Like this, Japan is leading again...Saudi Uzbekistan hosts three-nation U22 friendly tournament, blitz test born in 2007

Jul 17, 2025

Like this, Japan is leading again...Saudi Uzbekistan hosts three-nation U22 friendly tournament, blitz test born in 2007
The men's soccer final match between the Korean national soccer team and Japan at the Hangzhou Asian Games was held at Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China on the afternoon of the 7th. Director Ko Oiwa of Japan. Hangzhou (China) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2023.10.07/



Like this, Japan is leading again...Saudi Uzbekistan hosts three-nation U22 friendly tournament, blitz test born in 2007
Japanese soccer will play in a friendly tournament at the end of this month ahead of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup qualifying tournament in September.

On the 17th, the Japan Football Association (JFA) announced the list of 23 participants for the '2025 Mirabor Usmanov Memorial Cup'.

Japan moved to Tashgent, Uzbekistan, and will compete against Saudi Arabia's U-22 team on the 25th and Uzbekistan's U-22 team on the 28th.




Oiwa Go, head coach of the U-23 national team, said he has convened potential players of various ages, including college students, high school students, and professional youth players.

Striker Zion Shinka (Sagan dos U-18) was born in 2007 and is 18 years old. Nwadike Uche Bryanseo is a mixed - race striker born in 2005 with the university of Yokohama.

"Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan are both the best in Asia," Oiwa said. "I want to build a solid foundation by focusing on both the content and the results in these two games."It revealed its goal.




This friendly tournament is in preparation for the U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers to be held in September. Oiwa said he wanted to try various things in preparation for the Asian Cup qualifying round, and at the same time, he has the U-20 World Cup in mind" he said.

South Korea, led by head coach Lee Min-sung, is also in the midst of preparing for the U-23 Asian Cup qualifying round. They played two friendly matches against Australia in June, and also held a race call-up exercise from June 30 to July 4.

However, they will not participate in the '2025 Mirabor Usmanov Memorial Cup', where they can accumulate experience and test various players.




A total of 44 teams will participate in the Asian Cup qualifying round, with the top 16 teams participating in the Asian Cup finals in Saudi Arabia in January next year.

Lee Min-sung was in Group J with Indonesia, Laos and Macau.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.