The Subway Joeys and Subway Young Socceroos’ path to their respective AFC Asian Cup 2025™ tournaments has been revealed, following qualification draws for both the U17 and U20 iterations of the tournament at AFC House, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
WATCH: Draw for U17 AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualifiers™
WATCH: Draw for U20 AFC Asian Cup China PR 2025 Qualifiers
The Subway Joeys have been drawn in Group G alongside Indonesia, Kuwait (home) and Northern Mariana Islands, while the Subway Young Socceroos have been placed in Group D and will face Afghanistan, Macau, Palestine and Saudi Arabia (home).
Qualifiers for the 20th edition of the AFC U17 Asian Cup™ – to be held in Saudi Arabia – will take place across Asia between October 19 and 27 and feature 43 teams, who will be divided into 10 groups – seven of four teams and three of five teams.
The Subway Young Socceroos will play their Qualifiers between September 21 and 29 in a preliminary stage that features 45 teams, also divided into 10 groups – five of four teams and five of five teams.
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Every group of qualifying for both tournaments will be contested in a centralised league format, with teams to be seeded into pots based on their final rankings from the corresponding previous edition. This will see the Subway Joeys travel to Kuwait and the Subway Young Socceroos travel to Saudi Arabia.
The 10 Group winners and five best second-placed teams will advance to the Finals for both tournaments, with Saudi Arabia (U17) and China PR (U20) already through as respective hosts.
Subway Joeys Head Coach, Brad Maloney responded to the confirmation of his side’s path to Saudi Arabia in 2025.
“We’re at the beginning of a cycle with this group and we’ve already taken great strides in fostering an environment and style of play that will bring success,” Maloney said.
Qualification for the Asian Cup is a goal we’ve set ourselves, which is the first step on our journey to the U17 World Cup in Qatar.
“We understand the way football in Asia continues to grow and the challenges that our opposition will present, so being at our best from the outset will be extremely important. Now we can get into more detailed preparations ahead of Qualifiers kicking off in October,” Maloney concluded.
The Subway Joeys will shortly head to the 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys’ Championship held in Surakarta, Indonesia from 21 June – 4 July.
Subway Young Socceroos Head Coach, Trevor Morgan and his squad are currently in transit following their tour of South America, which featured matches against Chile and Uruguay.
The AFC U17 Asian Cup™ will be held between 3 – 20 April, 2025, while the 42nd edition of the AFC U20 Asian Cup™ will be held in China PR from 6 – 23 February, 2025.
For a complete list of Qualifying Groups for the AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2025™ and AFC U20 Asian China PR 2025™, please see below:
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