25th October News - The lineup for the U16 Chinese national team vs. Maldives in the third round of Group C of the 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup qualifiers has been announced. Coach made multiple changes to the starting lineup, with Abby on the bench.

U16 China Starting Lineup: No. 1 Leo, No. 3 Wen Zhanlin, No. 15 Li Qitao, No. 17 Li Junpeng, No. 11 Wang Yi, No. 23 Liu Binglin, No. 6 Chen Zifan, No. 21 Zhang Chengrui, No. 16 Yang Qiandong, No. 18 Li Xiang, No. 20 Lai Jiantao

U16 China Bench: No. 13 Yihesan, No. 2 Jiang Zhiqin, No. 4 Aliniazar, No. 5 Sun Tianyu, No. 7 Bunia Ming, No. 8 Liu Jiale, No. 9 Wei Xiangxin, No. 10 Abby, No. 12 Wang Gengrui, No. 14 Yao Junyu, No. 19 Yan Yuzhe, No. 22 Bian Yulang

In the previous two matches, the U16 Chinese national team defeated Bahrain 2-0 and Bhutan 6-0. After this match, they will face a life-or-death battle against South Korea on October 27th, competing for the first place in the group.

According to the competition rules, the top team from each of the 10 groups will directly advance, and the five best second-place teams will also qualify. Due to Lebanon's withdrawal from the competition, there have been changes to the qualifying rules. If the U16 Chinese national team becomes the second-place team in the group, the goal difference will not be calculated based on the results against the fourth and fifth-placed teams in the same group.