The UAE Olympic Team meets Uzbekistan in the "International Friendly Tournament"
The UAE Olympic team will face its Uzbek counterpart, at 6:00 pm, tomorrow, Saturday, at Al-Awir Stadium in Shabab Al-Ahly Club, Dubai, as part of the second round of the international friendly tournament for U-23 teams, organized by the Football Association, in cooperation with IAST SPORTS, with the participation of 10 teams.
Tomorrow, the second round will witness the confrontations of Qatar, Japan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, China, Thailand, and Croatia for "youth" against Vietnam, and the tournament will conclude on March 29, with matches of the third and final round.
The current participation in the friendly tournament is part of the preparations of 9 teams, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Japan, China, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Thailand, for the 2022 AFC U-23 Cup, scheduled in Uzbekistan, from 1 to 19 June. Next, 16 teams will participate.
Last Wednesday, the first round of the friendly tournament saw the UAE team defeat China 1-0, Saudi Arabia beat Uzbekistan 2-0, Japan's Olympic team beat Croatia "youth" team 1-0, and Qatar Olympic team beat Thailand 1-1. 0, while a negative tie settled the Iraq-Vietnam match at Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium at Shabab Al-Ahly Club.
The draw for the Asian U-23 Cup placed our national Olympic team in Group D, along with the teams of Saudi Arabia, Japan and Tajikistan. 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 Group C South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
16 teams will participate in the upcoming finals in Uzbekistan, including 4 teams that have previously won the title "Iraq 2013, Japan 2016, Uzbekistan 2018, South Korea 2020, in addition to 9 teams that have reached the semi-finals before, while Tajikistan and Turkmenistan participate for the first time. in the finals.
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