Group A: Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Thailand;
Group B: South Korea, China, Kuwait and Indonesia;
Group C: Saudi Arabia, Japan, Qatar and Uzbekistan.
Among them, Group A will compete in the capital Beirut, Group B will compete in Tripoli, more than 0/00 kilometers north of Beirut, and Group C will compete in Saida, more than 40 kilometers south of Beirut.
The competition mode of this tournament is the same as that of the last Asian Cup. The three teams will play a single round robin first, and then the top two in each group will participate in the quarter-finals with the two best third places.