2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Indian youth team in the group of death. India’s group features some of the best youth teams in Asia. Japan, Vietnam and Uzbekistan will be in Group D of the Under-17 Asian Cup which includes India. The tournament will be held in Thailand from June 15 this year. India’s best youth development coach Bibiano Fernandes will lead the Indian team. India in group of death of 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Japan is a very strong team in India’s group. In the latest FIFA ranking, Japan’s senior team was ranked 20th. Japan’s juniors have won two of their three matches this month. Last year, this team of Japan defeated teams including Iran, Sweden and Denmark. The situation in Vietnam is no different. Last year, the team made a good result in the friendly match with the youth teams of German clubs. Vietnam was the runner-up in last year’s ASEAN U-16 Championship.
Uzbekistan is the team that defeated Brunei by fourteen goals in the qualifying round of last year’s AFC U-17 Asian Cup. They also defeated the mighty South Korea that day. Uzbekistan’s youth team has beaten the Indian team in two friendly matches earlier this year. That confidence will fuel Uzbekistan.
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This Asian Cup is also the qualifying round of the AFC U-17 Lockup to be held in Peru this year. The four teams that reach the semi-finals can qualify for the World Cup. In 2018, the Indian team reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, then known as the AFC U-16 Championship. They missed out on World Cup qualification by just one win. Bibiano Fernandes, a native of Goa, was the coach of the team that day.
Story Highlights: India in group of death of 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
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