The Indian men’s national football team have been drawn with Australia, Uzbekistan, and Syria in Group B for the AFC Asian Cup 2023. In a draw that happened in Doha on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
India, who have had a successful qualifying campaign for the continental showpiece, were in pot 4 in the draw that was conducted in Doha. India will be in Group B in the tournament proper. 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.
While this will be India’s fifth appearance in the Asian Cup, it will be their first back-to-back appearance. The tournament will be held in Qatar between January 12 and February 10, 2024.
The groupsThe 24 teams in the tournament are divided into the following six groups are:
Group A: Qatar, China, Tajikistan, Lebanon
Group B: Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria, India
Group C: Iran, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Palestine
Group D: Japan, Indonesia, Iraq, Vietnam
Group E: South Korea, Malaysia, Jordan, Bahrain
Group F: Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyz Republic, Oman