AFC U23 Championship draw: Vietnam falls into 'group of death'
(Baonghean.vn) - This afternoon, October 24, in China, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted the draw for the final round of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship.
Previously, the Vietnam U23 team won the right to enter the 2018 AFC U23 Championship as one of the 5 best second-placed teams in the qualifying round after losing to South Korea U23 in Group I. In Southeast Asia, this is the second time Vietnam and Thailand have participated in the AFC U23 Championship, while Malaysia is participating for the first time.
The 2018 AFC U23 Championship will take place in four cities in China: Kunshan, Changshu in Suzhou, Jiangyin and Changzhou from January 9 to January 27. This is the last AFC U23 Championship for players born in 1995 such as Cong Phuong, Tuan Anh, Xuan Truong, Tuan Tai... of Vietnamese football.
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| The Vietnam U23 team has entered the U23 Asian finals twice in a row. This will be the U23 Asian finals for Luong Xuan Truong and his teammates. Photo: Duc Dong |
The draw has put U23 Vietnam back together with Australia, Syria and South Korea. Meanwhile, Thailand is in the same group with Palestine, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the U23 championship candidate Japan. Malaysia is in the group considered the easiest with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq.
- RESULTS OF THE DRAW OF THE AFC U23 AFF CUP FINAL: GROUP A: CHINA, OMAN, UZBEKISTAN, QATAR. GROUP B: PALESTINE, THAILAND, DEPARTMENT OF NORTH KOREA, JAPAN. GROUP C: MALAYSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN, IRAQ. GROUP D: VIETNAM, SYRIA, AUSTRALIA, KOREA. |
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Trung Kien
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