AFC U-22 Asian Cup Draw

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I wasn't even aware that this tournament was being put together! Quite interesting though we have a rather tough opponent in our group.....

[quote="AFC""]
All the qualifying matches will be organized from June 23rd to July 3rd 2012 and the finals will be played in 2013 while the next edition of the biennial competition (2015) will serve as qualifiers for the 2016 Olympics.

A total of 23 countries will feature in the qualifying rounds for the West Zone while 18 nations will compete in the East Zone featuring seven groups of either six or five teams. The top two teams of the one-round league (14 in total) will qualify for next year's finals while a berth is also available for one best third-placed team and the AFC U-22 Asian Cup 2013 hosts[/quote]
http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/m ... -afc-house

The groups are:
GROUP A
UAE
Iraq
Oman
India
Turkmenistan
Lebanon

GROUP B
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Pakistan
Palestine
Kyrgyzstan
Sri Lanka

GROUP C
Bahrain
IR Iran
Tajikistan
Qatar
Kuwait
Maldives

GROUP D
Uzbekistan
Jordan
Yemen
Bangladesh
Nepal

GROUP E
Australia
Japan
Indonesia
Singapore
Macau
Timor-Leste

GROUP F
DPR Korea
China PR
Thailand
Hong Kong
Laos
Cambodia

GROUP G
Korea Republic
Vietnam
Malaysia
Myanmar
Chinese Taipei
Philippines

[ZANZIBAR]

awesome! more football all year round!

[Stuckey]

When is Australia (or rather) Adelaide going to host one of these? Those youth comps we had at Hindmarsh ages ago were a hit.

[Agostinho]

Quite interesting though we have a rather tough opponent in our group.....

Damn, I was hoping we wouldn't draw Timor-Leste!

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I saw Macau live here in Phnom Penh when they played against Cambodia. They used a sweeper!