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Qatar scores with FC Barcelona

Thursday, 4 July 20133 min read

Qatar Airways will be the official title sponsor of the FC Barcelona Asia Tour 2013 to be held in Thailand and Malaysia next month.

Barcelona takes on the Thai national team in Bangkok on August 7, and an all-star team of the Malaysian League’s best players in Kuala Lumpur three days later on August 10.

The club will be making its first ever appearance in Malaysia and returning to Thailand for the first time since 2002.

The matches, to be held in Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium and Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil National Stadium, are expected to reach capacity at 50,000 and 100,000 spectators, respectively.