Iran to Meet Qatar at 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup Opener
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran will play Qatar in the opening match of the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.
Samad Marfavi’s boys are scheduled to meet the Qatari side on March 1 at the Istiqlol Stadium in Fergana, Uzbekistan.
Iran will also play Australia and Vietnam on March 4 and 7, respectively.
Uzbekistan is set to host the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, kicking off March 1, which will qualify four AFC nations to the U-20 World Cup 2023 to be hosted in May/June in Indonesia.
The U-20 tournament is a revisioning of the U-19 tournament that was last won in 2018 by Saudi Arabia who beat South Korea 2-1 in Indonesia.
The 2020 edition was scheduled to take place in Uzbekistan but was postponed twice due to the Covid pandemic and then adjusted to an U-20 format to qualify teams for the Indonesian-hosted U-20 World Cup finals.
