Afghanistan has also appointed a 3 member coaching team for the U21 team. They said it is a big year for the U21 team because they are participating in 3 tournaments. I guess these three tournaments are: 1) Asian Games 2) Asian U22 Qualifiers, and 3) South Asian Games where U23 players participate.
Unlikely spore will play in Asian games as they have not met the requirements needed to get Snoc approval. national Olympics council approval is needed for footballing sides to play in Asian games
A good competition for Asian nations to prepare for Olympic qualifiers. With the competition couple months away, would be good for South Korea to provide some news
The Asian Games official is selling tickets for all event competitions in Macau now. The football session will be held on 14 September - 2 October 2014. The ticket price is 10,000 - 100,000 Won which varies from group stage to final. However, the public have lack of information about the group stage draw for football tournament...... According to Coach Kim Pan Gon, Hong Kong U23 is preparing for the Incheon Asian Games. He still considers which thio of over-age players would benefit the team the most. He said that South Korea will select U23 full team and fill up all the three over-age quotas to obtain the Gold Medals. China and Japan are going to send their U21 team to Incheon.
Ok so let's fill the teams so far 12 South Korea China Japan Hong Kong Pakistan India Afghanistan North Korea Iran Nepal Indonesia Vietnam
it seems Malaysia will take part in this AG 14 as well. so now 13 teams out of 24. there still 11 country to be take part in
Are the participating teams selected on a First Come, First Serve basis? Maldives Olympic Committee says we're sending both our male and female teams.
16 teams so far South Korea China Japan Hong Kong Pakistan India Afghanistan North Korea Iran Nepal Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Iraq Maldives Uzbekistan
UAE and Qatar are joining. Jordan are doubtful. The Asian Games isn't part of their 14/15 calendar but their competitions committee has recently submitted its recommendation to the Executive Committee Board asking to reconsider the participation of the Olympic team in the upcoming Asian Games which will be held in Korea. Kuwait I'm not sure but the friendlies they played in May was practically their Olympic team so maybe they will join.
ok revised list. 18 teams, 6 to go. South Korea China Japan Hong Kong Pakistan India Afghanistan North Korea Iran Nepal Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Iraq Maldives Uzbekistan UAE Qatar
Indonesia U23 preparation for the Asian Games: Indonesia U23 3 - 0 Malaysia U21 Indonesia U23 5 - 0 Sri Lanka U23 Singapore U23 1 - 2 Indonesia U23 Indonesia U23 1 - Dominican Rep A.S Roma 3 - 1 Indonesia U23 Lazio 2 - 0 Indonesia U23 Next match: VS Cagliari (23 July 2014)
Revised list. 19 teams, 5 to go. South Korea China Japan Hong Kong Pakistan India Afghanistan North Korea Iran Nepal Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Iraq Maldives Uzbekistan UAE Qatar Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh under-23 male football team will take part in the upcoming Incheon Asian Games which is scheduled to be held in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4, 2014. http://observerbd.com/details.php?id=32740