Asian Games 2014: India men’s football team drawn alongside Jordan and UAE

Tough group for India U-23

The draws for the men’s and women’s football tournaments at the 2014 Asian Games, to be held in Incheon, South Korea, were made on Thursday with Wim Koevermans’ India Under-23 side getting a tough group alongside West Asian duo Jordan and UAE.

Meanwhile the women’s team was drawn in the same group as hosts South Korea, Thailand and Maldives.

In the men’s tournament all countries will be playing their U-23 sides and India will be up against two countries that are ranked higher in the FIFA Rankings.

29 nations were divided into eight groups in the men’s event with five groups of four and three groups of three teams.

The women’s event has 11 teams with two groups of four and one group of three countries and unlike the men, every nation would be fielding their senior national team.

Men’s draw

Group A: Laos, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Korea Republic

Group B: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan

Group C: Tajikistan, Singapore, Palestine, Oman

Group D: Nepal, Iraq, Kuwait, Japan

Group E: Indonesia, Timor Leste, Maldives, Thailand

Group F: Pakistan, China PR, DPR Korea

Group G: UAE, India, Jordan

Group H: Iran, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan

Women’s draw

Group A: South Korea, Thailand, India, Maldives

Group B: Japan, China, Jordan, Chinese Taipei

Group C: North Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong