Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bangkok: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon and Jordan will be in action in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship West Zone Qualifiers which kicks-off in Thailand on Friday.
The seven West Asian teams will compete for four spots in the Finals in Chinese Taipei next year. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Finals.
Group A
Iraq and Saudi Arabia, who qualified to the Final stage of the 2016 tournament, are looking to repeat history but will go toe-to-toe with the UAE and Bahrain in Group A.
Last year, Iraq finished second in Group B to progress to the quarter-finals but lost 3-0 to Uzbekistan, who would go on to claim the runners-up spot.
The result however, was the best Iraq have achieved and head coach Haitham Abbas Bawei knows that it won’t be easy saying: “Every country in the West Zone has been developing over the past few years, and the other three teams in Group A are really strong.
“But we’ve had good preparation, and we promise our fans that we will reach the Finals.”
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