Thailand U17 is currently leading Group A of the 2023 AFC U17 Championship. (Source: AFC)

In the highlight match of the final round of Group B, the U17 Iran team caused a surprise when they won 2-0 against U17 Korea.

Nima Andarz and Mahan Sadeghi took turns shining to quickly defeat U17 Korea with two consecutive goals in the 18th and 19th minutes.

With this victory, U17 Iran got 7 points, surpassing U17 Korea (6 points) to take the top spot in Group B.

Previously, in group A, the two tickets to continue also belonged to host U17 Thailand (top of the table, 9 points) and U17 Yemen (6 points).

Thus, in the quarter-finals, U17 Thailand will face U17 Korea, while U17 Yemen will have to face U17 Iran.

In Group C, U17 Australia also followed U17 Saudi Arabia to participate in the round for the 8 best teams.

In the final match, U17 Australia won 2-0 against U17 Tajikistan, winning second place in Group C because U17 Saudi Arabia also won 3-0 against U17 China in the same match.

The opponents of U17 Saudi Arabia and U17 Australia in the quarter-finals will be determined after the final matches of Group D end.

The situation in Group D will theoretically be very hot when all 4 teams have a chance to win tickets to the next round, so the 2 matches between U17 Vietnam vs U17 Uzbekistan and U17 Japan vs U17 India promise to be very tense.

The two teams U17 Japan and U17 Uzbekistan are both on 4 points and only need a draw to advance.

On the other hand, U17 Vietnam is holding one point and must win against U17 Uzbekistan to have a chance to enter the quarter-finals.

According to AFC regulations, the first index considered when two teams have the same number of points will be the head-to-head record.

In the quarter-finals, the winning teams not only enter the U17 Asian semi-finals but also have a place in the U17 World Cup finals.