Team Qatar to prepare for AFC U-23 Championship finals with a friendly against Jordan

October 23,2024
08-September-2019

Team Qatar to prepare for AFC U-23 Championship finals with a friendly against Jordan

DOHA, September 9 ,2019 – Qatar's Olympic football team will lock horns against Jordanian counterparts in a second international friendly on Monday , that in preparation for AFC U-23 Championship finals will take place from 8-26 January in Thailand.

AFC U-23 Championship 2020 acts as a qualifying tournament to the prestigious 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.

The national olympic squad includes : Mohammed Ismail Abushanab, Amro Seraj, Nasser Abdulsalam, Ilyas Ahmed, Andiy Syahputra, Abdullah Ali Al Saai, Ahmed Al Janehi, Salah Hassan (Al Gharafa), Khaled Muneer, Ahmed Suhail, Mohammed Waad (Al Wakrah), Ahmed Al Sebaei, Shehab Al Leythi, Khaled Mohammed (Al Duhail), Hazem Shehata, Yazan Naim, Hassan Balank (Umm Salal), Abdulrahman Mohammed Fahmy, Abdulrashid Umaru (Al Ahli), Adel Bader, Ahmed Al Menhali (Al Sailiya), Bahaa Al Leythi, Youssef Ayman (Qatar), Hussain Bahzad (Al Sadd), Ibrahim Masoud (Al Rayyan), Khalifa Al Malki (Al Arabi).

Qatar qualified for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship after topping their qualifying group with seven points from three games, finishing ahead of Oman on goal difference. Afghanistan and Nepal came third and fourth respectively.