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♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ Australia U17/U20/U23 National Team Tournaments & Discussion Thread ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛

Seems to be no way to watch the joeys :(

we are losing to vietnam 1-0. Absolute bogey team to our u17s!
 
2026 AFC Under 23 Asian Cup qualifying draw,

Group A:
A1 Jordan (H)
A2 Turkmenistan
A3 Chinese Taipei
A4 Bhutan

Group B:
B1 Japan
B2 Kuwait
B3 Myanmar (H)
B4 Afghanistan

Group C:
C1 Vietnam (H)
C2 Yemen
C3 Singapore
C4 Bangladesh

Group D:
D1 Australia
D2 China (H)
D3 Timor Leste
D4 Northern Marina Islands

Group E:
E1 Uzbekistan
E2 Palestine
E3 Kyrgyzstan (H)
E4 Sri Lanka

Group F:
F1 Thailand (H)
F2 Malaysia
F3 Lebanon
F4 Mongolia

Group G:
G1 Iraq
G2 Cambodia (H)
G3 Oman
G4 Pakistan

Group H:
H1 Qatar (H)
H2 Bahrain
H3 India
H4 Brunei

Group I:
I1 United Arab Emirates (H)
I2 Iran
I3 Hong Kong
I4 Guam

Group J:
J1 South Korea
J2 Indonesia (H)
J3 Laos
J4 Macau

Group K:
K1 Tajikistan (H)
K2 Syria
K3 Philippines
K4 Nepal
 
Curious how the pots were determined. Seems like unbalanced groups - group A & K compared to D, H & I.

Plus why don’t we host any qualifier groups tournaments!
 
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It'll be past midnight for me. If my eyes open at 1am I'll have a squiz. Regardless of who we draw I'd like to take the absolute be possible squad based on age eligibility. If you're a Socceroo but eligible, go.

This is somewhat contingent on Australia making the world cup in June as the U20 WC overlaps with the potential next AFC round.
 
Quite a tough group but it wouldn’t be Australian if it wasn’t, a great challenge but a chance to surprise not only this country but also the world.

Hopefully our best players are available plus they need to be prepared very well, the major problem might be is the players would be still be in the off season given we have to wait for the aleague season to start in October.

So they won’t get much if any match practice so preparation will be very important you would think.
 
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