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AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2012 (as AFC U-22 Championship)
RegionAsia (including Australia)
Number of teams16
Current champions Japan (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Japan (2 titles)

The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. Each edition of the tournament that is in an even year is linked to the qualification process for the Olympic Games, whereby the top three teams in the tournament qualify directly and the fourth-placed team may enter an intercontinental play-off match depending on the slot allocations.

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] In 2016 the tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".[4] The tournament was rebranded as the "AFC U-23 Asian Cup" in 2021.[5]

In July 2023, the AFC announced that each non-Olympic edition of the tournament would be hosted by the same association hosting the next AFC Asian Cup.[6] However, on 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the tournament will be held quadrennially from 2028, effectively discontinued the non-Olympic qualifiers’ editions from 2030.[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

Tournament names
  • 2013: AFC U-22 Championship
  • 2016–2020: AFC U-23 Championship
  • 2022–present: AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Edition Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2013  Oman
Iraq 		1–0
Saudi Arabia
Jordan 		0–0 (a.e.t.)
South Korea
2 2016  Qatar
Japan 		3–2
South Korea
Iraq 		2–1 (a.e.t.)
Qatar
3 2018  China
Uzbekistan 		2–1 (a.e.t.)
Vietnam
Qatar 		1–0
South Korea
4 2020  Thailand
South Korea 		1–0 (a.e.t.)
Saudi Arabia
Australia 		1–0
Uzbekistan
5 2022  Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia 		2–0
Uzbekistan
Japan 		3–0
Australia
6 2024  Qatar
Japan 		1–0
Uzbekistan
Iraq 		2–1 (a.e.t.)
Indonesia
7 2026  Saudi Arabia TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Teams reaching the top four

Team Title(s) Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 Japan 2 (2016, 2024) – 1 (2022) – 3
 Uzbekistan 1 (2018) 2 (2022, 2024) – 1 (2020) 4
 Saudi Arabia 1 (2022) 2 (2013, 2020) – – 3
 South Korea 1 (2020) 1 (2016) – 2 (2013, 2018) 4
 Iraq 1 (2013) – 2 (2016, 2024) – 3
 Vietnam – 1 (2018) – – 1
 Qatar – – 1 (2018) 1 (2016) 2
 Australia – – 1 (2020) 1 (2022) 2
 Jordan – – 1 (2013) – 1
 Indonesia – – – 1 (2024) 1
  • Results from host teams shown in bold

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Point(s)
1  South Korea 6 32 21 6 5 52 28 +24 69
2  Japan 6 29 19 4 6 52 25 +27 61
3  Iraq 6 29 17 9 3 49 30 +19 60
4  Uzbekistan 6 30 17 4 9 56 24 +32 55
5  Saudi Arabia 6 28 15 6 7 44 24 +20 51
6  Qatar 5 22 11 7 4 35 32 +3 40
7  Australia 6 25 10 6 9 21 24 −3 36
8  Jordan 6 23 6 10 7 24 23 +1 28
9  United Arab Emirates 5 18 5 5 8 15 22 −7 20
10  Vietnam 5 20 4 7 9 22 29 −7 19
11  Iran 4 13 4 4 5 18 19 −1 16
12  Syria 4 14 4 4 6 14 18 −4 16
13  North Korea 4 13 3 4 6 15 19 −4 13
14  Thailand 5 16 3 4 9 18 27 −9 13
15  Indonesia 1 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
16  China 5 15 2 0 13 12 25 −13 6
17  Palestine 1 4 1 1 2 8 6 +2 4
18  Turkmenistan 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
19  Kuwait 3 9 1 1 7 5 19 −14 4
20  Malaysia 3 10 1 1 8 6 22 −16 4
21  Oman 2 6 1 0 5 4 8 −4 3
22  Tajikistan 2 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3
23  Bahrain 1 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2
24  Myanmar 1 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
25  Yemen 2 6 0 0 6 2 15 −13 0

Champions by regions

Regional federation Champion(s) Title(s)
EAFF (East Asia) Japan Japan (2)
South Korea South Korea (1) 		3
WAFF (West Asia) Iraq Iraq (1)
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (1) 		2
CAFA (Central Asia) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (1) 1
AFF (Southeast Asia) – 0
SAFF (South Asia) – 0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Teams
2013
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026		 Total
 Australia QF GS GS 3rd 4th GS 6
 Bahrain • • • GS • • 1
 China GS GS GS GS × GS 5
 Indonesia • • • • • 4th 1
 Iran GS QF • GS GS • 4
 Iraq 1st 3rd QF GS QF 3rd 6
 Japan QF 1st QF GS 3rd 1st 6
 Jordan 3rd QF GS QF GS GS 6
 Kuwait GS • × • GS GS 3
 Malaysia • • QF • GS GS 3
 Myanmar GS • • • • • 1
 North Korea GS QF GS GS × × 4
 Oman GS • GS • • • 2
 Palestine • • QF • • • 1
 Qatar • 4th 3rd GS GS QF 5
 Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 2nd 1st QF Q 7
 South Korea 4th 2nd 4th 1st QF QF 6
 Syria QF GS GS QF • • 4
 Tajikistan • • • • GS GS 2
 Thailand • GS GS QF GS GS 5
 Turkmenistan • • • • QF • 1
 United Arab Emirates QF QF • QF GS GS 5
 Uzbekistan GS GS 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 6
 Vietnam • GS 2nd GS QF QF 5
 Yemen GS GS × • • • 2
Total 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Legend

Results at the Olympics (2016–present)

Nation Brazil
2016 		Japan
2020 		France
2024 		United States
2028 		Australia
2032 		Years
 Australia – 12 – Q 2
 Iraq 12 – 10 2
 Japan 10 4 5 3
 Saudi Arabia – 15 – 1
 South Korea 5 5 – 2
 Uzbekistan – – 13 1

Awards

Tournament Most Valuable Player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Best goalkeeper Fair play award
2013
 Iraq Amjad Kalaf Iran Kaveh Rezaei 5 Not awarded  South Korea
2016
 Japan Shoya Nakajima Qatar Ahmed Alaa 6  Japan
2018
 Uzbekistan Odiljon Hamrobekov Qatar Almoez Ali  Vietnam
2020
 South Korea Won Du-jae Thailand Jaroensak Wonggorn 3 South Korea Song Bum-keun  Saudi Arabia
2022
 Saudi Arabia Ayman Yahya South Korea Cho Young-wook Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Aqidi
2024
 Japan Joel Chima Fujita Iraq Ali Jasim 4 Uzbekistan Abduvohid Nematov  Uzbekistan

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
2022  Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Shehri
2024  Japan Japan Go Oiwa

Results by federation

   — Hosts are from this federation

AFF

2013
Oman
(16) 		2016
Qatar
(16) 		2018
China
(16) 		2020
Thailand
(16) 		2022
Uzbekistan
(16) 		2024
Qatar
(16) 		2026
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		Total
Teams 2 3 4 3 4 5 21
Top 8 1 0 2 2 2 2 9
Top 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Top 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1st 0
2nd Vietnam 1
3rd Australia 1
4th Australia Indonesia 2

CAFA

2013
Oman
(16) 		2016
Qatar
(16) 		2018
China
(16) 		2020
Thailand
(16) 		2022
Uzbekistan
(16) 		2024
Qatar
(16) 		2026
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		Total
Teams 2 2 1 2 4 2 13
Top 8 0 1 1 1 2 1 6
Top 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Top 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
1st Uzbekistan 1
2nd Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2
3rd 0
4th Uzbekistan 1

EAFF

2013
Oman
(16) 		2016
Qatar
(16) 		2018
China
(16) 		2020
Thailand
(16) 		2022
Uzbekistan
(16) 		2024
Qatar
(16) 		2026
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		Total
Teams 4 4 4 4 2 3 21
Top 8 2 3 2 1 2 2 12
Top 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
Top 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
1st Japan South Korea Japan 3
2nd South Korea 1
3rd Japan 1
4th South Korea South Korea 2

SAFF

2013
Oman
(16) 		2016
Qatar
(16) 		2018
China
(16) 		2020
Thailand
(16) 		2022
Uzbekistan
(16) 		2024
Qatar
(16) 		2026
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		Total
Teams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st 0
2nd 0
3rd 0
4th 0

WAFF

2013
Oman
(16) 		2016
Qatar
(16) 		2018
China
(16) 		2020
Thailand
(16) 		2022
Uzbekistan
(16) 		2024
Qatar
(16) 		2026
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		Total
Teams 8 7 7 7 6 6 41
Top 8 5 4 3 4 2 3 21
Top 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 9
Top 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
1st Iraq Saudi Arabia 2
2nd Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2
3rd Jordan Iraq Qatar Iraq 4
4th Qatar 1

See also

References

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  2. ^ "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.
  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 Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  5. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  6. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Pivotal reforms approved by AFC Competitions Committee". Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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