U17 Asian Cup 16 teams are released! The classification is determined: the third gear of the national youth, or enter the group of death and meet Korea again

On October 28, Beijing time, the U17 Asian Cup qualifiers were all over. All 16 teams participating in the U17 Asian Cup have also been confirmed. Although the Chinese national youth team was relegated to second place in the group by Korea, it still qualified as the second place in the group with the best result. With the release of the 16 teams in the Asian Cup, the draw has also been determined. China's national youth is in Pot 3.

The specific classification is as follows:

Tier 1: Saudi Arabia (seeded), Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan;

Second tier: Iran, Yemen, Australia, Thailand;

Third tier: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China, Viet Nam;

Fourth tier: Indonesia, Oman, U.A.E., North Korea.

China's national youth is likely to enter the "group of death", and the four opponents in the first pot are not easy to deal with, especially Japan and Uzbekistan, and the national youth have a chance to meet Korea again. Iran and Australia in the second tier are also quite strong. As for the fourth gear, the U.A.E. also has the mysterious division North Korea, which also has the ability to disrupt the situation of group qualification.

According to the AFC's arrangement, the group draw ceremony for the U17 Asian Cup will be held on December 9 this year. The final stage of the competition is scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia from April 3 to 20. Due to the expansion of the U17 World Cup to 48 teams, there will be 8 seats in Asia, so the top 8 teams in the Saudi U17 Asian Cup next year will directly get the ticket to the U17 World Cup (World Junior Championship) at the end of next year. The host Qatar team will not occupy 8 seats in Asia and will directly qualify for the final stage of the competition.

Other wordsAs long as the national junior team ranks in the top 2 of the group in the U17 Asian Cup next year and qualifies from the group to advance to the knockout stage, it can re-enter the World Junior Championship after 20 years。 The last time the Chinese team participated in the World Junior Championships, it was the 88-year-old national junior team represented by Wang Dalei, the current national team of the 08-year-old national junior team, and Li Zhuangfei, a member of the coaching staff of the current 08-year-old national junior team.