AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers: India drawn in Group E

AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers: India drawn in Group E

The Blue Tigers’ age category side were drawn in Group E of the U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers. India finds itself in the Western Zone of the competition, with the competition being split into six Western Zone groups and five Eastern Zone groups. After many days of eager and patient wait for the draw, India were put into the group alongside the Oman U-23, UAE U-23 and the Kyrgyz U-23.

These four sides would be contesting to qualify for the main event in Uzbekistan which is due to be held in June 2022. The teams in the qualification round need to achieve either a top-placed finish in their group or have to be one of the four best second-placed teams out of six. Uzbekistan have already qualified and their results in this qualification round will not count.

How the groups were divided

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The Indian national U-23 side

Here are all the groups that were drawn in the U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers

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West Zone

Group A: Syria, Qatar, Yemen, Sri Lanka

Group B: Iran, Tajikistan, Lebanon, Nepal

Group C: Iraq, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Maldives.

Group D: Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Uzbekistan (already qualified).

Group E: the UAE, Oman, India, Kyrgyz Republic.

Group F: Jordan, Palestine, Turkmenistan.

East Zone

Group G: Australia, China PR, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam

Group H: Korea Republic, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Philippines

Group I: Vietnam, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei

Group J: Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Mongolia

Group K: DPR Korea, Japan, Cambodia

The U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers are scheduled for October 23 to 31 this year. All these matches will be held in the UAE. Stay tuned to see the next generation of our football stars battle it out at the UAE this year and Uzbekistan in 2022.

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