AFC Championships 2025–2027
1,300 specialist team members mobilised across three cities.
Workforce delivery from the AFC Champions League Elite final through to the AFC Asian Cup 2027.
Project
AFC Championships 2025–2027
Location
Jeddah, Riyadh, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Venue
8 stadiums across 3 cities for the Asian Cup 2027, including King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Period
2025–2027
Editions
2
Professionals Deployed
1,300
Event Days
30 days (Asian Cup 2027)
Service
Recruitment
Deployment
Scaling from one final to an eight-stadium tournament.
The AFC Championships program spans the AFC Champions League Elite final in Jeddah through to the AFC Asian Cup 2027, a 19th edition tournament with 24 teams and 51 matches across 8 stadiums in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar.
Thirty match days across three cities meant no single venue could run in isolation. Talent Blueprint supplied specialist team members across competition and football operations, venue operations and infrastructure, technology, safety, security and access, ticketing, hospitality and protocol, fan experience and ceremonies, commercial, marketing and communications, media and broadcast, event services and logistics, workforce and people, planning and readiness, and finance.
Workforce
Twelve functions, spread across three cities.
Behind the AFC Championships program was a team covering:
Impact
1,300 specialists. 51 matches. Three cities.
Talent Blueprint deployed 1,300 specialist team members across the AFC Championships program, from the AFC Champions League Elite final through to the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a 24-team, 51-match tournament spanning 8 stadiums in 3 cities.
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