Tomorrow, Wednesday, the Qatari youth team under 20 years of age begins its campaign in the Asian Cup qualifiers, when it faces its Singaporean counterpart at eight o’clock in the evening at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, in the first round of the tenth qualifying group for the continental finals hosted by China during the period from 6 to 23 February. 2025.
The Qatari youth team was able to go through a good preparation period during the past months, during which it played many matches, the last of which was against the Emirati team, where it tied with a goal in the Croatian city of Zagreb, as well as its internal camp at the Aspire Sports Excellence Academy, and reached the required level of readiness.
The Spanish coach, Felix Angel, the coach of the Qatari national team, was keen during the recent training sessions to put the final touches and choose the lineup that will play tomorrow’s match. He also focused on some points related to the opposing team, and gave special duties to some players, and stressed the need to play with great concentration throughout the minutes of the match. .
Spanish coach Angel is counting on a promising group of players, led by Ibrahim Al-Hassan, the Spanish Calhora player, who was recently called up to the first team roster for the matches against the UAE and North Korea in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, along with the Spanish Alcorcon player Salem Reda and his colleague Mohamed Hani, the Al-Sadd player, as well as Spanish Cultural Leonessa duo, Motaman Mohamed and Jamil Riyad.
The team will play its second match on the 27th of this month against Hong Kong, China, before concluding its group matches by meeting its Jordanian counterpart on September 29.
Throughout the history of its participation in the AFC U-20 Cup finals, the Qatari youth team was able to win the title for the first time in 2016 during the edition hosted by Myanmar, by defeating the North Korean team in the final match with an unanswered goal under the leadership of Spanish coach Felix Sanchez, “the current coach of Al Sadd.” It also qualified for the semi-finals in the 2018 edition, which was hosted by Indonesia.
A few days ago, Spanish coach Felix Angel announced a list of 23 players to compete in the qualifying stage, including 3 goalkeepers: Abu Bakr Mohamed, Jalal Amir (Calhora, Spain), and Mohamed Fawzi (Al-Ahly).
There are Ibrahim Al-Hassan, Awab Fadil, Jassim Al-Hamad, Bassam Adel, Moaz Ibrahim, Nawaf Al-Yahri, Younis Muhammad, Youssef Muhammad, Abdullah Mujib, Muhammad Khalid from the Spanish Calhora Club, Moatman Muhammad and Jamil Riyad (Spanish Cultural), and Tahseen Muhammad and Salem Reda (Alcorcon). Al-Spanish), Abdulaziz Al-Bakri (Umm Salal), Muhammad Hani (Al-Sadd), Youssef Marai and Ali Muhammad (Al-Ahly), Fayez Marwan (Al-Wakra), and Ayoub Al-Alawi (Al-Gharafa).
The ten first-placed teams in each group will qualify for the continental finals, along with the five best second-placed teams. The top four teams in the continental championship will also qualify for the 2025 U-20 World Cup finals scheduled in Chile.