The schedule of the East Asian Cup is finalized, and the national football team will depend on the results of the round of 18

Reporter Chen Yong reports On May 23, the men's and women's schedules of the 2025 East Asian Cup were finalized, with the national football team playing against South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, China, and the Chinese women's football team playing against South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Japan. Although the schedule of the East Asian Cup has been finalized, for the national football team, the lineup at that time may be determined according to the final result of the round of 18.

The specific schedule of the national football team of the East Asian Cup (Beijing time) is: 19:00 on July 7, South Korea men's football team VS Chinese men's football team; At 18:24 on July 12, the Japanese men's football team VS the Chinese men's football team; At 15:00 on July 15, the Chinese men's football team vs the Hong Kong men's football team. All three matches were played at Yonginlong Stadium.

The specific schedule of the Chinese women's football team is: 19:00 on July 9, South Korea Women's Football Team VS China Women's Football Team, Suwon World Cup Stadium; July 13, 15:30, Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team VS Chinese Women's Football Team, Hwaseong Comprehensive Athletic City; At 15:00 on July 16, Japan Women's Football Team VS China Women's Football Team, Suwon World Cup Stadium.

Although the schedule of the East Asian Cup has been announced, it is unknown what kind of team the national football team will participate in, which depends first of all on the final results of the round of 18. If the national football team reaches the top four in the group in the round of 18, it will qualify for the Asian play-offs of the World Preliminary Championships, so that the East Asian Cup in July is quite important for the national football team, Ivankovic will continue to lead the team, as for the players, it may be a complete national team, of course, you can also choose to let some players who play more games rest, mainly rotate players and substitute players, in order to further enhance the thickness of the national football team in the play-offs. Not only that, the Chinese Football Association also arranged the Four Nations Tournament in September in order to allow the national football team to warm up more fully.

But if the national football team misses the Asian play-offs of the World Preliminaries, the participating teams will most likely be the national football selection team: first of all, in terms of head coach, if the national football team misses the play-offs, the contract between Ivankovic and the Chinese Football Association will also come to an end, and the national football team will carry out a new round of coach changes, considering that the East Asian Cup is less than a month away from the round of 18, if the selection of the coach fails, an acting coach may be selected to lead the team; In terms of players, the main lineup of the national football team naturally does not have any need to participate, and there is a high probability that it will be selected in the substitute lineup of the national football team and more young players, such as Xu Bin, Liu Haofan and other players who have been selected for the national football team before, as well as Yuan Mincheng, Liao Jintao, Tao Qianglong, Xiang Yuwang These players with higher voices, as well as young players aged 20 and below such as Kuai Jiwen and Mao Weijie.

Also on the 23rd, the final game of the group stage of the top 18 of the national football team, the match with the Bahrain team on June 10, was also officially opened, and it was quickly sold out in just 15 minutes after the ticket was opened. Tickets for this game are sold on multiple platforms at the same time, with a minimum ticket price of 280 yuan, then 480 yuan, which is also the first class with the most seats, and then a small number of 680 yuan, 880 yuan, 1080 yuan and 1380 yuan.