AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
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Founded2012 (as AFC U-22 Championship)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Number of teams16
Current champions South Korea
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Iraq
 Japan
 South Korea
 Uzbekistan
(1 title each)
2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is an international football tournament held by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The first edition was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.[1][2][3]

The tournament is held every two years. The Olympic year tournaments, such in 2016 and 2020, are doubled as the Olympic's AFC qualifiers, from which the top 3 teams qualified to its football tournament.[2] The 2016 edition took place in January 2016.[4][5] The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".[6]

From 2021, the tournament is rebranded as the "AFC U-23 Asian Cup".[7]

Format[]

The overview of the competition format in the 2016 tournament was as follows:[8]

  • 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
  • Teams were seeded by the result of 2013 AFC U-22 Championship.
  • The tournament was held in 18 days.
  • 3 or 4 stadiums in at most 2 cities were needed to host the tournament.

In addition, players would be ineligible for participating in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup if they participated in a higher age group competition (this tournament or the AFC U-20 Asian Cup), though in reality it is rarely enforced.[8]

Results[]

Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2013  Oman
Iraq 		1–0
Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Saudi Arabia
Jordan 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb
South Korea
2 2016  Qatar
Japan 		3–2
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
South Korea
Iraq 		2–1 (a.e.t.)
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Qatar
3 2018  China
Uzbekistan 		2–1 (a.e.t.)
Changzhou Sports Centre, Changzhou
Vietnam
Qatar 		1–0
Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan
South Korea
4 2020  Thailand
South Korea 		1–0 (a.e.t.)
Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Saudi Arabia
Australia 		1–0
Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Uzbekistan
5 2022  Uzbekistan

Teams reaching the top four[]

Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total (Top 4)
 South Korea 1 (2020) 1 (2016) – 2 (2013, 2018) 4
 Iraq 1 (2013) – 1 (2016) – 2
 Uzbekistan 1 (2018) – – 1 (2020) 2
 Japan 1 (2016) – – – 1
 Saudi Arabia – 2 (2013, 2020) – – 2
 Vietnam – 1 (2018) – – 1
 Qatar – – 1 (2018) 1 (2016)* 2
 Jordan – – 1 (2013) – 1
 Australia – – 1 (2020) 1

(*) Host

Champions by regions[]

Regional federation Champion(s) Title(s)
EAFF (East Asia) Japan Japan (1)
South Korea South Korea (1) 		2
CAFA (Central Asia) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (1) 1
WAFF (West Asia) Iraq Iraq (1) 1
AFF (Southeast Asia) N/A 0
SAFF (South Asia) N/A 0

Participating teams[]

Teams
2013
2016
2018
2020
2022		 Total
 Australia QF GS GS 3rd q 5
 Bahrain • • • GS • 1
 China PR GS GS GS GS × 4
 Iran GS QF • GS q 4
 Iraq 1st 3rd QF GS q 5
 Japan QF 1st QF GS q 5
 Jordan 3rd QF GS QF q 5
 Kuwait GS • × • q 2
 Malaysia • • QF • q 2
 Myanmar GS • • • • 1
 North Korea GS QF GS GS × 4
 Oman GS • GS • • 2
 Palestine • • QF • • 1
 Qatar • 4th 3rd GS q 4
 Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 2nd q 5
 South Korea 4th 2nd 4th 1st q 5
 Syria QF GS GS QF • 4
 Tajikistan • • • • q 1
 Thailand • GS GS QF q 4
 Turkmenistan • • • • q 1
 United Arab Emirates QF QF • QF q 4
 Uzbekistan GS GS 1st 4th q 5
 Vietnam • GS 2nd GS q 4
 Yemen GS GS × • • 2
Total 16 16 16 16 16
Legend

Awards[]

Tournament Most Valuable Player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Best goalkeeper Fair play award
2013
 Iraq Amjad Kalaf Iran Kaveh Rezaei 5 Not awarded Not awarded
2016
 Japan Shoya Nakajima Qatar Ahmed Alaa 6  Japan
2018
 Uzbekistan Odiljon Hamrobekov Qatar Almoez Ali 6  Vietnam
2020
 South Korea Won Du-jae Thailand Jaroensak Wonggorn 3 South Korea Song Bum-keun  Saudi Arabia

Winning coaches[]

Year Team Coach
2013  Iraq Iraq Hakeem Shaker
2016  Japan Japan Makoto Teguramori
2018  Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Ravshan Khaydarov
2020  South Korea South Korea Kim Hak-bum

All-time results[]

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 4 24 16 4 4 40 21 +19 52
2  Iraq 4 19 12 6 1 33 17 +16 42
3  Japan 4 17 10 3 4 31 19 +12 33
4  Qatar 3 15 9 4 2 26 18 +8 31
5  Uzbekistan 4 18 9 2 7 30 19 +11 29
6  Saudi Arabia 4 18 8 5 5 21 18 +3 29
7  Australia 4 16 7 3 6 16 17 −1 24
8  Jordan 4 17 5 8 4 20 15 +5 23
9  United Arab Emirates 3 12 4 5 3 11 13 −2 17
10  Syria 4 14 4 4 6 14 18 −4 16
11  Iran 3 10 4 2 4 15 15 0 14
12  North Korea 4 13 3 4 6 15 19 −4 13
13  Vietnam 3 12 1 5 6 12 19 −7 8
14  Thailand 3 10 1 3 6 11 18 −7 6
15  Palestine 1 4 1 1 2 8 6 +2 4
16  Malaysia 1 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
17  Oman 2 6 1 0 5 4 8 −4 3
18  China PR 4 12 1 0 11 10 21 −11 3
19  Bahrain 1 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2
20  Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
21  Myanmar 1 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
22  Yemen 2 6 0 0 6 2 15 −13 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fifteen sides storm to U-22 finals". Asian Football Confederation. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Call to improve AFC competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  4. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 (AC2019-Jan-version)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29.
  5. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 (AC2019-June/July-version)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29.
  6. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  7. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  8. ^ a b "AFC announces key competition decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

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