The Saudi Arabian youth football team took the lead after beating India 2-1 at the Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam in the fifth and final round of Group D of the 2023 AFC Under-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers. The second match in the same group witnessed the victory of Myanmar. The Maldives won 7-0 at the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium in Al Khobar.
With this result, the Saudi team leads the group standings with 12 points in four matches, compared to 9 points for India, 6 for Kuwait and 3 for Myanmar, while the balance of the Maldives remains without points.
The Saudi Arabian team won the group qualification for the final, while the Indian team is waiting to determine the top runners-up.
In the first round, Al-Akhdar won over Myanmar 6-0 and Kuwait over the Maldives 6-0, while Kuwait won over Myanmar 1-0 and India over the Maldives 1-0 in the second round. Al-Akhdar continued to shine in the third round. beating the Maldives with nine clean sheets, India beat Kuwait 3-0, and in the fourth round, Saudi Arabia lifted the tally with a fourth win over Kuwait 2-1, while India beat Myanmar 4-1.
The team that takes first place in its group immediately advances to the final along with the top 6 teams that took second place in ten groups.
