MANAMA, Bahrain: Qatar squad - which arrived on Monday - on Tuesday hit the training pitch ahead of their U-19 AFC Asian Cup opening match against Iran. Qatar are the defending champions at the October 13-30 tournament to be held in Manama. The Qatar squad was received by Bahrain Football Association (BFA) and officials and members of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) at the airport on Monday. Qatar face Iran on October 14 when the kick off takes place at 7:30pm. Coached by Oscar Cano, the squad will train twice every day until the day of the match, team officials said on Wednesday. Iran, Japan and Yemen are along side Qatar in Group C. Qatar face Yemen on October 17 and Japan on October 20 in the preliminary stages of the tournament. Qatar won the 2014 edition in Myanmar by beating North Korea in the final. The champions in 2014 later qualified to play the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in New Zealand. Fahad Al Shammari is the Director of the team. Squad: Sayed Hassan Issa, Nasser Al-Saadi, Mohammed Said Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Mustafa, Mashaal, Ibrahim Faraj, Badr Al-Hamad, Khaled Mazeed, Munir Ahmad, Bakri Mohammed, Walid Hassan Bakhit, Hussein Ali Behzad, Saad Khalifa Khamis, Khaled Mubarak Al-Nuaimi, Tarek Salman, Suleiman Abdul, Rashid Ibrahim, Mohammed Ahmed, Hassan Ahmed, Bassam Naeem, Hisham Al-Rawi, Abdullah Abdul Salam, Ahmed Bakhit, Alohrq Menhali, Nasser Abdel-Salam Alohrq, Awad Ahmed Al-Muwaffaq and Mohammed Uday. Coach: Oscar Cano