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AFCU23 Qatar 2024 cast set for Final Draw

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Tuesday, November 21st 2023 07:58 AM

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Doha: Battle lines will be drawn for the AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Qatar 2024 when the official Final Draw ceremony takes place this Thursday at 12 pm local time at the Al Bustan Ballroom of the Wyndham Doha West Bay in Doha, Qatar. The top 16 U23 teams in Asia will vie for supremacy at the competition's sixth edition, set to be played between April 15 and May 3, 2024, in Qatar.  The top three finishers of the AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Qatar 2024 will qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, while the fourth-placed team will participate in a Play-off against an opponent from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a chance to compete at the Olympics. There will be 16 teams in the Final Draw: hosts Qatar, who qualified automatically; the 11 group winners; and the four best second-placed teams overall from the September Qualifiers. As the Host Association, Qatar will be placed in the Pots as the top seed, and the other teams will be ranked by their performances at the AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2022, where Saudi Arabia emerged as winners. The 16 sides will be divided into four equal groups to contest a one-round league format and the top two finishers in each group qualify to the Quarter-finals. The seedings for the Final Draw are as follow:   Pot 1 (Ranked 1st to 4th): Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Japan Pot 2 (5th to 8th): Australia, Iraq, Vietnam, Korea Republic Pot 3 (9th to 12th): Thailand, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait Pot 4 (13th to 16th): Malaysia, Tajikistan, Indonesia, China PR  
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