As a result of the draw for the West Asian Championship among the Olympic teams, which took place yesterday at the headquarters of the West Asian Federation in Jordan, our team was in the second group after Bahrain and Syria.
Jeddah will host the tournament from 3 to 15 November in place of Iraq, provided that the Iraqi Football Association reserves the right to host the fourth edition of the competition.
The lottery results were as follows:
The first group, Oman-Qatar-Lebanon, and the second group, Saudi Arabia-Bahrain-Syria. The first and second from each group advance to the semi-finals of the tournament, and then the two winners advance to the final to win the title.
For its part, the U-23 Olympic team will continue training in the UAE from October 20 to 31 in preparation for the tournament. Coach Saad Al Shehri called (26) players to join the camp. Muhammad al-Qahtani, Musab al-Juwayr, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hazza al-Ghamdi, Khalil al-Absi, Rayyan al-Balushi, Turki al-Mutairi, Muhammad Maran.
