The Chinese Football Association has abandoned Australian Van Egmund to re-select the coach of the U17 women's football team

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2024-05-23 15:28Posted on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

In the 3rd and 4th finals of the U17 Women's Asian Cup in Bali, Indonesia on May 19, the Chinese U17 women's football team lost 1-2 to the South Korean U17 women's football team, thus missing the new U17 Women's World Cup held in the Dominican Republic in the second half of this year. This also means that the 59-year-old Australian coach Gary van Egmund failed to complete the task of leading the team in the stage as agreed in the contract, and the Chinese Football Association will terminate its cooperation with him.

On January 25 this year, the Chinese Football Association announced through official channels that it had hired Australian Van Egmund as the coach of the Chinese U17 women's football team. In terms of results, the Chinese U17 women's football team's impact journey in this U17 Asian Cup ended in failure. As head coach, Van Egmund has an unshirkable responsibility. According to a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, the Football Association has given up its plan to renew him.

It is worth noting that FIFA confirmed at the 27th working meeting of the Council held in March this year that the U17 Men's and Women's World Cups will be held annually from 2025. At the 28th working meeting of the Council held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 15, FIFA also clarified the specific allocation of football quotas from each continent for the two competitions from 2025 to 2029. According to the resolution, the size of the U17 Women's World Cup will be expanded from the current 16 teams to 24 teams. According to the quota allocation method, the AFC (Asia) will receive four tickets to the U17 Women's World Cup every year for the next four years, one more than this tournament. In other words, the top four teams that can make it to the next U17 Women's Asian Cup will qualify for the U17 Women's World Cup.

For the new Chinese U17 women's football team, this change is more encouraging. However, with the increase in the frequency of the U17 Women's World Cup and the increase in the scale of the competition, the AFC does not rule out the possibility of adjusting the competition methods of the U17 Women's Asian Cup and the U17 Women's World Preliminary Tournament in Asia to increase the capacity of the event. If this is the case, the difficulty of China's U17 women's football team competing for the U17 Women's World Cup will not be reduced.

After the Chinese U17 women's football team lost to Bali, the new Chinese U17 women's football team is urgent. The Chinese Football Association will summarize the team, preparation and competition of the U17 women's football team in the near future, and will implement the selection of the coach of the new U17 women's football team.

The termination of the cooperation between the Chinese Football Association and Van Egmund actually reflects the cautious attitude of the Chinese Football Association in the selection of coaches for national teams. If the coach of the national team fails to pass the assessment of the stage leading the team, then he will face the termination of the contract, which is also a necessary way to stop the loss in time.

Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Yun

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