{"id":22715,"date":"2015-09-24T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T18:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=22715"},"modified":"2015-09-24T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T18:08:30","slug":"afc-u-23-championship-qatar-2016-iran-to-play-syria-in-first-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2015\/09\/24\/afc-u-23-championship-qatar-2016-iran-to-play-syria-in-first-match\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016: Iran to play Syria in first match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasnim – DOHA, Iran will start the AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016 campaign with a match against Syria.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran will play Syria on January 12, 2016 in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n

Mohammad Khakpour\u2019s men will face Qatar and China on January 15 and 18, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Asian Football Confederation has revealed the group stage fixtures for next year\u2019s U23 Championship in Qatar as follows.<\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong>
\nJanuary 12, 2016
\nQatar v China
\nSyria v Iran
\nJanuary 15
\nChina v Syria
\nIran v Qatar
\nJanuary 18
\nQatar v Syria
\nIran v China<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong>
\nJanuary 13
\nSaudi Arabia v Thailand
\nJapan v DPR Korea
\nJanuary 16
\nThailand v Japan
\nDPR Korea v Saudi Arabia
\nJanuary 19
\nSaudi Arabia v Japan
\nDPR Korea v Thailand<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong>
\nJanuary 13
\nIraq v Yemen
\nKorea Republic v Uzbekistan
\nJanuary 16
\nYemen v Korea Republic
\nUzbekistan v Iraq
\nJanuary 19
\nIraq v Korea Republic
\nUzbekistan v Iraq<\/p>\n

Group D<\/strong>
\nJanuary 14
\nJordan v Vietnam
\nAustralia v United Arab Emirates
\nJanuary 17
\nVietnam v Australia
\nUnited Arab Emirates v Jordan
\nJanuary 20
\nJordan v Australia
\nUnited Arab Emirates v Vietnam<\/p>\n

Quarter-Finals<\/strong>
\nJanuary 22
\nQF1 \u2013 Winner Group A v Runner Up Group B
\nQF2 \u2013 Winner Group C v Runner Up Group D<\/p>\n

January 22
\nQF3 \u2013 Winner Group B v Runner Up Group A
\nQF4 \u2013 Winner Group D v Runner Up Group C<\/p>\n

Semi-Finals<\/strong>
\nJanuary 26
\nSF1 \u2013 Winner QF1 v Winner QF 4
\nSF2 \u2013 Winner QF2 v Winner QF 3<\/p>\n

3rd \/ 4th Placing<\/strong>
\nJanuary 29
\nLoser SF1 v Loser SF2<\/p>\n

Final<\/strong>
\nJanuary 30
\nWinner SF1 v Winner SF2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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