NANNING, China, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 2019 GREE China Cup International Football Championship will be held from March 21 to 25 in Nanning, capital city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The four-team tournament will feature national teams from Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Thailand and hosts China.

China will face Thailand in the tournament's opening match on March 21, and Uruguay will meet Uzbekistan the following day. The winners of the first two games will progress to the final on March 25.

"The China Cup is a great platform for China to play against top class teams, which will be good preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers later this year", said Qi Jun, vice secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

First run in 2017, the China Cup is an A-grade international event acknowledged by football's world governing body FIFA. Star players such as Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez have taken part in previous editions of the tournament.