India draw Australia, Syria in tough Group B in Asian Cup

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Twenty-four teams were divided into four pots, and drawn into six groups of four teams each for the tournament that was originally scheduled to take place in China this summer.

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🇮🇳 India are placed in Group B of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 🏆

🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🇸🇾 Syria

How are we feeling, #BlueTigers 🐯 fans?🙌#AsianCup2023 🏆 #BackTheBlue 💙 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/xK4O2gC4SR

— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) May 11, 2023

India have qualified for back-to-back editions of the tournament for the first time. The one in Qatar capital will be their fifth appearance in the tournament.

In the last edition, India started with a convincing win against Thailand but lost their last two matches to bow out of the tournament after raising hopes.

Qatar as hosts were automatically drawn in Group A and will play the tournament opener.

Iran were placed in Group C as Japan were drawn in Group D. South Korea were placed in Group E while Saudi Arabia were drawn in Group F.

Groupings:

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Group A – Qatar, China, Tajikistan, Lebanon
Group B – Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria, India
Group C – Iran, UAE, Hong Kong, Palestine
Group D – Japan, Indonesia, Iraq, Vietnam
Group E – South Korea, Malaysia, Jordan, Bahrain
Group F – Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Oman