The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship will be held in Myanmar and will begin in October. Here is the complete draw for the championship. Grup A Myanmar Iran Thailand Yemen Grup B Uzbekiztan Australia UAE Indonesia Grup C Korea Republic Japan China PR Vietnam Grup D Iraq DPR Korea Qatar Oman
I think Vietnam could become the dark horse in this tournament. They seem so well prepared for this tournament. They had played some friendly matches in Europe (England, Belgium, France), they even beat Arsenal U19 3-0 in London.
I think Iraq can make it out of the group. The problem is we will face Korea or Japan in the QF's Both teams are strong at youth level.
Thailand - Myanmar also drawn in the same group for the AFF Championship played a month earlier in Vietnam. Australia drawn in Japan's group, so we going to have some interesting competitive matches just before the tournament kicks off.
U19 International friendly matches : Australia U19 : Oman U-19 0-3 Australia U19 China U19: Portugal U19 1-7 China U19 China U19 1-0 New Zealand U19 China U19 0-1 Croatia U19 China U19 1-4 Brazil U19 Indonesia U19 : Oman U19 2-1 Indonesia U19 Oman U19 1-2 Indonesia U19 UAE U19 1-4 Indonesia U19 UAE U19 1-2 Indonesia U19 Indonesia U19 1-1 Myanmar U19 Indonesia U19 1-2 Myanmar U19 Indonesia U19 3-0 Yemen U19 Indonesia U19 1-1 Yemen U19 Indonesia U19 0-0 Lebanon U19 Iran U19 : UAE U19 0-1 Iran U19 UAE U19 1-1 Iran U19 Iraq U19: - Japan U19 : Tottenhan Hotspurs U19 2-1 Japan U19 Vietnam U19 0-7 Japan U19 A.S Roma Primavera 0-1 Japan U19 Myanmar U19 1-0 Japan U19 UAE U19 1-2 Japan U19 UAE U19 1-2 Japan U19 Korea DPR U19: - Korea Republic U19 : - Myanmar U19 Myanmar U19 1-0 Japan U19 Indonesia U19 1-1 Myanmar U19 Indonesia U19 1-2 Myanmar U19 Oman U19: Oman U19 2-1 Indonesia U19 Oman U19 1-2 Indonesia U19 Oman U19 0-3 Australia U19 Qatar U19: England U21 3-0 Qatar U19 Korea Rep U21 1-1 Qatar U19 Colombia U21 1-1 Qatar U19 Brazil U21 7-0 Qatar U19 Thailand U19: - UAE 19 : UAE U19 2-1 Egypt U19 UAE U19 1-4 Indonesia U19 UAE U19 1-2 Indonesia U19 UAE U19 0-1 Iran U19 UAE U19 1-1 Iran U19 UAE U19 1-2 Japan U19 UAE U19 1-2 Japan U19 Uzbekistan U19 : Uzbekistan U19 4-2 Libya U19 Vietnam U19 : Vietnam U19 1-2 A.S Roma U19 Vietnam U19 0-7 Japan U19 Vietnam U19 2-3 Tottenham Hotspurs U19 Arsenal U19 0-3 Vietnam U19 AFC Wimbeldon U21 2-2 Vietnam U19 Coventry City U19 1-1 Vietnam U19 Tottenham Hotspurs U19 9-0 Vietnam U19 Birmingham City U21 4-2 Vietnam U19 Belgium-Egypt-Ghana JMG Academies 3-1 Vietnam U19 Soccer Institute montverde 2-4 Vietnam U19 Belgium-Ghana JMG academies 1-2 Vietnam U19 RC Lens U19 0-2 Vietnam U19 Lille SC U19 0-0 Vietnam U19 Belgium-Ghana JMG Academies 1-2 Vietnam U19 K.V Turnhout 1-2 Vietnam U19 Yemen U19 : Indonesia U19 3-0 Yemen U19 Indonesia U19 1-1 Yemen U19
Thanks for the update Nurafson. I heard that there will be an International U19 tournament in Uzbekistan before the Asian CUp U19? Anyway : Cerezo Osaka U18 3-4 Vietnam U19
Ah okay. Because a week before the drawing of the group, Indonesia FA said that Uzbekistan FA invited Indonesia U19 to play in a tournament in Uzbekistan but unfortunately they rejected the invitation since they already have a schedule to participate in a U20 tournament in Spain. China U19, Qatar U19 also participated in this COTIF tournament. Group A Barcelona U20 Argentina U20 Mauritania U20 Saudi Arabia U20 Indonesia U19 Group B Valencia U20 Brazil U20 Ecuador U20 Qatar U19 China U19 Here is the offical site : http://www.cotifalcudia.com/en/#tab-1391700199929-3-10
Australia's U19 team heading to the USA to play a tournament with teams from USA, Chile and Bermuda July 14th to 18th. http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/07/03/14/40/140703-2014-ntc-invitational-rel http://www.footballaustralia.com.au...a-chile-and-bermuda/4okh6wfvngc11ibjn47i1z88p
Vietnam has strong U19 squad for this tournament. I saw Chinese squad and it seems they have 13 European based players as well. Japan and Korea had been pretty steady in U19 level as well. In addition, Korea have exceptional squad for this tournament. It should be interesting on Thursday against Vietnam.
It was for Chinese squad. There is confusion due to that Wiki post. My source is based on post i found at ilovesoccer. and I see 11 European + 1 Japan/1 Brazil. Can someone confirm this? http://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2014-10-01/19017355332.shtml
I think RoK has very high chance to win this tournament though. HHC, BSH, Kim Shin, SMW (who is hard carrying Daejeon in K challenge), KGH, KYG can put goals behind net. This year's Korean squad may match to 2007 squad which had PJH, KSY, LCY etc ^_^
Here is the real China squad http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...-and-u-19-thread.1843590/page-3#post-31217896