Indian Football Team is all set to participate in the upcoming Merdeka Cup 2023 in Malaysia as preparations of the Asian Cup 2023. The tournament was initially about to go ahead with four teams, India, Tajikistan, Palestine and hosts Malaysia with semifinal and final format. Now due to recent conflict between Israel and Palestine, the latter has withdrawn themselves from the competition. The Merdeka Cup 2023 will proceed with the three teams but in a slightly changed format with Tajikistan getting a walkover to the final.
Palestine Withdraws From Merdeka Cup 2023
The competition format of the 2023 Merdeka Tournament had to be changed when only three teams competed : India 🇮🇳, Tajikistan 🇹🇯 and Malaysia 🇲🇾 after Palestine withdrew due to counter-attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Teams will play in a round robin to determine the champion team pic.twitter.com/igsbYAA3L7
— ASEAN FOOTBALL (@theaseanball) October 9, 2023
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