There are still four months to go before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, and the organizing committee has conducted a group draw for the football project in advance, with a total of 16 teams participating in the men's football team, and only the Asian region has not yet produced a specific quota place. For the Chinese men's national Olympic team, as long as they break into the top three of the U23 Asian Cup, they can go straight to the Olympic Games, and the fourth place will play in the intercontinental play-offs, and there is no way back.
The results of the men's draw for the Paris Olympics are as follows:
Group A: France, USA, New Zealand, 4th place in the U23 Asian Cup vs Guinea winner
Group B: Argentina, Morocco, third place in the U23 Asian Cup, Ukraine
Group C: U23 Asian Cup 2nd place, Spain, Egypt, Dominica
Group D: U23 Asian Cup 1st place, Paraguay, Mali, Israel
Judging from the above groups, the opponents in Group D are generally not strong, and the team that wins the U23 Asian Cup can safely qualify from the group, and the signing of Group C is also good.
Now after the Olympic men's football group is determined, the U23 Asian Cup teams will go all out, including the Chinese team.
According to the schedule, the U23 Asian Cup will start on April 15, and the Chinese team is in the same group as the Japanese team, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates.
With the strength of the Chinese team, the limit score will hit the third or fourth place in the U23 Asian Cup at most, and if it can get third, it can go straight to the Olympic finals, and Argentina, Morocco, and Ukraine are in the same group, which is a rare opportunity.
Once they finish fourth, they will need to play a play-off match against Guinea, the fourth team in the African zone, and once they qualify, they will be in the same group as the host France, the United States and New Zealand.
According to statistics, the last time the Chinese team participated in the Olympic Games was in 2008, when it participated as the host, and since then it has been out of the qualifiers in a row, especially in the 5 U23 Asian Cups, all of which missed the knockout round, and achieved a record of 1 win and 14 losses.
Due to the limited quota for the Olympic Games, many strong teams have not been able to participate, including Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Italy and other teams, and can only become spectators of the Olympic Games.