China National Olympic Football Team:
China Olympic Football Team was officially called "U23 National Team" in 2003 and was established in198965438+February. The main task is to represent China in the quadrennial Olympic Games and Asian Games. The team is managed by China Football Association, and its members are mainly young players aged 23 and under in each Olympic Games, but individual over-age players will be temporarily included according to the rules of the competition.
June 5438 +20201October, China's Olympic team lost 0-2 to Uzbekistan, and China's Olympic team, which lost two games in a row, was at the bottom of the group and missed the Tokyo Olympic Games in advance. China Olympic Team became the first team to be eliminated, and also missed the Olympic Games for 12 years after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Historical background:
1988 Before the Seoul Olympic Games, there was no age limit for athletes, but professional athletes were prohibited from participating. Since there was no professional league in China at that time, and China players were not professional players, China's national team represented China in the Seoul Olympic Games.
1On August 29th, 1989, the International Olympic Committee and FIFA finally reached an agreement that athletes must be under the age of 23 from the football match of Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. Countries have set up Olympic teams composed of school-age players, so China Football Association set up China's first Olympic team, the first head coach Xu Genbao, on the basis of the second national team in China.
After the establishment of China Olympic Team, apart from the Olympic Games, it also represented China in the Asian Games, East Asian Games and other regional events. 1988- 199 1 year, the Olympic team and its predecessor, the China National Second Team, also participated in the Chinese Football League. ..
The differences between u23 and national football are as follows:
1, different ages
National youth teams are generally divided into different age groups, such as U 17 and U20, and national team members are generally over 23 years old.
2. Participated in different activities.
The national team participates in the World Cup, Asian Cup and other adult national team events, and the national youth team participates in different events, such as U20 or U 17 World Youth Championship.
3. The number of teams is different
Only one team of the national team represents the country to participate in large-scale competitions, and several teams of the national youth team can participate in the World Youth Championships of different ages.