The U-19 Indonesian National Team Undergoes The 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification In Jakarta, Venues Still Wanted

The U-19 Indonesian national team will appear in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification (doc. PSSI).

JAKARTA - PSSI Secretary General (Sekjen) Yunus Nusi, revealed that the U-19 Indonesian National Team will undergo the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification match in Jakarta. Regarding the exact location, it is still being considered for the sake of comfort.

The U-19 Indonesian national team itself acted as the host in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification agenda which is planned to take place on September 21-29, 2024.

On that agenda, the U-19 Indonesian national team joined in Group F with Yemen, Timor Leste, and the Maldives. As the host, Indonesia is certainly trying to find the best location.

So far, PSSI continues to regulate the location of the match between the Intermediate Stadium or the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK).

"It (the U-20 2025 Asian Cup Qualification match) has been (confirmed) in Jakarta. We are still arranging it at the Madya Stadium or SUGBK," said Yunus Nusi in a statement quoted on Friday, August 2, 2024.

For this agenda, Yunus hopes that the U-19 Indonesian national team can later be based in SUGBK. You see, the atmosphere will be very different and will put pressure on the opposing team.

"Surabaya is already, we hope that in Jakarta too and hope that SUGBK can be watched even more," said Yunus again.

Looking at the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualification round, the U-19 Indonesian national team has good capital. The reason is, the team directed by Indra Sjafri has just come out as the winner of the 2024 AFF U-19 Cup.

Indra Sjafri will also re-establish his squad by competing in a mini tournament in South Korea as part of the training camp (TC). There, Garuda Muda will face Argentina U-19, Thailand U-19, and the host South Korea U-19.

The 2025 U-20 Asian Cup itself will be held in China on 6-23 February 2025. In the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers, champions from 10 groups will qualify for the final round in China.

In order to complete the 16 teams participating in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup, the best five runners-up will be taken. The opportunity for the U-19 Indonesian national team to appear in the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup is quite wide open considering that the qualifying round is played at home.