Indian Football Schedule 2023
During the remaining months of 2023, the Indian Football team may participate in up to five competitions. There are numerous competitions planned for the Indian National Football team in 2023, which must be for a busy year.
Here is a deeper look at the competitions that India is scheduled to play throughout the rest of the year.
| Women’s Gold Cup
(International) |
July 20 to August 20 (final) |
| U-20 Women’s COTIF tournament
(International) |
July 26 to August 6 |
| SAFF U-16 Boys Championship
(International) |
September 1-11 |
| AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers
(International) |
September 4-12 |
| AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup (Q) R2
(International) |
September 14-22 |
| Asian Games
(International) |
September 21 to October 8 |
| Men’s League football [ISL and I-League] | October 16 onwards |
| Women’s Olympic Qualifiers R2
(International) |
October 26-November 1 |
India is currently prepared to participate in as many as five competitions throughout the year, which will serve as the ideal lead-up to the upcoming Asia Cup next year.
Women’s Gold Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has arrived, and there will be a lot of history made this summer.
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To begin, the United States is aiming for a remarkable third consecutive title. Despite ushering in a new era and dealing with injuries to numerous key players, the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT), led by some promising young stars, is all-in on a three-peat. The US lineup includes nine mainstays with World Cup experience, such as Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, as well as 14 freshmen, including a few surprise choices, such as uncapped Savannah DeMelo.
Schedule: July 20 to July 20
Place: Australia and New Zealand
Streaming: directtv, Games will air on Fox Sports and FS1 in the U.S. You can also watch it with fuboTV.
Tickets: FIFA’s official ticketing platform
SAFF U-16 Boys Championship
The 2023 SAFF U-16 Championship will be the eighth edition of the SAFF U-17 Championship, a South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) international football competition for men’s under-17 national teams. The competition will be held in Bhutan. Seven teams from the region compete.
India is the defending champion, having won their fourth championship by defeating Nepal in the final in 2022.
Schedule: September 1-11
Place: Bhutan
Streaming: The match between India and Nepal will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network, while Indian viewers may also watch the match via the Disney+ Hotstar app/website.
Tickets: BookMyShow/Paytm Insider
AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers
India has never qualified for the main draw of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. On September 6, the Indian U-23 team will begin their qualifying campaign against the Maldives.
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup will serve as a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, with the top three teams receiving direct entry. The fourth-placed team will compete in an AFC-Confederation of African Football play-off match for a berth in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Schedule: September 6-12
Place: Thailand
AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup (Q) R2
Following the draw at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday, the stage is set for Round 2 of the Qualifiers for the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024
Australia, which is attempting to win the title for the first time, was placed in Group A with Vietnam, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Lebanon.
China PR, the only side in the draw to have won the title when it was known as the AFC U19 Women’s Championship, is the top seed in Group B, which also includes Myanmar, Nepal, and Chinese Taipei.
Asian Games
The Asian Games 2023 will include 40 sports, making it a spectacular display of 61 disciplines. The Asian Games 2023 Schedule includes a variety of exciting sports such as hockey, boxing, golf, softball, e-sports, badminton, archery, exercise, and swimming. India has a strong historical tie to the tournament, having hosted the Asian Games in 1951.
The forthcoming tournament, formally known as the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, was originally planned for the previous year but was forced to be postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the last edition in Jakarta in 2018, India sent a team of 570 athletes to compete in 36 different sports.
Schedule: 23 Sep 2023 to 08 Oct 2023
Place: China
Streaming: SonyLIV app and website
Tickets: Will be available online from July
Women’s Olympic Qualifiers R2
On October 26, the Indian women’s football team will face Japan in the AFC Women’s Olympic Football Qualifying Tournament at JAR Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Twelve teams compete in the second round of the AFC Women’s Olympic qualifiers. They were separated into three equal groups (A-C).
In the third and final round, which will be held in February 2024, the three group winners and one best-placed runner-up from the second round will compete for two seats in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Schedule: October 26-November 1
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