Rumors have been raised that the 2024 AFC Qatar U-23 Asian Cup, which will serve as the 2024 Paris Olympics men’s football Asian qualifier, will be postponed to April next year.
The Chinese media reported that the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, 안전놀이터originally scheduled to open in February next year, will be postponed to April. According to the report of <Chedan Jubo>, the tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Qatar in January next year, but as the 2023 AFC Asian Cup was held in Qatar during the same period, the adjustment of the tournament period was inevitable, so this decision was made. To be exact, from April 15th to May 3rd.
The draw for the 2024 AFC Qatar U-23 Asian Cup has not yet been decided. AFC announced that the draw for the regional qualifiers will be held on May 25 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
Tickets for the Paris Olympics will be given direct tickets to the top three teams in the 2024 AFC Qatar U-23 Asian Cup, and the 4th place will play a playoff with the 4th place team in the African qualifiers to hit the finals.
The following is the pot assignment for the U-23 Asian Cup regional qualifier draw.
Port 1: Korea, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Japan, Australia, Iraq, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Jordan, UAE Port 2
: Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Tajikistan, Bahrain, Myanmar, Cambodia, Syria, India, Singapore, Yemen
Port 3: Singapore, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, East Timor, Lebanon, Oman, Laos, Palestine, Mongolia, Indonesia
Port 4: Taiwan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Hong Kong, Maldives, Sri Lanka (suspended), Nepal
Port 5: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Guam, Macau, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands (non-IOC members), Pakistan, Qatar (Host country)