Qatar drawn with Syria, India & Turkmenistan in AFC u-23 qualification

Saturday, March 18th 2017 12:40 AM

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Kuala Lumpur: Qatar were drawn alongside India, Turkmenistan and Syria in the official draw of the AFC U-23 Championship China 2018 qualifying groups.

The ten group winners and five best second-placed teams among all the groups will advance to the finals. The qualifiers will take place from July 19 to 23, 2017 in the respective host countries which are Kyrgyz Republic, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Myanmar, DPR Korea, Thailand and China PR.

Although directly qualified as the finals host, China PR have expressed interest to participate in the qualifying stage. Therefore, if China PR finish top of their group or finish among the five best second-placed teams, the next (sixth) second-placed team will qualify to the final stage of the competition in January, 2018.

WEST Zone (West + South + Central)

Group A A1. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN A2. OMAN A3. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (host) A4. SRI LANKA

Group B B1. IRAQ B2. SAUDI ARABIA (host) B3. BAHRAIN B4. AFGHANISTAN

Group C C1. QATAR (host) C2. SYRIA C3. INDIA C4. TURKMENISTAN

Group D D1. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (host) D2. UZBEKISTAN D3. LEBANON D4. NEPAL

Group E E1. JORDAN E2. TAJIKISTAN E3. PALESTINE (host) E4. BANGLADESH

EAST Zone (East + ASEAN)

Group F F1. AUSTRALIA F2. MYANMAR (host) F3. SINGAPORE F4. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

Group G G1. DPR KOREA (host) G2. LAOS G3. CHINESE TAIPEI G4. HONG KONG

Group H H1. THAILAND (host) H2. INDONESIA H3. MALAYSIA H4. MONGOLIA

Group I I1. KOREA REPUBLIC I2. VIETNAM (host) I3. TIMOR-LESTE I4. MACAU

Group J J1. JAPAN J2. CHINA PR (host) J3. CAMBODIA J4. PHILIPPINES

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