1999 age group
The national football team is in its fifth
The loss at the Asian Cup threatens to make it less ranked than the 1997 age group at this year's tournament
The achievements of the national soccer team in the last tournament. This means that when the 2001 age group national youth team, the new national Olympic team, moves into the sixth
At the Asian Cup, i.e. at the time of the Olympic qualifiers in Paris, they had to play as the fifth, i.e. the lowest-ranked team. The probability of meeting a tough opponent in the qualifying rounds has thus risen considerably.
The AFC announced the U17s and U20s at the Executive Committee meeting in February,
The Asian Cup qualifiers for the three age groups will no longer implement the "East and West Asia Regional System", but will instead use a "mixed draw" to determine the teams for each group in the qualifiers. Given that there are more strong teams in the West Asia Region than in the East Asia Region, this is a sign that the new
The national soccer team, or the new national Olympic team, is in the next
The likelihood of meeting a strong team in the Asian Cup qualifiers will also increase.
Over the weekend, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the exact allocation of the 16 places for the final phase of men's soccer at the Paris Olympics. Asia (AFC member association countries or regions) will receive 3.5 spots. Although this is 0.5 more than the three places available for the Tokyo Olympics (except for the one automatically awarded to the host Japanese national Olympic team), the competition for the next Olympic qualifying tournament will not be any less intense, considering that the new Japanese national Olympic team will also be participating in the qualifying tournament.
For the new 2001 age group national Olympic team, in the next
Successful breakthrough in the Asian Cup qualifying tournament, the first stage of the Paris Olympiad, has become a top priority. Although the AFC has yet to confirm a specific competition program for the tournament, based on the number of AFC member associations and the size and tradition of the tournament, the sixth edition of the
The Asian Cup qualifiers could be divided into 10 or 11 groups, with the top team from each group, the four or five second-place finishers with the best results, and the host team advancing to the Round of 16 to compete for three main round tickets and an intercontinental bye in the men's soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics. The new Olympic team may have a far more difficult time making an impact on the Olympic Games than the previous Olympic team.
The following is the sixth 2024
The projected breakdown of the Asian Cup Qualifiers & Paris Olympiad Asian Qualifiers:
Tranche 1: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iraq, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Jordan;
Tranche 2: UAE, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Malaysia, Tajikistan, Bahrain, Myanmar, Cambodia, Syria;
Tranche 3: India, Singapore, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste, Lebanon, Oman, Laos, Palestine, Mongolia;
Tranche 4: Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, Bangladesh, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal;
Tranche 5: Afghanistan, Brunei Darussalam, China, North Korea, Bhutan, Guam, Macao, China, Northern Mariana Islands (withdrawn or not enrolled).
