Football List of Asian Games 2018, U-23 Untung National Team
The flagship teams of the 2018 Asian Games football competition have been announced by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). A total of 32 countries will participate in a sporting event to be held in Jakarta-Palembang was placed in four pots, each pot filled by 8 teams.
Indonesia as the host, entered into the first seeded team pot. In this pot, Indonesia is accompanied by seven other powerful countries namely Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, Thailand which is one of the strongest teams in Southeast Asia is only placed in the second pot with China, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Kyrgyzstan.
In determining the list of leading teams, the OCA has its own rules, which are based on the track record of each country in the previous edition of the Asian Games tournaments. Examples of such finalists Asia Cup U-23 2018 yesterday, Vietnam. Although finished runner-up in the Asian Cup, but Vietnam is placed in pot 3. This is because Vietnam is only able to reach the round of 16 at the Asian Games in Incheon four years ago.
Indonesia benefits because it certainly will not enter into a group with a big team. However Luis Milla’s squad remains to be wary with team strength from pots two and three. Call it China, North Korea, Thailand, to Vietnam.
The 2018 Asian Games division will be drawn on July 25, before the tournament begins on August 15th. Each team can only register 20 players, 17 of them are under 23 years old, then the rest may be filled by senior players.
This year’s edition of the Asian Games is expected to be competitive. Each country has carefully prepared its team. Vietnam, one of them, plans to hold test matches with Barcelona B, Oman and Uzbekistan in early August.
Meanwhile, one of the other strong teams, South Korea, is sure to perform as much as possible after being eliminated from the World Cup group phase with defeats over Sweden and Mexico. Their star player, Son Heung-min is also in talks with his club, Tottenham Hotspurs, to get permission to compete at the Asian Games.
Here is the potted division of the 2018 Asian Games flagship team for the football branch:
Pot 1: Indonesia, Japan, Syria, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Pot 2: China, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand
Pot 3: Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Jordan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Philippines, Hong Kong
Pot 4: Nepal, India, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Tajikistan, Singapore, Myanmar, Palestine.
courtesy : tempo.co
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