China's Men's Football Team Skips Fifa Asean Cup, Prepares for Asian Cup with Warm-ups
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- China's senior men's football team will not participate in the Fifa Asean Cup in September, opting instead for warm-up matches against Palestine and North Korea in Chongqing as part of their preparation for next year's Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.
- The women's and U23 men's teams will compete in the Asian Games in Japan.
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China's national football teams are actively preparing for upcoming international tournaments, including the Asian Cup and Asian Games, by scheduling specific warm-up matches and making strategic decisions about participation in new competitions.
China’s footballers will not compete in the newly created Fifa Asean Cup this September, with the senior men’s team instead facing Palestine and North Korea in a five-team warm-up tournament for next year’s Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.
The country’s senior women and the men’s under-23 sides, meanwhile, will head to Japan for the Asian Games, where they will compete alongside their Hong Kong counterparts.
China have been fairly proactive this year in their build-up to the Asian Cup, playing teams they believe help them adapt to a more international style of football and those they think have a similar style of play to their opponents at the tournament in Saudi Arabia.
China took part in the Fifa Series 2026 in Australia in March, beating World Cup debutants Curacao 2-0 before receiving a reality check after losing 2-0 to Cameroon.
In June, they beat Singapore 2-1 and drew 0-0 with Thailand.
The coming four matches in Chongqing in the September-October window against Uzbekistan, North Korea, Tajikistan and Palestine will serve as a good litmus test for the national team to assess their progress and evaluate their chances at the Asian Cup, and for qualifying for the 2030 World Cup.
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