The UAE Olympic football team have qualified for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup finals, which will be held in Saudi Arabia next year.
This came despite today's 3-2 loss to Iran at Al Nahyan Stadium in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for Group 9.
The Iranian team raised its total to a full 9 points at the top of the group, while the UAE come second with 6 points, qualifying as one of the top four second-place teams.
The first-place teams from all 11 groups, along with the four best second-place teams, qualify for the finals, joining the host team, Saudi Arabia.

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