KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Under-23 (U-23) men’s football squad have been drawn in Group B with defending champions Indonesia besides Myanmar and Laos for the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-23 Championship in Cambodia, next February.
The competition scheduled to run from February 14 to 26 at the recently-completed Morodok Techo National Stadium and Prince Stadium in Phnom Penh will see only three group champions and the best group runner-up advance to the semi-finals.
Skuad Harimau Malaya B-23 kendalian Brad Maloney telah diundi dalam Kumpulan B bersama Indonesia, Myanmar dan Laos bagi...
Posted by Football Association of Malaysia on Tuesday, December 28, 2021
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) in a Facebook post stated FAM Secretary-General Mohd Saifuddin Abu Bakar and the head coach of the National U-23 squad Brad Maloney represented Malaysia in the draw ceremony, which took place in Singapore today.
Mohd Saifuddin and Brad participated in it virtually.
Meanwhile, hosts Cambodia were drawn in Group A alongside Timor Leste, the Philippines and Brunei.
Group C is the “group of death” with 2019 runners-up Thailand drawn with Vietnam and Singapore.
Malaysia's best achievement was in the 2005 edition in Thailand where they finished fourth in the first-ever edition of the tournament. – Bernama, December 30, 2021
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