The Myanmar U-23 team is tak­ing training with 25 preliminary players for the 2024 Asian Cup U-23 qualifiers to be played in September.

The Asian Cup U-23 qualifi­ers will be held from 6 to 12 Sep­tember, and the Myanmar team is placed in Group B with South Korea, Qatar and Kyrgyzstan.

Myanmar will play against Kyrgyzstan on 6 September, Qa­tar on 9 September and South Korea on 12 September. Qatar will host the finals of the 2024 AFC U-23 tourna­ment and, having already qual­ified, results against that team will not count.

The Myanmar U-23 team has been reorganizing since 23 August after the 2023 ASEAN U-23 tournament. U Aung Naing is handling it as the interim head coach as German head coach Michael Feichtenbeiner will also supervise the U-23 team.

Michael will oversee the team during the friendly matches against Nepal on 8 and 11 Sep­tember.

The Myanmar U-23 team started training with 27 prelim­inary players, but two players were reduced, leaving only 25 players.

The Myanmar U-23 team will play a domestic friendly at the end of this month, after which the finalists will be select­ed. Team Myanmar is based on the team that competed in the ASEAN U-23 tournament. The Myanmar team was eliminated from the group stage due to poor results in the previous ASEAN U-23 tournament. — Ye Yint Lwin/KZL