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Thai players take part in a training session
The new version of the men's football competition scheduled for the Asian Games next month has been postponed until tomorrow.
The original print was made earlier this month. Thailand has found itself in a difficult group alongside Uzbekistan, Qatar and Bangladesh.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Palestine subsequently complained that they were excluded from the original draw although they submitted their entries in accordance with the rules. To solve the problem, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has asked Indonesia, host country of the Asian Games, to redesign.
The new draw will feature 26 teams for the Games in Jakarta and Palembang from August 14th to 14th. On September 1st, the men's football tournament will start on August 18th.
Thai Football Association spokeswoman Patit Supapong said yesterday that the new draw will take place tomorrow at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. 19659004] Thailand has never won a football medal at the Asian Games, although it has finished fourth four times in 1990, 1998, 2002 and 2014.
The men's football tournament at the Games Asian is limited to players under 23 years old
Meanwhile, Park Hang-Seo, coach of Vietnamese under-23, announces his provisional team of 30 before the Asian Games. Luong Xuan Truong, Nguyen Cong Phuong and Nguyen Quang Hai, both members of the team who finished second in the AFC U23 Championship in January, took over
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