The UAE national team is in one group with Saudi Arabia and Japan in the “U-23” Asian Cup
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The draw for the 2022 AFC U-23 Cup in Uzbekistan placed the UAE Olympic team in Group D, along with Saudi Arabia, Japan and Tajikistan, during the draw ceremony, which was drawn today in Uzbekistan, which will host the tournament from June 1 to 19, in my city. Tashkent and Qurashi.
The draw, which included 16 teams participating in the finals, resulted in the presence of the "host" Uzbekistan teams, Iran, Qatar and Turkmenistan in the first group, and the second group included Australia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, and the third group included South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.
The participating teams were ranked according to their results in the last edition of 2020 in Thailand, which was crowned by South Korea.
The Olympic White qualified for the upcoming finals, topping the fifth group standings in the qualifiers, which was hosted by the city of Fujairah in October of last year 2021, with 6 points from three matches, compared to 4 points for Kyrgyzstan and India, and 3 for Oman, so that our team gets the qualification card. direct from the group.
For his part, the coach of the Olympic team, Spain, Denis Silva, said that "the team's group is balanced and strong, given the technical value of the participating teams."
He continued, "There is no easy group in the finals, and all 16 teams qualified well and have the ingredients to compete."
He added, "We are aware of the strength of competitors, such as the Saudi and Japanese national teams, and do not forget the great ambitions of the Tajik team also in its first official appearance in the finals," pointing to the continuation of the Olympic team's preparation program as required, in preparation for the finals next June.
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