In the early morning of September 13, Beijing time, the Olympic preliminary round and the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers were all cancelled, and the 16-line teams were also released. China advanced to the group with the third best result, while hosts Qatar, Japan, South Korea and Australia also qualified, while Iran finished second in the group after losing 1-0 to Uzbekistan in the final round. However, due to the absence of the last U23 Asian Cup, China National Olympic Games will enter the group draw of this year's U23 Asian Cup finals as a fourth-tier team.
P.S. 2024 U23 Asian Cup Round of 16
Host: Qatar (in the heats, but not counted)
Preliminary round group leaders: Jordan, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia
2nd of the 4 best teams: Kuwait, Tajikistan, China, Malaysia
The U23 Asian Cup will also host the Olympic preliminary round in the Olympic year, so the Chinese National Olympic Games have the qualification to continue to attack the Olympic Games.
The final of the U23 Asian Cup, which will be played after next year's Asian Cup, will be hosted by Qatar. As for the tranche draw, because the Chinese team missed the last U23 Asian Cup, it can only enter as a fourth-tier team.
In any case, after experiencing the ups and downs of the U23 Asian Cup, entering the main event of the U23 Asian Cup will definitely be another opportunity for the Chinese National Olympic Games. Although the outside world is currently controversial about China's Olympic coach Cheng Yaodong, with the U23 Asian Cup less than half a year to start, the possibility of changing the coach is not great.