On March 18, Beijing time, the AFC officially announced that the 2022 U23 Asian Cup will be hosted by Uzbek. According to customary practice, the U23 Asian Cup in the non-Olympic Year will be hosted by the countries hosting the Asian Cup in the following year, so China has won the right to host the 2023 Asian Cup, but has previously given up hosting, which also means that Chinese teams of the 99-age age group need to participate in the preliminary round, and the preliminary round will be held from October 23 to 31 this year.
In October last year, the AFC announced that China gave up hosting the 2022 U23 Asian Cup. According to reports, since the 2022 U23 Asian Cup does not involve the quota allocation of the Olympics, no country is willing to host it. The AFC directly gave the hosting rights to the hosting countries of the Asian Cup in the following year, that is, the 2023 Asian Cup hosting country, China hosted the 2022 U23 Asian Cup.
China held the 2018 U23 Asian Cup
However, the 2022 U23 Asian Cup is purely a field for training for various countries, and it is full of idiots. Therefore, China gave up hosting the 2022 U23 Asian Cup. The AFC announced in October last year that China gave up hosting and then opened the bid channel, including Uzbekistan and other countries submitted applications to the AFC.
AFC officially announced today that Uzbek has won the right to host the 2022 U23 Asian Cup, and the event will be held from September 6 to 25, 2022. This is the first time that a Central Asian country has held the U23 Asian Cup. China once hosted the 2018 U23 Asian Cup, but as the host, the 95-year-old Chinese team stopped in the group stage.
China hosted the 2018 U23 Asian Cup
, and China gave up hosting the 2022 U23 Asian Cup, which means that Chinese teams of the 99-age age need to participate in the preliminaries at the end of this year. The preliminaries will be held from October 23 to 31, in the form of a competition.
