Conditions That Must Be Fulfilled By The U-23 Indonesian National Team If You Want To Qualify For The 2024 Paris Olympics

JAKARTA - The U-23 Indonesian national team still has a chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, to get a ticket to France, there are conditions that must be met by Garuda Muda.

The 2024 Paris Olympics provides three automatic qualifying quotas for the Asian zone team through the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

One other place can be contested through the playoff between confederations, namely the fourth-ranked duel for the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup and the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.

The U-23 Indonesian national team has now managed to advance until the quarter-finals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup. This means that the hope of qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics is still open.

In essence, Shin Tae-yong's team had to step up to the semifinals to find tickets to Paris.

Tickets to qualify can automatically be realized if they can become champions, runners-up, or third place in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

For example, Garuda Muda won or runner-up in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup, later this result will only affect the placement of teams in the 2024 Paris Olympic group phase.

They will be placed Pot 1 with France (the host) and Argentina (Conmebol/runner-up of the 2024 Conmebol Olympics Qualification).

Another scheme, had the U-23 Indonesian national team stopped in the semifinals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup, they could still compete for third place.

If they reach third place, Garuda Muda will be placed in Pot 3 with the United States (Concacaf/chair of the 2022 Concaf U-20 Cup), Egypt (CAF/runner-up of the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup), and Mali (CAF/third place in the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup).

If the three automatic places fail to be achieved, Indonesia U-23 actually still has a chance when it becomes the fourth rank of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

However, they had to go through one inter-confederation playoffs against Africa's U-23 2023 fourth place.

Guinea has confirmed its place in the inter-confederation playoffs because it finished fourth in the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.

This step is the last way for the U-23 Indonesian national team if they want to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Before looking at the chance to the 2024 Paris Olympics, Garuda Muda was faced by South Korea U-23. Marselino Ferdinand must focus on bending the Taegeuk Warriors to enter the semifinals of the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.

The Indonesia U-23 vs South Korea U-23 match will take place on Friday, April 26, 2024, early morning WIB, at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. The party must be won by Garuda Muda.