In the second round of the U23 Asian Cup, Group B was a key battle, China's Olympic Games lost to South Korea's Olympic Games, suffered two consecutive defeats in the group stage, and was not as good as Japan and South Korea because of the relationship between victory and defeat. So far, the Chinese men's football team at all levels has been absent from the World Series for 16 consecutive years.
According to the regulations, the tournament is a qualifier for the Paris Olympics, and there are only 3.5 places in the Asian zone, and only the top three teams will qualify for the Olympics, and the fourth team will play a play-off against the fourth place team in the African zone.
As always, there are a total of 16 teams in the U23 Asian Cup, divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each, and the top two teams in each group will advance to the top 8 knockout rounds.
For the National Olympic Games led by Cheng Yaodong, it is necessary to break through the group of death, which is the first step to impact the Olympic Games, and as a result, the group stage lost to Japan and South Korea in a row, suffered 7 consecutive defeats in the U23 Asian Cup, and at the same time accumulated 0 points and fell to the bottom of the group.
According to the regulations, after the end of the group, two or more teams will first compare the win-loss relationship with the same score, and then compare the goal difference, goals scored and other factors.
Due to the national Olympic Games losing to Japan and South Korea, the points of the latter two teams are at least 3 points, and the national football team won the last round by a maximum of 3 points.
This is the 16th consecutive year that the National Olympic Games have not participated in the Olympic Games, the last time they participated was in 2008, when they automatically qualified as the host, and then missed 2012, 2016, 2020, and now in 2024, they have been reduced to spectators for four consecutive Olympic Games.
With the National Olympic Games missing the Paris Olympics in advance, the years for the Chinese men's football team at all levels to be absent from the World Series have been expanded to 16 years, and the last time they participated was in 2008, which was the Olympic Games held at home. If the identity of the host is excluded, the qualification for the international competition through the qualifiers alone has to be traced back to 2005, when the two teams of the national youth and the national youth advanced to the World Youth Championship and the World Youth Championship respectively.