pm Algeria time. Jassim Abdul Aziz Al Jassim also announced big surprises awaiting the fans in the tournament, and explained that fans who own match tickets can use the “Metro” network for free.