The qualifying journey for the competition will be revealed on Thursday, when the official draw ceremony takes place at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A total of 43 teams have submitted their interest to compete in the Qualifiers for the sixth edition of the tournament, which will be held from September 4 to 12 this year.
The teams will be divided into 11 groups – 10 groups will comprise four teams each, with the last group to contain three.
Each group will be played at a centralized venue in a single round-robin format, with the 11 group winners and four best second-placed teams among all groups qualifying for the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024.
The seeding for the Draw will be based on the AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 rankings.
The complete team Pot listings are as below:
Pots
Pot 1: Japan, Australia, Iraq, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Pot 2: Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Syria, India, Singapore
Pot 3: Kyrgyz Republic, Palestine, Yemen, Timor-Leste, Chinese Taipei, Lebanon, Laos, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, China, Maldives, Oman
Pot 4: Mongolia, Philippines, Afghanistan, Brunei Darussalam, DPR Korea, Guam, Macau, Pakistan, Qatar
Hosts Pot: Bahrain, China PR, Indonesia, Jordan, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
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