U23 Asian Cup group draw results come out.

On the afternoon of February 17, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup group match was held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The draw results of 16 team have also been released, and the host Uzbekistan has fallen into Group A. Defending champion South Korea has entered Group C as the seed team.

The 5th U23 Asian Cup will be held from June 1 to June 19, 2022. The draw ceremony of the contest group was held in Tashkent on February 17, Beijing time. Affected by the epidemic, the visiting team or its member associations were not invited to participate in the lucky draw at the scene, and the whole activity was completed online. Judging from the specific grouping situation, the hosts Uzbekistan, Iran and Qatar are in Group A, while Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Japan are in Group D, so the competition is relatively difficult. ..

Affected by the epidemic, 1999-year-old China U23 national football team withdrew from the preliminary group match originally planned to be held in Tajikistan from the end of June last year 10 to the beginning of June, which means that China U23 team automatically gave up its qualification to participate in this year's finals. In the previous four U23 Asian Cup competitions, China U23 team's record was generally bleak, only winning 65,438+0 in the third group match in 2065,438+08, and never entering the knockout stage.

The finals of the 5th U23 Asian Cup are grouped as follows:

Group A: Uzbekistan, Iran, Qatar and Turkmenistan

Group B: Australia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait

Group C: Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia

Group D: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Tajikistan

Editor/Zhao Xu