Asian U23 is on fire: Only 1 hero has an early ticket, Japan – Korea is in danger of shock

The Asian U23 Championship has gone 2/3 of the way of the group stage. However, so far only 1 team has won early tickets.

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Final round Asian U23 Championship 2022 brings together 16 teams of the strongest U23 group in the continent. After the match day 6/6, a total of 16 matches took place. And so, 2/3 of the way of the group stage ended.

Only host U23 Uzbekistan won tickets after the second round of the group stage

However, until the end of the second round, only 1 team won early tickets to the quarterfinals. That is Uzbekistan U23, the host country of this year’s tournament. Uzbekistan U23 is in Group A, sharing the same group with Iran U23, Qatar U23 and U23 Turkmenistan.

It is surprising that in this group, the two giants of West Asia, U23 Iran and U23 Qatar, played quite badly with only 1 point after 2 matches. If U23 Iran lost to U23 Turkmenistan 1-2, even U23 Qatar lost 0-6 U23 Uzbekistan. In the second match, these two West Asian teams drew 1-1.

In Group A, Uzbekistan U23 with 6 points has definitely got tickets to the next round. The second ticket is the match of the remaining 3 teams. In particular, if U23 Turkmenistan draws U23 Qatar in the last round, they will also eliminate 2 West Asian teams.

U23 Vietnam has many opportunities to continue

In Group B, the situation is very tense. Except for U23 Kuwait, which is definitely eliminated with 0 points after 2 matches, all 3 teams, U23 Australia (4 points), U23 Jordan (4 points) and U23 Iraq (2 points) still have a chance to continue.

The situation of Group B is identical to Group C, where U23 Vietnam. At this time, Thailand U23 is leading Group C with 4 points, having the same score as U23 Korea, but taking the first place. U23 Vietnam ranked third with 2 points. Malaysia U23 is definitely eliminated after 2 defeats, like U23 Kuwait of Group B.

Despite being ranked third, the opportunity of U23 Vietnam to continue is extremely bright. Defeating Malaysia U23 in the last round, teachers and coaches Gong Oh Kyun will have a great opportunity to win tickets to the quarterfinals.

Japan U23 (dark blue shirt) faces the risk of being shocked

Table D also has a similar background. The two leading teams, U23 Saudi Arabia and U23 Japan, have the same 4 points. U23 UAE is right behind with 3 points and U23 Tajikistan is definitely eliminated after 2 defeats.

Thus, the top continental teams such as U23 Korea are the defending champions, or U23 Japan, U23 Saudi Arabia, U23 Iran, U23 Iraq, U23 Australia are still at risk of being eliminated. Even U23 Vietnam’s chance to continue is much brighter than these teams.