AFC is studying to relocate Asian Cup 2023 

In a statement, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that their Chinese counterparts had told them they “would not be able to host the tournament”. A new host country would be confirmed soon, it added. China has pulled out of hosting next year’s AFC Asian Cup due to the Covid-19 situation in the country. "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Organizing Committee cannot pledge at this moment to hold next year's Asian Cup competition under a fully open model. After negotiations between the AFC, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the Local Organizing Committee, a joint decision has been made to remove the 2023 Asian Cup from China to a new host which is to be confirmed soon," read a statement published by the Chinese Organizing Committee.
The AFC said in a separate statement that it appreciates that China, the CFA and the Local Organizing Committee have made "this very difficult but necessary decision in the collective interests of the AFC Asian Cup 2023, which has also provided the AFC the required time to assess the situation regarding the hosting of the AFC Asian Cup 2023."
National teams including (China being the former host), Japan, Syria, Qatar, South Korea, Australia, Iran, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Vietnam, and Lebanon, have qualified for the tournament, in which 24 teams participate, while the third round qualifiers are scheduled to be completed between 8 and 14 June next in the pool system. Japan holds the record number of times to win the title (4) against each of Saudi Arabia and Iran (3), while Qatar won the first title in its history in 2019 in the UAE.