BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the groups of the Asian Football Confederation

(AFC) U23 Championship to be held from Jan. 9 to 27, 2018 in Jiangsu Province, China:

Group A: China, Oman, Qatar, Uzbekistan

Group B: DPR Korea, Japan, Palestine, Thailand

Group C: Iraq, Jordan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia

Group D: Australia, South Korea, Syria, Vietnam

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