After about 6.5 hours of air travel, carrying the Chinese men's football team and the U23 national team delegation of Hainan Airlines flight, at 22:45 Beijing time on April 3, arrived in Haikou. This marks the end of the whole process of the Chinese team's Qatar World Qualification Tournament. In view of the CFA has decided to organize the 1999 age group players to participate in the East Asia Cup soccer tournament in late July this year and the Hangzhou Asian Games men's football tournament in September, the Chinese team in the current year's tournament mission has come to an end. The CFA's focus on preparing and securing the national men's soccer team has shifted to the U23 national team.
On the evening of April 3, during an exchange with media representatives, Guo Bingyan, head of competition at the CFA's preparatory team, revealed that the new season's Chinese Super League will be organized with full consideration for the preparation and participation needs of the national team and the U23 national team. The CFA also made it clear that the U23 national team will be sent to the 2022 East Asian Cup, commonly known as the "East Asian Quarterfinals", which will be held in the second half of July (expected to be July 19th to 27th).
It is reported that the CFA made this decision is mainly based on two considerations: First, the national football team in Qatar after the completion of the World Qualifier, this year, without the need to bear the pressure of other competitions; Second, the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games men's football tournament is the Association of this year's national team preparations for the work of the top priority, the U23 national team needs to be through the high-quality matches for the Asian Games tournament warming up. From the point of view of the actual performance of the Dubai Cup, the U23 national team has gained a lot.
