Why is Indonesia U-20 National Team in Pot 3 for 2025 U-20 Asian Cup with Saudi Arabia U-20?

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has yet to release the draw schedule U-20 Asian Cup Qualifier 2025, which will take place on 6-23 February 2025. However, the X Footy Rankings account predicts the distribution of the pot Indonesia national team .

The Garuda Nusantara team qualified for the final round together with several great teams, such as Uzbekistan, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Thailand, Yemen and Korea a- North. Referring to the Footy Rankings upload, China is in pot 1 along with Uzbekistan, Iraq and Japan.

Pot 2 features South Korea, Australia, Jordan and Iran. Meanwhile, the Indonesian U-20 National Team is in pot 3 with Saudi Arabia, Syria and Kyrgyzstan.

Finally, pot 4 is filled with Qatar, Thailand, Yemen and North Korea. The question is, why is the Indonesian National Team U-20 in pot 3?

Achievements in the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup Qualifier will be the benchmark. Since the Indonesian U-20 National Team finished ninth in the 2023 U-20 Asian Cup, the Garuda Nusantara Squad was placed in pot 3 of the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup draw.

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Therefore. In the worst case scenario, the Indonesian U-20 national team is in danger of being in the hell group at the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup, Garuda Nusantara could be in the same group as Japan U-20, Korea a – South U-20 and Qatar U-20.

Another possibility is that the Indonesian U-20 national team could be in a group with Uzbekistan U-20, Australia U-20 and North Korea U-20.

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