The Football Association said on Thursday that the SAR has withdrawn from the Asian Football Confederation's e-Asian Cup because its gaming application had been unable to correctly display "Hong Kong, China" as the team's name.

In a brief statement, the association said it learned of the issue on Monday, but was unable to resolve the problem.

“Upon days of negotiation with the organiser, no satisfactory solution could be found to resolve the issue,” it said in the statement.

“As such, based on the guidelines and advice from the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, we have informed AFC our decision to withdraw from the AFC eAsian Cup 2023.”

Hong Kong was originally one of 20 teams to take part in the five-day event.