The Asian qualifiers are in chaos: 6.07 million countries with small populations make history, 300 million countries with large populations are eliminated, and the national football team has 100% qual

All the qualifiers of the 7th U23 Asian Cup ended. In the last round of the group stage, the Chinese team 0-0 Australia team achieved a tie and qualifying, continuing the record of qualifiers that they must advance. After that, all the top 16 of the main competition were released:

Host: Saudi Arabia

11 group first: Australia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Syria, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq

The second group second: China, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates

The first two rounds of the game, the Chinese team and the Australian team both scored 7 points, and because they were 9 goals behind the Australian team, the Chinese team continued to rank second in the group.

In the end, the Chinese team played an easy 0-0 game with the Australian team, and neither side consumed much. The Australian team locked in the first place in the group with 7 points and qualified directly. The Chinese team had 7 points and 11 goals, and was sure to become the second in one of the best-performing groups and also advanced.

According to statistics, the Chinese team advanced to the main stage for the sixth time, and has never been eliminated in the qualifiers for the previous five times. They only missed the U23 Asian Cup due to abstention in 2022. However, the best result in the main stage was 9th place in 2024 and has never advanced to the knockout stage.

After the Chinese team reached a draw, teams from multiple groups fought, including Vietnam defeating Yemen, Jordan defeating Turkmenistan, and Iran overthrowing the UAE, and they all decided to win.

The following are the second standings in all groups:

From the above standings, the Chinese team has 7 points and 11 goals, ranking first in the second place in all groups.

In the last event, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Tajikistan all advanced to the main competition, but this time the qualifiers were eliminated at the same time. The teams that replaced them, including Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Kyrgyzstan, among which Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan all advanced to the U23 Asian Cup for the first time, creating history.

As the last quarter-finals team, the Indonesian team's elimination was the biggest upset. At that time, the South Korean team was out in the quarter-finals, and the team advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in the team's history and finally won fourth place. In this qualifier, Indonesian team had 2 wins and 1 loss, with 6 points and 4 goals, but they still missed the second in one of the best-performing groups. The country's 300 million-dollar country became a spectator in the U23 Asian Cup.

Compared to the Indonesian team's outdated, the Lebanese team, with a national population of only 6.07 million, advanced to the U23 Asian Cup for the first time. The latter defeated Malaysia, Mongolia, and Thailand, with 2 wins, 1 draw, 7 points and 4 goals, becoming the second in the group with the best results.