After nearly 6.5 hours in the air, the Hainan Airlines flight carrying China's elite men's soccer team and members of the U23 national team landed steadily in Haikou at 22:45 GMT on April 3, marking the successful conclusion of China's soccer team's Qatar World Qualifying Tournament campaign. With the CFA confirming that the 99-age national team will participate in the East Asian Cup in late July and the men's soccer tournament at the Asian Games in Hangzhou in September, the mission of Chinese soccer in this year's important tournaments has come to an end. The focus of the FA's preparations for the national men's soccer team has also shifted to the U23 national team.
In the evening of the same day to communicate with the media, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) preparatory group competition head Guo Bingyan revealed that in the development of the new season of the Chinese Super League specific schedule, will give full consideration to the actual needs of the national team and the U23 national team to prepare for the competition. The Football Association also made it clear that the U23 national team will participate in the East Asia Cup soccer tournament, commonly known as the "East Asia Quarterfinals", which will be held in late July.
It is reported that the Football Association to make this arrangement is mainly based on two considerations: First, the Chinese national team in Qatar after the completion of the World Qualifier, there is no other major tournament tasks in the current year; the second is the Hangzhou Asian Games men's football tournament is the FA this year's national team preparations for the work of the top priority, the U23 national team need to do a good job of warming up through high-quality matches for the Asian Games. From the performance of the Dubai Cup, the U23 national team has gained a lot in the actual battle.
