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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) The Palestinian and United Arab Emirates teams were added to an expanded football competition at the Asian Games next month after missing the original draw.
The Asian Football Confederation announced Wednesday waiver of a withdrawal after negotiations with the Indonesian game organizers. August 14-Sept. 1 competition will consist of 26 teams divided into two groups of five and four groups of four. AFC said the top two teams in each group and the top four third-place teams will advance to the second round.
The UAE team was added to Group E with the reigning champion, South Korea, to be led by Son Heung-Min, Malaysia, Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan
Palestinians were added to the Group A with Indonesia, Hong Kong, Laos and Taiwan.
Each country is allowed to add three over-aged players to its under-23 squad. 19659002] The Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang co-host the games, which feature athletes from 45 countries and regions and officially open on August 18th.
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Group A: Indonesia, Hong Kong, Laos, Taiwan, Palestine
Group B: Thailand, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Qatar
Group C: Iraq, China, East Timor , Syria
Group D: Japan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal [19659002] Group E: South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates
Group F: North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Myanmar .
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