Bangladesh has been placed in four-team Group C of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia’ 2026 Qualifiers with former runners-up Vietnam, Yemen and Singapore.
The grouping and fixture of the qualifying round of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup was held at the AFC House in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
All the group matches will be held during September 1 to 9 with Group C matches in Vietnam.
In Group C matches, Bangladesh will play hosts Vietnam on September 1, will face Yemen on Sept 6 and Singapore on Sept 9.
Forty four Asian teams, split into eleven groups, will compete in the meet.
Later, eleven group champion teams, four best group runners-up and hosts Saudi Arabia will play in the 16-team final round to be held in Saudi Arabia January next year.
Bangladesh was eliminated from the first round of the last meet losing all the three matches.
Bangladesh suffered 0-2 goals defeat against Malaysia, conceded 0-3 goals defeat against Thailand and handed 0-1 defeat against the Philippines in the last meet..