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Jordan starts countdown to U23 Asian Cup

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By Aline Bannayan | 16:17 December 24, 2025 |
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AMMAN – Jordan’s U23 squad left for Doha on Wednesday for a final training camp ahead of the upcoming 2026 AFC U23 Asian Cup set for Saudi Arabia from January 6-25.

The week-long camp will include final friendlies before heading to Jeddah for the Asian Cup where Jordan will be playing in Round 1 in Group A alongside Vietnam on January 6th , Saudi Arabia on the 9th and Kyrgyzstan on the 12th.

Other competing teams are: Group B: Japan, Qatar, UAE, Syria; Group C: Uzbekistan, South Korea, Iran, Lebanon; Group D: Iraq, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand, China.

The national team had an impressive qualifying run, clinching the sole berth from Group A after beating Turkmenistan 2-1, Bhutan 11-0 and Chinese Taipei 6-0 to qualify to the 7th edition of the U23 Asian Cup.

In the 6 past times at the AFC U23 Asian Cup, Jordan’s best performance was finishing 3rd in 2013 after eliminating South Korea on penalties. They reached the quarterfinals in 2016 and 2020 and were eliminated from the first round in 2018 and 2022 and 2024.

Past champions are Iraq 2013, Japan 2016, Uzbekistan 2018, South Korea 2020, Saudi Arabia 2022 and Japan 2024.

Last month, Jordan’s U23 team hosted Syria in two friendlies beating them 2-1 and tying 1-1 after playing two friendlies against the UAE winning the first 2-0 and tying the second 1-1.

Earlier this year, Jordan lost to Oman in the final of the 6th U23 West Asia Championship in their fifth time at the competition which they won in 2021.

The squad led by Moroccan coach Omar Najhi, will include players who joined the recently concluded Arab Cup, where Jordan finished runner-up headed by Odeh Fakhoury and Ali Hajbi. Ibrahim Sabra, Mohannad Abu Taha and Ali Azaizeh will miss the Asian Cup on international club duty.

Earlier this year, Jordan’s U17 squad lost its qualifying chance to the U17 AFC Asian Cup set for May 2026 from which the top eight finishers from the Asian Cup will represent Asia at the 2026 Qatar FIFA U17 World Cup.

Since first participating in 1985, Jordan has qualified to the U17 Asian Cup three times: 1990, 2010, and 2018. The Kingdom exited the semifinals of the U17 West Asia Championship after they were crowned champs in 2022.

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