AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 Draw on Thursday

Kuala Lumpur, February 14 (QNA) - The AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 official draw ceremony is staged in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Feb. 17 with the participation of 16 teams, including the Qatari national team. The teams participating in the tournament will be divided into four groups, where the competition is expected to witness great excitement to qualify for the playoffs. The teams will be seeded based on their positions in the AFC U23 Championship Thailand 2020, which was won by Korea Republic. Uzbekistan and Korea Republic will be seeded in Pot 1 alongside Saudi Arabia and Australia, who finished second and third respectively at Thailand 2020. Pot 2 will feature Jordan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and IR Iran, while Iraq, Qatar, Vietnam and Japan will occupy Pot 3, and the quartet of Tajikistan, Malaysia, Kuwait and Turkmenistan will be drawn from Pot 4. (QNA)