The draw for the 2024 AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualifying tournament will be held on Thursday, May 25, at the AFC Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
The start of the broadcast is at 13:00 Ashgabat time, reports the official website of the Football Federation of Tajikistan.
Based on the results of the draw, 44 teams will be divided into 11 groups. The group winners, as well as the top four runners-up, will qualify for the 2024 Asian Cup Final in Qatar in 2024. The Qatar national team, as the host, directly qualified for the final stage of the tournament.
Most likely, the youth team of Turkmenistan will be in the first basket. At the Youth Asian Cup-2022 held in Uzbekistan, the team of Turkmenistan for the first time entered the top eight of the strongest youth teams in Asia.
The Asian Football Confederation has chosen 11 countries - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, China, Indonesia, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Vietnam as the venue for the 2024 Asian Cup (U-23) qualifying groups. Matches will be held from September 4 to 12, 2023.