The Cuban Football Association (AFC) and the Qatar Football Association (QFA) established cooperation ties to strengthen their relations. The agreement was finalized during the visit of Oliet Rodríguez Méndez, president of the AFCto Doha, the capital of the Arab country, with the aim of participating in the 72nd FIFA Congress held there, in accordance with a note published by the specialized website Hit.
The agreed collaboration will address fields such as the exchange of experiences or the training of coaches and referees and ranges from sports science to sports medicine in relation to soccer. Both associations will collaborate equally according to the availability and suitability in terms of sports centers and facilities for training and camps, in addition to holding reciprocal consultations in relation to specific issues and international relations, particularly within the FIFA.
Associations of #soccer from #Cuba and #Qatar agree collaboration. They will address core aspects for the development of this sport in both nations. https://t.co/6omtWYxeZv pic.twitter.com/MHvR7qe7VH
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Rodríguez Méndez congratulated Qatar for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup and praised the excellent organization of the tournament, reports the media. For his part, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, president of the Qatar Football Association, thanked the visit and expressed his willingness to support the strengthening of sports ties between the two countries, underlines the official media of the Inder.
The Cuban soccer team was eliminated in the first rounds of the qualifying process for the World Cup in Qatar, for which the sports directors on the island have begun to draw up a development strategy. Among the fundamental guidelines of this medium and long-term plan include actions to strengthen ties with their peers and other governing bodies of soccer in the world, including FIFA and the North, Central American and Caribbean Confederation (Concacaf).
Concacaf confirms willingness to support the development of Cuban soccer
Recently, the head of the regional organization, the Canadian Víctor Montagliani, was visiting Havana, expressing to the main sports authorities of Cuba the will to support the development of this sport in the Caribbean nation.
Another of the transcendental decisions of the AFC has been the promotion of the hiring of soccer players in foreign leagues, as well as the call to the national team of Cuban players residing in other countries, and who had managed their contracts without the protection of the Cuban entity. .
