The draw ceremony for the 2024 U23 Asian Football Cup was held in Doha, Qatar on the 23rd. China, Japan, South Korea and United Arab Emirates are divided into Group B. 16 teams will compete for the Asian Cup, the top three teams will directly advance to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and the fourth team will play off with non-FIFA teams to compete for Olympic places.
U23 Asian Cup will be held in Qatar from April 15 to May 3, 2024. The results of the draw are as follows: Group A: Qatar, Australia, Jordan and Indonesia; Group B: Japanese, Korean, United Arab Emirates, China; Group C: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Thailand, Tajikistan; Group D: Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Kuwait and Malaysia.
Difficulties in promoting the Olympic Games
The last time China Olympic team appeared in the Olympic finals can be traced back to 2008, when it was the host "through to Beijing". Since then, three Olympic-influenced tournaments have been eliminated in the qualifying stage. Even in the U23 Asian Cup, China's record is average. In the history of the competition, they participated in the first four competitions and were eliminated by the group every time. China did not participate in the 5th U23 Asian Cup in 2022, so they entered the fourth place in this lottery, and as a result, they directly entered the "death group".
This Olympic team has been established for nearly four years, but it has experienced many twists and turns during this period. At the beginning of their formation, they participated in the China-B League, and then missed the intercontinental competition for a long time because of the epidemic. It was not until this year that they were able to go to Europe for long-term training and played many warm-up matches. From the perspective of time span, this Olympic team has sufficient preparation time, but its lineup is constantly adjusting and its performance is not stable.
In order to realize their dreams, the Olympic team is also actively preparing for the war this month. On the evening of June 22nd, 2023, 165438+ they played the second warm-up match with Tajikistan. Tao missed a penalty and the two teams finally shook hands. In this way, in the two international warm-up matches this month, the record of the Olympic team is 1 and the draw is 1.