China Football Association 1 1 announced that due to epidemic prevention and control and flight restrictions, China U22 national men's soccer team could not go to Tajikistan as planned to participate in the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers.
China U22 national men's soccer team was in Group G with Australian team, Indonesian team and Brunei team in the previous draw ceremony of 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifier. Group G qualifiers were originally scheduled to be held in Indonesia from1October 23rd to 365,438+0, but moved to Tajikistan due to the local epidemic.
China Football Association said in the announcement that due to epidemic prevention and control and flight restrictions, China U22 national men's soccer team could not go to Tajikistan to participate in the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers as planned, and had to regret to withdraw from this competition. Next, the U22 national men's soccer team will continue to undergo rigorous training under the leadership of head coach Alexander Jangovich to prepare for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
Previously, the China Football Association had issued a training notice. In order to fully prepare for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and the U23 Men's Football Asian Cup, and at the same time strengthen the reserve talents of the men's football team, the U22 National Men's Football Team is scheduled to go to the Xianghe National Football Training Base for training on May 5-23 at 202 1+ 10. After withdrawing from the Asian Cup qualifiers, this team only has the task of preparing for the Asian Games.
U23 Asian Cup is the highest level competition in Asia, which is held every two years. China's performance in this competition is bleak, with only one victory since 20 13. The 2020 U23 Asian Cup is also a qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympic Games. China was defeated in all three wars, ranking at the bottom of all 16 teams, and naturally missed the Tokyo Olympic Games.