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With international stars such as Arsenal and Brighton's England stars Takehiro Tomiboshi and Kaoru Mituto, as well as Real Sociedad's Spanish midfielder Takefou Kubo, Japan's national team is on track to be named the most expensive team to compete in the AFC 2023 Among the best. Asian Cup.

The 18th edition of this prestigious continental championship will be held in Qatar from January 12 to February 10.

The “Samurai” team's market value exceeds 316 million euros, the South Korean team ranks second with 193 million euros, the UAE team ranks among the top five with 32 million euros, and the Qatar team's market value ranks among the top five. The prize money for the last championship team was close to 16 million euros.

List of the 24 teams with the highest market value in the 2023 Asian Cup:

• Japan (26 players): 316.95 million euros.
• South Korea (26 players): 193 million euros.
• Iran (26 players): 51.58 million euros.
• Australia (26 players): 40.9 million euros.
• UAE (26 players): 32.05 million euros.
• Uzbekistan (26 players): 26.15 million euros.
• Saudi Arabia (26 players): 23.3 million euros.

📊Team Values ​​for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup

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📉Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 and Hong Kong🇭🇰 are the two teams with the lowest team value (€6.25 million)

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Teams with a market value below €20 million:

• Syria (26 players): 16.53 million euros.
• Qatar (26 players): 15.9 million euros.
• Jordan (26 players): 13.13 million euros.
• Iraq (26 players): 11.63 million euros.
• China (26 players): 11.33 million euros.

Teams with a market value below €10 million:

• Bahrain (26 players): 9.68 million euros.
• Thailand (26 players): 8.93 million euros.
• Indonesia (26 players): 8.7 million euros.
• Oman (26 players): 7.5 million euros.
• Lebanon (26 players): 7.43 million euros.
• Tajikistan (26 players): 7.33 million euros.

Teams with a market value below €7 million:

• Malaysia (26 players): 6.73 million euros.
• India (26 players): 6.53 million euros.
• Palestine (26 players): 6.5 million euros.
• Vietnam (26 players): 6.33 million euros.
• Hong Kong (26 players): 6.25 million euros.
• Kyrgyzstan (27 years): 6.25 million euros.