Hwang Sun-hong’s Paris Olympics group assignment eventually follows the final qualifying round, and the winning team will go to Group D
Asia’s group assignment for the men’s soccer finals at the Paris Olympics has been rounded up in the final qualifying round.
Hwang Sun-hong, who is trying to advance to the Olympic finals for the 10th consecutive time, also eased the burden of uncertainty.
An official from the Korea Football Association said on April 18, 2024, the criteria for which Asian countries will be assigned to which group in the men’s soccer group for the 2024 Paris Olympics were recently confirmed.
“We will go to Group A-D depending on the final Asian qualifying round for the Olympics and the results of the U-23 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar,” he said.
An official from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) also reportedly concluded that FIFA concluded the U-23 Asian Cup results earlier this month and sent an official letter to all participating countries, including South Korea.
According to the association and AFC, the first place in the final qualifying round will compete with Paraguay, Mali and Israel for a quarterfinal ticket in Group D of the Olympic finals.
The second and third places will be assigned to Group C (Spain, Egypt, the Dominican Republic, and the AFC’s second-place team) and Group B (Argentina, Morocco, Ukraine, and AFC’s third-place team), respectively.
The fourth place, without a direct ticket to the finals, will be listed in Group A (France, the United States, New Zealand, Asia-Africa playoff winner) where host France will endure if it passes the intercontinental playoff with Guinea in Africa.FIFA Paris Olympics Men’s soccer draw
FIFA held the men’s soccer draw for the Paris Olympics on March 21, 2024, excluding AFC member countries (up to four countries) that did not play the final qualifying round.
The problem was raised when FIFA, which oversees Olympic men’s soccer, did not make a clear conclusion on which group the AFC members would be assigned before proceeding with the draw.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the results of the draw and wrote in each slot that it was the final Asian qualifying round.
However, the clash occurred when FIFA said it would determine the order of group A to D based on the results of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
If the group was decided according to FIFA’s conclusion, the countries that passed the final qualifying round had to decide the Tokyo Olympics finals again.
It was also unclear how to determine the order if a country that did not participate in the Tokyo Olympics passed the final qualifying round.
It caused confusion to the extent that Asian countries participating in the final qualifying round asked FIFA for accurate conclusions through AFC, but fortunately, FIFA accepted the IOC proposal.
The goal of the Olympic soccer team, led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, has also become clear.
He should perform as well as possible with the momentum to beat the United Arab Emirates 1-0 in the first Group B match of the U-23 Asian Cup.
토토사이트 soccer experts predict that Group D, where the U-23 Asian Cup winners are assigned, is relatively easy.
Paraguay, the runner-up at the 2004 Athens Olympics, is tricky, but Mali and Israel are well worth a try.