Nepal National U-23 Team coach Bal Gopal Maharjan is optimistic that his team will play good game against strong teams to grind out good results in AFC U23 Championship Thailand 2020 Qualifiers which will kick off on Friday.

Nepal is grouped with hosts Qatar, Oman and Afghanistan in group A.

Nepal U23 will open account of AFC U23 Championship Thailand 2020 Qualifiers taking on Oman tomorrow at Aspire 4, Doha Sports City at 5 PM local time.

Speaking at the pre-tournament conference, coach Maharjan said,"Qatar, Oman are superior than us in FIFA ranking, infrastructure, performance and in all aspects but we will give our cent percent to bring good result.

"We could not have enough preparation due to players' busy schedule in domestic knock-out tournaments."

He told that it would be difficult task for him to choose best playing eleven.

"All players are delivering best of the best in training sessions. Its very difficult for me to choose the best eleven."

This is the first time Nepal U23 is playing against Oman U23. Out of 10 meetings of senior sides, Nepal hasn't won a single match.

The 11 group winners and four best second-placed teams along with host Thailand will qualify for the finals to be held on January 2020 out of 43 teams taking part in the qualifiers. It will also serve as the qualifying round for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The teams were divided into two zones of WEST (West + South + Central) with 23 sides, and EAST (East + ASEAN) with 20 teams.