♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ Australia U17/U20/U23 National Team Tournaments & Discussion Thread ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛

[grazorblade]

Seems to be no way to watch the joeys

we are losing to vietnam 1-0. Absolute bogey team to our u17s!

 

[grazorblade]

Australia jag the win at the death 2-1

good job

 

[JS96]

The Subway #Joeys begin the U16 Hohhot Tournament with a come-from-behind win over Vietnam

Johnny Pavlovic 75'
Jordan Owusu 77'

 

[grazorblade]

The Subway #Joeys begin the U16 Hohhot Tournament with a come-from-behind win over Vietnam

Johnny Pavlovic 75'
Jordan Owusu 77'

this is much better practice for qualification. Great thing we get a shot at qualifying every year

 

[grazorblade]

Olyroos with china nmi and tls...whoever they are haha

 

[Brenton1986]

2026 AFC Under 23 Asian Cup qualifying draw,

Group A:
A1 Jordan (H)
A2 Turkmenistan
A3 Chinese Taipei
A4 Bhutan

Group B:
B1 Japan
B2 Kuwait
B3 Myanmar (H)
B4 Afghanistan

Group C:
C1 Vietnam (H)
C2 Yemen
C3 Singapore
C4 Bangladesh

Group D:
D1 Australia
D2 China (H)
D3 Timor Leste
D4 Northern Marina Islands

Group E:
E1 Uzbekistan
E2 Palestine
E3 Kyrgyzstan (H)
E4 Sri Lanka

Group F:
F1 Thailand (H)
F2 Malaysia
F3 Lebanon
F4 Mongolia

Group G:
G1 Iraq
G2 Cambodia (H)
G3 Oman
G4 Pakistan

Group H:
H1 Qatar (H)
H2 Bahrain
H3 India
H4 Brunei

Group I:
I1 United Arab Emirates (H)
I2 Iran
I3 Hong Kong
I4 Guam

Group J:
J1 South Korea
J2 Indonesia (H)
J3 Laos
J4 Macau

Group K:
K1 Tajikistan (H)
K2 Syria
K3 Philippines
K4 Nepal

 

[ossi]

Curious how the pots were determined. Seems like unbalanced groups - group A & K compared to D, H & I.

Plus why don’t we host any qualifier groups tournaments!

 

[verrelli]

u20 World Cup draw this Thursday

https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/chile-2025/articles/draw-how-to-watch-live-stream

FIFA+

www.plus.fifa.com

Looking forward to this draw! 6pm ceremony in Santiago, so we should know who we are with a little after 8am Friday morning Syd/Mel time.

 

[JS96]

It'll be past midnight for me. If my eyes open at 1am I'll have a squiz. Regardless of who we draw I'd like to take the absolute be possible squad based on age eligibility. If you're a Socceroo but eligible, go.

This is somewhat contingent on Australia making the world cup in June as the U20 WC overlaps with the potential next AFC round.

 

[melbcityguy]

Under 20s world cup draw is on now

 

[jas88]

they played some very old u20 footage lol maclaren

 

[jas88]

fuck italy and argies

 

[melbcityguy]

Bloody hell

 

[jas88]

C is group of death in my opinion. But still very tough group.

 

[Robbos]

Some decent footfall for our juniors coming out way.

 

[Barca4life]

Quite a tough group but it wouldn’t be Australian if it wasn’t, a great challenge but a chance to surprise not only this country but also the world.

Hopefully our best players are available plus they need to be prepared very well, the major problem might be is the players would be still be in the off season given we have to wait for the aleague season to start in October.

So they won’t get much if any match practice so preparation will be very important you would think.

 

[Keeper66]

How did Oceania end up with two qualifiers (NZ and New Caledonia)?

 

[ossi]

I did want Cuba. No insanely impossible groups but no real easy groups.

 

[ossi]

We are the only continental champion in our group

 

[Muz]

4 third place teams go through so that helps. Need to beat just one team and hope results fall our way.