AFC does not redraw ASIAD after U23 Iraq withdraws from tournament
Despite the strong fight of the Iraq Football Association (IFA) for the U23 team, the Iraqi Olympic Committee still maintains its decision to withdraw the men's football team from the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.
After much information surrounding the Iraqi U23 team not participating in the 18th ASIAD, the Iraqi Olympic Committee will maintain its decision to withdraw the team from the Asian Games in Indonesia despite the IFA's objection.
Previously, the IFA fought hard for the Iraq U23 team to still participate in the ASIAD, but the story surrounding the age fraud of the Iraq U16 team caused a stir. In particular, the incident directly involved officials of the country's Football Federation.
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| The U16 Iraq fraud involved changing the player's year of birth from 2000 to 2002. This has shocked football in the region. |
Iraq U23 not participating in ASIAD 18 leaves Group C of men's football with only three teams: China, Timor-Leste and Syria. Many news agencies have questioned whether there will be a redraw of the groups.
INASGOC representative confirmed on the websiteBola: “There will be no redraw.” About 60 minutes earlier, Mr. Harry said that the AFC's opinion must be obtained before a decision can be made.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had to preside over the draw for the UAE U23 and Palestine U23 teams on July 25 due to errors in the registration process for the men's football event.
However, this time, redrawing may not be possible as the match day is very close. The 10 teams in Groups A and E will start competing from August 10, which means that the ball will be rolling on the stadium in less than a week.
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| Compared to the previous decision to make an additional draw, this time INASGOC was very quick to consult AFC to make the final decision on not redrawing the lot. |
Thus, there will be 25 teams competing in the men's football event of the 18th Asian Games. The top two teams in each group, along with the four third-placed teams with the best results, will advance to the knockout round. The comparison and comparison of coefficients also becomes complicated.
Vietnam U23 is in Group D with Japan, Nepal and Pakistan. Before going to Indonesia on August 11, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will play three friendly matches at My Dinh Stadium from August 3 to August 7, 2018.
Back to the age fraud case of the Iraq U16 team, the players were discovered by airport customs in the capital Baghdad. Many sources said that the IFA was involved in this, so the Olympic Committee needs time to investigate.
The best achievement of the Iraqi Olympic team at the Asian Games was the silver medal at the 2006 ASIAD held in Qatar. In Incheon 4 years ago, this team excellently won the bronze medal.
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