THE 2027 Asian Cup Third Round football tournament will begin on 25 March, with Myanmar set to face Afghanistan in the opening match.
The Asian Cup Third Round will be held over the course of a year, divided into four groups from March 2025 to March 2026. Myanmar is in the same group with Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Myanmar will play Afghanistan at 5:00 pm on 25 March at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre in Yangon. The qualifier match will be broadcast live on MRTV at 4:45 pm. Only the top team from each group will advance to the next round of the Asian Cup Third Round and Myanmar will need to achieve strong results in every group match to have a chance at advancing.
The Myanmar national football team has been under training with 42 players since 3 March, but some players including Win Naing Tun and Wai Lin Aung will miss the upcoming matches due to injuries. Before the tournament, Myanmar’s U-22 team and the MNL All Stars team were the only teams they played in international practice matches, with no competitive international matches held.
Myanmar’s head coach Myo Hlaing Win continues to lead the team, which currently consists of 26 players, including goalkeeper San Sat Naing, defender Nanda Kyaw, midfielder Lwin Moe Aung and forward Than Paing. — Ko Nyi Lay/KZL
