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| India drawn in Group D of Asian Cup qualifiers | | |  agencies
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24: India men's football team have been drawn alongside Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and Cambodia in Group D of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 final round qualifiers.
The draw ceremony took place at the Asian Football Confederation headquarters on Thursday.
The qualifiers will begin on June 8, with India playing Cambodia at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.
India's next two matches are against Afghanistan on June 11, and Hong Kong on June 14.
The 24 participating teams have been divided into 6 groups.
The 6 group winners and the best 5 second best-placed teams will earn a ticket to the AFC Asian Cup in China.
India had previously made it to the third and final round of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers after finishing third in Group E in the second round of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Joint Qualifiers respectively.
Head Coach Igor Stimac: "Draws can always be good or bad. But we need to do our job. We plan to begin our preparatory camp in Kolkata from the first week of May. But players from Mumbai City FC won't be available before May 29 owing to their club commitments in the AFC Champions League.
"ATK Mohun Bagan is also likely to be involved in the AFC Cup, and their players will also be unavailable till May 25. There are almost 12 or more players from both the clubs who are part of the National Team.
"In such a situation, we need to check on other players, prepare them and wait for the others to join. The situation is very similar to March prior to the Friendlies," he added. |
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