Indonesia U-20 Learns A Lot From The 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification

JAKARTA - The U-20 Indonesian national team managed to top the Group F standings for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification.

The score made Garuda Muda qualify automatically for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup final which will be held in China on 6-23 February 2025.

Indra Sjafri as the head coach of Indonesia U-20 admitted that traveling in qualifying was not easy.

Despite winning in the first two matches against the U-20 Maldives and Timor Leste U-20, Indra Sjafri admitted that his troops still left flaws.

The finishing and variation of the game system that has not been slick has become the coach's homework.

Next, lessons were also learned in the last qualifying match against Yemen U-20. Qualityily, the opponent is far above the Maldives and Timor Leste.

Therefore, Indonesia U-20 received valuable provisions from Yemen to navigate the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup.

"Frankly, Yemen is indeed better than the previous two teams (Maldives and Timor Leste)."

"They also have quality players who are on average better. Their game organization is also good," said Indra Sjafri.

This experience clearly means considering that the competition in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup finals is very tight and tough.

Asian giants will appear there. Currently, Indonesia U-20 is entering Pot 3 and does not yet know who the opponent will be.

In addition to China U-20 which will host, there are 14 other teams that will be competing Indonesia U-20.

Syria is the leader of Group A. Meanwhile, Vietnam, which is ranked second in Group A, lost in competition to become the best runners-up.

From Group B, only the leader of the standings has passed, namely Uzbekistan. Cambodia, which is the runner-up, is not included in the second best category.

Group C has South Korea advancing alone to China without a companion. The United Arab Emirates, which finished in second place, lost competitively in the best runner-up standings.

Then Group D emerged two contestants who will compete in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup, namely Saudi Arabia as group winners and Australia who are one of the five best runners-up.

A surprise made by North Korea who emerged as winners of Group E. In fact, previously in the qualifying draw, North Korea was only placed in Pot 5 or the lowest country pool with Nepal, Guam, North Mariana Islands, and Macau.

North Korea is the only country to qualify from Group E. Oman, who is in second place, cannot compete in the best runner-up competition. Meanwhile, the representative of Southeast Asia, Malaysia, is only in fourth place.

Group F became a country that also sent two representatives, namely Indonesia U-20 as group winners and Yemen as runners-up.

Garuda Muda occupies the top position because they are ahead on goal difference over Yemen. Both camps both packed seven points as a result of two wins and one draw.

Then, in Group G competition, only Iran has the right to step into China. India, who appeared as runners-up, did not move in the second best standings.

Furthermore, there are Iraq and Thailand qualifying from the Group H. Iraq competition to win the group and Thailand to fill the runner-up position.

The Young Team of War Elephants was one of the best runners-up thanks to a fairly striking goal difference, namely 18-1.

Two countries from Group I also qualified, namely Japan as the group winner and Kyrgyzstan as the best runners-up.

The two countries collected seven points. The difference was only the difference in goals recorded by the Blue Samurai which was better than Kyrgyzstan.

Finally, Group J also passed two countries. Qatar emerged as the group winner with a perfect nine points from three wins. While Jordan was able to enter as one of the best runners-up thanks to the 11-3 goal difference.

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