What does U23 Vietnam need to get a ticket to the 2020 AFC U23 Championship?
(Baonghean.vn) - The matches in Group K of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers will be held at My Dinh Stadium from March 22 to 26.
The 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers will feature 44 teams, divided into 11 groups. Fifteen teams will be selected for the finals, including 11 group winners and four best second-placed teams, while Thailand will be given a special entry as the host team of the finals.
According to the AFC draw, U23 Vietnam is in Group K with U23 Thailand, U23 Indonesia and U23 Brunei. In Group K, if U23 Vietnam wins the group, they will definitely have a ticket to the final round.
If they only win second place in the group, coach Park Hang-seo and his team will have to compete for the position of the 4 best second-placed teams that will join host Thailand in the 2020 AFC U23 Championship finals (16 teams).
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| Tomorrow (March 22), U23 Vietnam will enter the match. Photo: thethao247 |
However, the sudden withdrawal of U23 Pakistan will affect the ranking of the groups. At that time, Group F will have only 3 teams, U23 Pakistan will be ranked 4th by default. AFC will only base on the match results of the 2nd place team with the 1st and 3rd place teams in the group, not counting the head-to-head results with the 4th place team. Therefore, the match result between U23 Vietnam and the team predicted to be at the bottom of Group K, Brunei, will not be taken into account.
Therefore, if they do not finish first in the group, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will have to accumulate goal difference and beat Indonesia (a team considered a direct opponent, as Thailand is already certain to have a ticket as the host), to hope to enter the second group with the best results.
If U23 Vietnam finishes 3rd in group K, they will be eliminated.
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| 2020 AFC U23 QUALIFICATIONS SCHEDULE. |
According to the schedule, Group K will compete at My Dinh Stadium for 3 days: March 22, 24 and 26. Each day there will be 2 matches at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
At 8:00 p.m. on March 22, U23 Vietnam will have their opening match against U23 Brunei. This is considered a great opportunity for Coach Park Hang-seo and his team to have a resounding victory, creating good psychological momentum for the next matches.
Before that, the match between U23 Thailand and U23 Indonesia promises to be very exciting because Thailand is looking to regain its number 1 position in Southeast Asia, while U23 Indonesia is full of enthusiasm after being crowned the U22 Southeast Asian Championship. The match will take place at 5:00 p.m. on March 22.
