On November 23, Beijing time, the results of the 2024 Qatar U23 Asian Cup and Olympic Games Qualifiers Asian Final Stage Group were released, and the Chinese 01 age group of the National Olympic Games entered the draw with four teams, which were in the same group as Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, and in the preliminary round of the U23 Asian Cup, China was once in the same group as the United Arab Emirates.
Cheng Yaodong's Chinese Olympic Games previously advanced to the final stage with a better group of second in the U23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Since next year's U23 Asian Cup coincides with the Olympic year, this year's U23 Asian Cup will also be tasked with the Olympic preliminaries.
Due to the absence of the Chinese team in the last U23 Asian Cup, the Chinese team can only be ranked in the fourth gear in the bracket, with Malaysia, Tajikistan, and Indonesia 3 teams. Hosts Qatar, as well as Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Japan, are seeded in Pot 2, while Australia, South Korea, Iraq and Vietnam are in Pot 2 and Thailand, Jordan, UAE and Kuwait are in Pot 3.
Attached: 2024 Qatar U23 Asian Cup group results
Group A: Qatar (host), Australia, Jordan, Indonesia
Group B: Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, China
Group C: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Thailand, Tajikistan
Group D: Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Kuwait, Malaysia
According to the schedule previously announced by the Qatar U23 Asian Cup Organizing Committee, the 2024 U23 Asian Cup will be played from April 15 to May 3 next year. The top 2 teams in the group advance to the knockout round, and then play the quarterfinals, semi-finals, third-place matches and finals. The top three teams from the tournament will qualify for the Paris Olympics, while the fourth place finishers will play a play-off against African teams. In other words, for the Paris Olympics, the Asian zone has 3.5 qualification places.