On the evening of October 27, the U17 Indonesia team faced U17 Australia in the final match of Group G of the 2025 U17 Asian qualifiers.
Before the third match, both U17 Indonesia and U17 Indonesia had 6 points after 2 wins against U17 Kuwait and U17 Northern Mariana Islands. Therefore, the result of the match between the two teams will decide the top position in the rankings, which is also a direct ticket to the final round.
In addition, due to the withdrawal of U17 Lebanon, Group H only has 3 teams, so when considering the results of the second-placed teams, groups with 4-5 teams must disregard the results of the bottom team in each group (not counted). The 5/10 second-placed teams with the best results will qualify for the next round.
Of course, U17 Australia and U17 Indonesia do not want to lose in the final match. Because if they lose, they will only have 6 points, then 3 points will be deducted (the result with the bottom team) when considering the performance of the second-placed teams and the risk of being eliminated is very high.
Therefore, a draw is considered the best result for both teams. This scenario is similar to that of U17 Vietnam and U17 Yemen in Group I of the 2024 AFC U17 Championship qualifiers.
During the 90 minutes of play, the team from the archipelago could not put the ball in the opponent's net despite having several clear opportunities. On the contrary, U17 Australia also did not score a goal despite having a better physical and technical force.
In the end, U17 Australia and U17 Indonesia tied 0-0, both with 7 points after 3 matches, but the kangaroo team ranked first in the table due to a better goal difference.
Meanwhile, U17 Indonesia also won the ticket to continue as one of the 5 second-placed teams with the best results, similar to U17 Vietnam (having the same 4 points after deducting the results with the bottom team).
