The day before in Thailand started the youth championship of Asia on football U-23, reports "championat.asia". the Peculiarity of this tournament is that its winners will have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic games-2020 in Tokyo.
The 16 strongest teams of the continent participate in the championship. The tournament uses the VAR system. On January 8, the first day of the tournament, two group a matches were held. The team of Thailand defeated the team of Bahrain-5: 0, and Iraq and Australia did not reveal the winner-1:1.
The Central Asian Football Association is represented at this tournament by the Olympic teams of Uzbekistan and Iran. Today, these teams will play an official match in the first round in group "C".
Groups:
Group “A”: Thailand, Iraq, Australia, Bahrain
Group “B”: Qatar, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Group “C”: Uzbekistan, South Korea, Iran, China
Group “D”: Vietnam, North Korea, Jordan, UAE
Matches
Group stage, January 8-16
Quarter-finals, January 19 (Bangkok):
Winner of group “C”– second place of group “D”
Winner of group “D”– second place of group “C”
The semi-finals, January 22 (Bangkok, Rangsit).
Third place match, January 25 (Bangkok).
Final, January 26 (Bangkok).
