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Across State Lines: Chhetri and India Qualify for AFC Asian Cup

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The COVID pandemic caused plenty of delays to international competitions over the past couple years, with one of those being qualification for the AFC Asian Cup coming in 2023. Because of the delays, the third round of qualifying was changed to just being hosted at one site and playing the three other teams just once with the top team automatically qualifying and five of the six second place teams also qualifying.