Qatar Football AssociationNews
22.06.2016 14:11 in :

DOHA: Qatar Football Association (QFA) on Wednesday confirmed the

national team’s final training camp in August ahead of the next phase

of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

The training camp will be held in Zurich from August 10 to 20.

Fareed Mahboob, the national team manager, said: “The dates

of the next training camp have been finalized. ‎All arrangements

are in place. We are now approaching a very important phase of

our preparations.”

Mahboob said the national team will play four friendlies in August.

Qatar have listed a friendly against Iraq on August 8 followed by the

training camp in Zurich.

Qatar will also play a friendly during their training camp in Switzerland.

The game will be played against Spanish side Real Betis as part of their

La Liga Challenge .

Al Anabi will play another friendly against Jordan on August 18 followed

by a match against Thailand on the 24th of the same month.

The aforementioned games will be played before Qatar flies out to Tehran

for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Iran on September 1.

Qatar have Iran, South Korea, China, Uzbekistan and Syria in their Group.

The team is being coached by Daniel Careno since May last year.