Bahrain's Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is set to run unopposed for the AFC Presidency in the capital while 10 people have submitted candidacies for a place on the Executive Committee.

Jordan's Louie Oumeish Yousef Oumeish, Abdullah Ahmed Alshaheen Alrabeea of Kuwait, and Emirati Abdullah Nasser Aljneibi have put themselves forward for the west zone while Arslan Aynazarov of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan's Irmatov Ravshan have done the same for the central zone.

Nepalese official Pankaj Bikram Nembang and Bassam Adeel Jaleel of the Maldives are in line to represent the south and Kai Shan Eric Fok of Hong Kong is the sole candidate for the east.

Australian Chris Nikou and Somyot Poompanmoung of Thailand are the final election candidates and aim to represent the south east.

Nine of the 10 are due to be elected.

The Congress is then due to vote on the host of the 2027 Asian Cup, where the Saudi Arabian Football Federation remains the sole bidder for the hosting rights for the 19^th edition of the tournament.

It is due to be the first time that the AFC's member and regional associations will be gathering in person since the 2019 Extraordinary Congress in Paris.

A total of six FIFA Council members, five vice-presidents, and five female Executive Committee members are also set to be elected.

The Congress, which is the 33^rd in history, will congratulate its member federations from Australia, Japan, and South Korea as the three nations all reached the knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Lebanon's Hachem Haidar, Iranian Mehdi Taj, Dastanbek Konokbaev of Kyrgyzstan, Mongolian Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar, Bhutan's Ugen Tsechup, and Zaw Zaw of Myanmar are due to be named as vice-presidents of the AFC at the meeting.