Sunday, September 22nd 2024 10:44 PM
DOHA: Spanish Felix Angel , coach of the U-20 national team, on Sunday announced the team's roster in preparation for the qualifiers for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup to be held in China.
Doha will host the matches of Group 10, in which Al-Annabi will be joined by the teams of Jordan, Singapore and Hong Kong from Sept 25 to 29.
Al-Annabi will start the competition by facing Singapore. All matches will be held at the same time, which is 8 pm, at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. At the same time, Jordan will meet Hong Kong at Hamad Grand Stadium in Doha.
Al-Annabi will meet Hong Kong in the second match and Jordan will play Singapore on the 27th. The group qualifiers will conclude with the Al-Annabi and Jordan meeting at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium while Singapore vs Hong Kong will be played at Hamad Grand Stadium.
It is worth noting that the competition journey to qualify for the 2025 AFC U- 20 Asian Cup in China will start with the participation of 45 teams in the 42nd edition of the tournament.
The qualifiers will continue until September 29 with the matches of the 10 groups (five of four teams and five of five teams) being held in a league system.
The 10 teams that finish first in each group qualify for the finals along with the five best second - placed teams to be joined by host China, the 1985 champions.
China will the tournament for the second time since 2010.
The qualifying stage was first introduced for the 1980 edition of the tournament, and this edition includes 14 of the 16 teams that have won the title to date.
On the other hand, nine teams are hoping to qualify for the first time: Bhutan, Guam, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, East Timor and Turkmenistan.
Qatar squad:
Goalkeepers: Abu Bakr Mohammed, Jalal Amir and Mohammed Fawzy.
Ibrahim Al Hassan, Awab Fadhel, Jassim Al Hamad, Bassam Adel, Moaz Ibrahim , Nawaf Al Yahri, Younis Mohammed, Youssef Mohammed, Abdullah Mujib, Mohammed Khaled, Othman Mohammed, Jameel Riyaz, Tahseen Mohammed, Salem Reda, Abdul Aziz Al-Bakri, Mohammed Hani, Youssef Marai, Ali Mohammed, Fayez Marwan, and Ayoub Al-Alawi.