AFC Asian Cup: Asian Cup qualifying match will be held between India and Hong Kong, the big match will be held in Kochi on March 31.

New Delhi: The Indian men’s football team will play its final match of the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 qualifiers against Hong Kong on March 31 in Kochi. India is already out of the race for a place in the AFC Asian Cup 2027. Now they will aim to end their qualifying campaign with a win.

The Hong Kong team is also out of the race to qualify. This match may be a mere formality in the context of the qualifiers, but the importance of this match remains because of the FIFA ranking points at stake. India will play its third match of qualifying at home.

Earlier, he had played matches against Bangladesh in Shillong in March last year and against Singapore in Margao in October. This will be the first time in 10 years that the Indian team will play a match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. Before this, they last faced Turkmenistan in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at this ground in March 2016.