Following the game was Kamchybek Tashiev, who is the president of the Kyrgyz Football Union and the head of the State National Security Committee. He recently published a video from Saudi Arabia where he was performing Umrah.


The U-23 Asian Cup began on January 6 in Saudi Arabia and features 16 teams. Kyrgyzstan, which qualified for this tournament for the first time, is in Group "A" along with Jordan, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia. The next match for Kyrgyzstan will be on January 9 against the Vietnam national team.
Group "A" standings after the first round: