The draws for the men’s and women’s football tournaments at the 2014 Asian Games, to be held in Incheon, South Korea, were made on Thursday . Iran’s U23 team was drawn with Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan in Group H . Iran is coached by Nelo Vingada .
In the men’s tournament all countries will be playing their U-23 sides with 3 over age players allowed for each team.
29 nations were divided into eight groups in the men’s event with five groups of four and three groups of three teams.
The women’s event has 11 teams with two groups of four and one group of three countries and unlike the men, every nation would be fielding their senior national team.
Men’s draw
Group A: Laos, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Korea Republic
Group B: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan
Group C: Tajikistan, Singapore, Palestine, Oman
Group D: Nepal, Iraq, Kuwait, Japan
Group E: Indonesia, Timor Leste, Maldives, Thailand
Group F: Pakistan, China PR, DPR Korea
Group G: UAE, India, Jordan
Group H: Iran, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan
Women’s draw
Group A: South Korea, Thailand, India, Maldives
Group B: Japan, China, Jordan, Chinese Taipei
Group C: North Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong