Sri Lanka begins campaign against Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka will play hosts Uzbekistan in their Group C opening match of the AFC Asian Cup qualification on June 8. The third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualification will take place from June 8 to 14 in six centralised venues. A total of 24 teams will participate in this round to battle it out for the 11 slots available in the 2023 Asian Cup.
The teams have been equally divided into six groups and they will play single round-robin matches. The group winners and the five best runners-up across all groups will qualify for the main event.
Group A is made up of Jordan, Kuwait, Indonesia and Nepal. Meanwhile, all matches in Group B will be hosted by Mongolia. The hosts will be joined by Philippines, Palestine and Yemen.
Three south Asian teams in Thailand, Maldives, and Sri Lanka are joined by Uzbekistan in Group C. Whereas, India have been placed in Group D along with Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Hong Kong.
Malaysia will be hosting the Group E matches. They will play against Bahrain, Turkmenistan, and Bangladesh. While Singapore, who are in Group F, will travel to Kyrgyzstan along wth Myanmar and Tajikistan.
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