After the victory over the United Arab Emirates, the Olympic team finished third in the group with three points from three games, avoiding the nightmare of bottoming the Under-23 Asian Cup for two consecutive years.
After losing to Japan and South Korea in a row, the National Olympic Games have been eliminated early, continuing the curse of never entering the knockout round of the U23 Asian Cup. In the U23 Asian Cup, they have only 1 win and 13 defeats in 14 games.
In the previous 4 U23 Asian Cups, the worst result achieved by the National Olympic Games was three consecutive defeats in the group stage in 2020, when they lost all three games and conceded 4 goals with 0 goals, which was the first time that the National Olympic Games scored 0 goals in a single U23 Asian Cup.
In the two U23 Asian Cups in 2016 and 2018, the National Olympic Games scored 4 goals, setting a single U23 Asian Cup goal record in team history, and in 2020, it scored 0 goals in 3 games. In the 2018 U23 Asian Cup, the national Olympic team conceded 3 goals, setting a record for the fewest goals conceded in team history.
In the first two U23 Asian Cups, the Chinese team ranked 14th with three consecutive defeats. In the 2018 U23 Asian Cup, the Chinese team defeated Oman 3-0 in the first game, lost 0-1 to Uzbekistan in the second game, and lost 1-2 to Qatar in the final game, ranking third with 3 points in 3 games, ranking 10th among all teams, creating the highest ranking in the U23 Asian Cup.
In the 2020 U23 Asian Cup, the National Olympic Games lost 0-1 to South Korea in the first game, Uzbekistan 0-2 in the second game, and 0-1 to Iran in the last game. Three consecutive defeats and 0 goals have put the Olympic team at the bottom of the 16 teams, creating the worst result in team history.
After 4 years, the U23 Asian Cup again, after losing to Japan and South Korea in a row, the National Olympic Games defeated the United Arab Emirates in the last round, and while taking all three points, the National Olympic Games will definitely not be at the bottom of this U23 Asian Cup, and is even expected to tie the highest ranking in the U23 Asian Cup in team history.