Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s national U23team go into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Championships in thetop seeded group.
They will be joined for the 2020 tournament bythe Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia and the Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea.
Meanwhile, China, Australia, Thailand, Myanmarand Hong Kong (China) are in No 2 seeded group.
The No 3 seed group includes Cambodia,Indonesia, East Timor, Laos and Singapore. Mongolia, Brunei, the Philippines,Chinese Taipei and Macau are in group four.
Group five consists of Guam and Northern MarianaIslands.
As planned, the qualification of the AFC U-23Championship 2020 will take place in March next year. However, the AFC nowhaven’t selected the hosts of qualifying round and final round.
Last year, Vietnam hosted Group I of qualifyinground of the AFC U23 Championship 2018. They earned a ticket to compete in thefinal round as one of six best runners-up.-VNA
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