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I thought this would be a good topic for all the users of Hong Kong to become involved and understand exactly what the U21 National Team is doing.
The Asian Cup runs every second season, and this will be the 4th time I will be running the event.
Each season I try to change up the draw a little and make it so every team has a chance of doing better than last time, whether it be getting out of the group stage, making it to the semi finals, getting a podium finish or even winning the cup.
I will leave it up to your National Team Coach to decide on how active they want to be in this thread, but as I've always believed, it is a privilege to coach a National Team, but without you managers, we wouldn't have a National Team to coach. So thank you very much, and ask as many questions, get as involved as you want and analyze each match in as much detail as you would like. It is for the users, not the coaches, that I run this tournament.
The Asian Cup runs every second season, and this will be the 4th time I will be running the event.
Each season I try to change up the draw a little and make it so every team has a chance of doing better than last time, whether it be getting out of the group stage, making it to the semi finals, getting a podium finish or even winning the cup.
I will leave it up to your National Team Coach to decide on how active they want to be in this thread, but as I've always believed, it is a privilege to coach a National Team, but without you managers, we wouldn't have a National Team to coach. So thank you very much, and ask as many questions, get as involved as you want and analyze each match in as much detail as you would like. It is for the users, not the coaches, that I run this tournament.
U21 ASIAN CUP - 8th EDITION (also Oceania for those two teams)
Link To Asian Cup
*Firstly, I just want to remind every coach, this cup isn't just for the coaches, it is for all the managers in the country you coach. Without them, you wouldn't have a national team and we wouldn't have an Asian Cup, so please, post something in the forums, send your users a message or two saying how we are going. Get that interest built up. They may not respond this season, but someone next season may, or someone the season afterwards. You just never know who may stay in sokker, train a future star, watch a future match, and it can all be built on forum communication about the Asian Cup*
Season 8 of the Asian Cup will be run again this season.
Registrations
Registration
Preliminary Seeding (may change by draw) / world ranking / best rating this season:
1. Australia
2. Israel
3. Iran
4. Jamaica
5. Kazakhstan
6. Zhongguo
7. U.A.E.
8. India
9. Arabia Saudi
10. Viet Nam (via sk-mail)
11. New Zealand
12. Hong Kong
This season we will be starting earlier than normal and will commence in the first week after the new elections Week 03 (30.12.23).
It will be a 3 round group phase followed by a semi final and a final. We will play with 8, 12 or 16 teams, first in best dressed. If we get less than 8, I will make it work.
Fixtures for the Asian Cup.
An example of the season is as follows
The example of the schedule below:
Week 01 (16.12.23) - Friendly
Week 02 (23.12.23) - Friendly (elections finish tomorrow)
Week 03 (30.12.23) - Asian Cup u21 Group
Week 04 (06.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Group or World Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 05 (13.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Group or World Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 06 (20.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Semi Final or World Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 07 (27.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Final or WC 1/8 or Friendly or Mini World Cup u20
Week 08 (03.02.24) - WC 1/4 or Druid's Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 09 (10.02.24) - WC 1/2 or Druid's Cup Group
Week 10 (17.02.24) - WC final or Druid's Cup Group
Week 11 (24.02.24) - 1/16 Druid's Cup
Week 12 (02.03.24) - 1/8 Druid's Cup or Friendly
Week 13 (09.03.24) - 1/4 Druid's Cup or Friendly
Week 01 (16.03.24) - 1/2 Druid's Cup or Friendly
Week 02 (23.03.24) - Final Druid's Cup or Friendly
So the final Registration is over, and here are the seeds.
The groups and draw will be based on the following.
The draw will be completely random, which will give everyone a chance of making it through to the semi finals - some less favourite teams having a chance to make it whilst some favourite teams could miss out.
There will be 3 groups of 4 teams, with the winner of each group, plus the best 2nd place advancing.
SEEDING
1. Australia (35)
2. Viet Nam (via sk-mail) (38)
3. India (54)
4. Israel (59)
5. New Zealand (61)
6. as-Saʻūdiyya (66)
7. Zhongguo (71)
8. U.A.E. (75)
9. Jamaica (83)
10. Kazakhstan (85)
11. Hong Kong (89)
12. Iran (96)
Asian Cup VIII - Groups
Group A
A1 - Viet Nam (38)
A2 - India (54)
A3 - New Zealand (61)
A4 - Kazakhstan (85)
Group B
B1 - Australia (35)
B2 - Israel (59)
B3 - Zhongguo (71)
B4 - Jamaica (83)
Group C
C1 - as-Saʻūdiyya (66)
C2 - U.A.E. (75)
C3 - Hong Kong (89)
C4 - Iran (96)
As for organising matches, please remember the following:
- Week 1: 1v4, 2v3
- Week 2: 1v3, 2v4
- Week 3: 1v2, 3v4
- Home team invites in standard mode (not Cup). If sent in cup mode, only the score after 90minutes will be taken in to consideration.
Asian Cup VIII Draw
Week 1 (30.12.23)
Viet Nam vs Kazakhstan - 0:5 (forfeit)
India vs New Zealand
Australia vs Jamaica - 0:5 (forfeit)
Israel vs Zhonghou
as-Sa'udiyya vs Iran - 0:0 (forfeit for both teams)
UAE vs Hong Kong
Week 2 (06.01.24)
Viet Nam vs New Zealand
India vs Kazakhstan
Australia vs Zhonghou
Israel vs Jamaice
as-Sa'udiyya vs Hong Kong
U.A.E vs Iran
Week 3 (13.01.23)
Viet Nam vs India
New Zealand vs Kazakhstan
Australia vs Israel
Zhonghou vs Jamaica
as-Saudiyya vs U.A.E
Hong Kong vs Iran
As with in the past, Home team will invite in League mode for the group phase and Cup mode for the Finals phase.
Points will be awarded: 3 - win, 2 - draw, 1 - loss, 0 - forfeit. Forfeit will incur a 5-0 loss.
Registration:
Priority will be given to:
1. Countries entirely encompassed by Asia OR play in the AFC in real life world cup OR OFC in real life
2. Countries who cross multiple continents, one of which is Asia or Oceania
3. Countries who do not have another cup that their country could freely join due to it not being run this season/not existing ie African Cup, UEFA cup, Druid's Cup
4. Teams not falling in to the above brackets
***All decisions made by the organiser will be final, however you are welcome to question a decision initially via forum, but continued in sk-mail should the answer not be satisfactory. Fairness to all will be attempted if possible however some decisions may be required to maintain competition and further clarification made in future U21 Asian Cups.
Please post any questions ASAP to allow appropriate dissemination of information.
FRONT PAGE UPDATED
Link To Asian Cup
*Firstly, I just want to remind every coach, this cup isn't just for the coaches, it is for all the managers in the country you coach. Without them, you wouldn't have a national team and we wouldn't have an Asian Cup, so please, post something in the forums, send your users a message or two saying how we are going. Get that interest built up. They may not respond this season, but someone next season may, or someone the season afterwards. You just never know who may stay in sokker, train a future star, watch a future match, and it can all be built on forum communication about the Asian Cup*
Season 8 of the Asian Cup will be run again this season.
Registrations
Registration
Preliminary Seeding (may change by draw) / world ranking / best rating this season:
1. Australia
2. Israel
3. Iran
4. Jamaica
5. Kazakhstan
6. Zhongguo
7. U.A.E.
8. India
9. Arabia Saudi
10. Viet Nam (via sk-mail)
11. New Zealand
12. Hong Kong
This season we will be starting earlier than normal and will commence in the first week after the new elections Week 03 (30.12.23).
It will be a 3 round group phase followed by a semi final and a final. We will play with 8, 12 or 16 teams, first in best dressed. If we get less than 8, I will make it work.
Fixtures for the Asian Cup.
An example of the season is as follows
The example of the schedule below:
Week 01 (16.12.23) - Friendly
Week 02 (23.12.23) - Friendly (elections finish tomorrow)
Week 03 (30.12.23) - Asian Cup u21 Group
Week 04 (06.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Group or World Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 05 (13.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Group or World Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 06 (20.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Semi Final or World Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 07 (27.01.24) - Asian Cup u21 Final or WC 1/8 or Friendly or Mini World Cup u20
Week 08 (03.02.24) - WC 1/4 or Druid's Cup Group or Mini World Cup u20
Week 09 (10.02.24) - WC 1/2 or Druid's Cup Group
Week 10 (17.02.24) - WC final or Druid's Cup Group
Week 11 (24.02.24) - 1/16 Druid's Cup
Week 12 (02.03.24) - 1/8 Druid's Cup or Friendly
Week 13 (09.03.24) - 1/4 Druid's Cup or Friendly
Week 01 (16.03.24) - 1/2 Druid's Cup or Friendly
Week 02 (23.03.24) - Final Druid's Cup or Friendly
So the final Registration is over, and here are the seeds.
The groups and draw will be based on the following.
The draw will be completely random, which will give everyone a chance of making it through to the semi finals - some less favourite teams having a chance to make it whilst some favourite teams could miss out.
There will be 3 groups of 4 teams, with the winner of each group, plus the best 2nd place advancing.
SEEDING
1. Australia (35)
2. Viet Nam (via sk-mail) (38)
3. India (54)
4. Israel (59)
5. New Zealand (61)
6. as-Saʻūdiyya (66)
7. Zhongguo (71)
8. U.A.E. (75)
9. Jamaica (83)
10. Kazakhstan (85)
11. Hong Kong (89)
12. Iran (96)
Asian Cup VIII - Groups
Group A
A1 - Viet Nam (38)
A2 - India (54)
A3 - New Zealand (61)
A4 - Kazakhstan (85)
Group B
B1 - Australia (35)
B2 - Israel (59)
B3 - Zhongguo (71)
B4 - Jamaica (83)
Group C
C1 - as-Saʻūdiyya (66)
C2 - U.A.E. (75)
C3 - Hong Kong (89)
C4 - Iran (96)
As for organising matches, please remember the following:
- Week 1: 1v4, 2v3
- Week 2: 1v3, 2v4
- Week 3: 1v2, 3v4
- Home team invites in standard mode (not Cup). If sent in cup mode, only the score after 90minutes will be taken in to consideration.
Asian Cup VIII Draw
Week 1 (30.12.23)
Viet Nam vs Kazakhstan - 0:5 (forfeit)
India vs New Zealand
Australia vs Jamaica - 0:5 (forfeit)
Israel vs Zhonghou
as-Sa'udiyya vs Iran - 0:0 (forfeit for both teams)
UAE vs Hong Kong
Week 2 (06.01.24)
Viet Nam vs New Zealand
India vs Kazakhstan
Australia vs Zhonghou
Israel vs Jamaice
as-Sa'udiyya vs Hong Kong
U.A.E vs Iran
Week 3 (13.01.23)
Viet Nam vs India
New Zealand vs Kazakhstan
Australia vs Israel
Zhonghou vs Jamaica
as-Saudiyya vs U.A.E
Hong Kong vs Iran
As with in the past, Home team will invite in League mode for the group phase and Cup mode for the Finals phase.
Points will be awarded: 3 - win, 2 - draw, 1 - loss, 0 - forfeit. Forfeit will incur a 5-0 loss.
Registration:
Priority will be given to:
1. Countries entirely encompassed by Asia OR play in the AFC in real life world cup OR OFC in real life
2. Countries who cross multiple continents, one of which is Asia or Oceania
3. Countries who do not have another cup that their country could freely join due to it not being run this season/not existing ie African Cup, UEFA cup, Druid's Cup
4. Teams not falling in to the above brackets
***All decisions made by the organiser will be final, however you are welcome to question a decision initially via forum, but continued in sk-mail should the answer not be satisfactory. Fairness to all will be attempted if possible however some decisions may be required to maintain competition and further clarification made in future U21 Asian Cups.
Please post any questions ASAP to allow appropriate dissemination of information.
FRONT PAGE UPDATED
How has Hong Kong gone in the Past?
In total there have been 7 Asian Cups run in the new era, and 4 pre new age era for a total of 11 Asian Cups (not every team has played every Asian Cup).
Best result: Quarter Final x2
List of Results:
8th
7th
QF
QF
1/16
Group Stage 3rd
Group Stage 4th
Group Stage 4th
In total there have been 7 Asian Cups run in the new era, and 4 pre new age era for a total of 11 Asian Cups (not every team has played every Asian Cup).
Best result: Quarter Final x2
List of Results:
8th
7th
QF
QF
1/16
Group Stage 3rd
Group Stage 4th
Group Stage 4th
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