AFC U-23 Championship China 2018 qualifiers will kick off very soon. These will be players born 1995 and after, who will also be our Asian Games hopefuls. http://www.the-afc.com/afc-u-23-cha...016/afc-u-23-championship-2018-hopefuls-learn Unfortunately, KFA still has not announced who will be the manager (only once Shin Tae-yong's name was headlined in the media but that was media speculation).
Kim Min-jae has already shown his aspirations to play in the Asian Games 442: 아시안게임 가는 게 목표죠? 당연해요. 가고 싶어요. 제가 대표팀이랑 인연이 없어요. 17세 대표팀에 간 적이 있는데 완전 좌절하고 돌아왔어요. 일부 선수들한테 완전 ‘개무시’ 당하기도 했고요. 그때 황희찬, 황인범 같은 선수들이 있었어요. 절 잘 챙겨주던 동료들인데 잘 됐어요. 착한 사람은 잘 된 것 같은데 절 대놓고 무시했던 선수들은 잘 안 된 것 같더라고요. 어쨌든 그때 이후로 좌절도 많이 했는데 노력도 해서 지금은 꿈 같은 시간을 보내고 있어요. 꼭 가보고 싶어요. http://sports.news.naver.com/kfootball/news/read.nhn?oid=411&aid=0000003615
The manager announcement has been postponed. They will take their time with naming a manager, and thus, an interim coach will take over for the upcoming qualifiers.
Jung Jung-yong, current U-18 manager, will be the care-taker coach for the upcoming U-23 Asian Championship qualifiers.
Already shifting Jung Jung-yong around like they did with Shin Tae-yong, but as the caretaker for the qualifications I do not oppose.
< 2018 AFC U-23 챔피언십 예선 참가 U-22 대표팀 명단> GK : 송범근(20, 고려대), 이준(20, 연세대), 문경건(22, 광운대) DF : 이유현(19, 전남드래곤즈), 윤종규(19, 경남FC), 박재우(22, 대전시티즌), 이상민(19, 숭실대), 김승우(19, 연세대), 정태욱(20, 아주대), 조성욱(22, 단국대), 민준영(21, 동국대), MF : 황인범(21, 대전시티즌), 이승모(19, 포항스틸러스), 김진야(19, 인천유나이티드), 김대원(20, 대구FC), 이동희(21, 한양대), 두현석(22, 연세대), 김혜성(21, 홍익대), 이진현(20, 성균관대), 박창준(21, 아주대), 박성부(22, 숭실대), FW : 조영욱(18, 고려대), 강지훈(20, 용인대) Roster for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Qualification: GK: Song Bum-keun, Lee Joon, Moon Kyung-gun DF: Lee You-hyeon, Yoon Jong-gyu, Park Jae-woo, Lee Sang-min, Kim Seung-woo, Jeong Tae-wook, Jo Sung-wook, Min Joon-young MF: Hwang In-beom, Lee Seung-mo, Kim Jin-ya, Kim Dae-won, Lee Dong-hee, Doo Hyun-seok, Kim Hye-sung, Lee Jin-hyun, Park Chang-joon, Park Sung-bu FW: Cho Young-wook, Kang Ji-hoon
Miss the likes of Kim Min Jae, Jang Yun Ho, Han Chan Hee, etc. Fortunately Kim Jin Ya and Hwang In Beom are part of that team now. The absence of the Barca boys were obvious. We should be able to get through without them.
I had imagined most of the K Leaguers would have been excluded because the clubs wouldnt have let them like Kim Min-jae & Jang Yun-ho of Jeonbuk, Han Seung-kyu of Ulsan, Hwang duo of FC Seoul, Lee Gwang-hyeok & Kang Hyun-moo of Pohang, and so on. But wth is Hwang In-beom? lol. Hwang In-beom is probably more important to Daejeon Citizens than any one of the others mentioned above are to their respective clubs. Im sure Kim Shin of Bucheon & Park Myung-soo of Gyeongnam would have gotten the call but declined by their clubs (seeing as other K League Challenge players are there) but why wasnt Hwang In-beom declined lol.
Wait this is a pretty useless tournament because it's not the qualifer for the Asian games right? If so, why the hell is HIB playing in this qualifier???
"백승호와 이승우를 대표팀에 부르는 것도 검토했다. 그러나 본선이 아니라서 굳이 소집하지 않았다. 지금 있는 선수들은 주어진 조건에서 '최상의 선수'(Best of best)들이라고 말해주고 싶다." Jung Jung-yong stated that he thought about calling up the Barca boys but decided against it since it's not the final tournament but rather the qualifications. He said that the team/players that he's selected are the best of the best.
Asian Games football does not have qualifiers. AFC U-23 Championships has been created only recently to make it as a qualification tournament for the Olympic Games football (of course that was not the only reason). The first real useful AFC U-23 Championships was in 2016 which was used the four best teams to ticket to Rio games. The Olympic Games qualification process was different prior to the championships (as it used groups over long period of time but it changed to tournament format). The next AFC U-23 Championships will be held in 2018 in China but this will eventually be meaningless because there is no qualification ticket on the line. And this is the qualifiers we are talking about now. The one after the next will be AFC U-23 Championships in 2020 will be important as it is used for qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympic games.
So basicalpy this qualifer and tourney is useless and pro players should worry about their career. Got it
There is a deadline and countries just have to hand in their participation. Then the organizers will organize the group structures based on the number of teams participating (there were more participants in Incheon games '14 than Guangzhou games '10). The seedings are based on the previous tournament results, so we are the best team going into the tournament next year . As long as the countries are AFC belonging countries and want to participate in it, then it will be fine. Interestingly Kazakhstan plays in the Asian Games but cannot participate in the football games as they dont belong to AFC. And also interestingly, Australian officials participate in the football matches but of course they dont participate in Asian Games.
A hard fought 2-1 comeback victory against Daejeon Korail today in training match. Hwang In-beom coming on to become the game changer with his ability to hold onto the ball and with his passing and vision. http://v.sports.media.daum.net/v/20170711190242071
so is there a link? 2018 AFC U-23 챔피언십 예선 선발 라인업 🏟 베트남 통 낫 스타디움vs 마카오 🇲🇴 7/19(수) 18시 | 한국시간#대한민국국가대표 #2018_AFC_U23_챔피언십 #예선 #1차전 #마카오 #선발라인업 pic.twitter.com/Sk7DvdJIrW— theKFA (@theKFA) July 19, 2017 edit: nvm found one