The Olympic team in the group of Saudi Arabia, Japan and Tajikistan in the Asian finals

Silva: There is no easy group in the finals.

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The draw for the 2022 AFC U-23 Cup finals in Uzbekistan placed the national team in Group D, along with Saudi Arabia, Japan and Tajikistan, during the draw ceremony, yesterday, in Uzbekistan, which will host the tournament from 1-19 June, in Tashkent. And Qorshi.

The draw 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.

Al-Abyad qualified for the finals directly, topping the fifth group in the qualifiers, hosted by Fujairah in October 2021, with six points from three matches, compared to four points for Kyrgyzstan and India, and three for Oman.

For his part, the coach of the Olympic team, Spain, Denis Silva, described the "Al-Abyad" group as balanced and strong, and said: "There is no easy group in the finals, and all 16 teams qualified with merit and have the elements of competition."

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