AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-23 Championship
Founded 2011 (2011)
Region Asia (AFC)
Number of teams 16
Current champions  Japan (1st title)
Most successful team(s)  Japan
 Iraq (1 title each)
2016 AFC U-23 Championship

The AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the AFC U-23 Asian Cup[1]) 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.[2][3]

The tournament is planned to be held every two years. The 2016 tournament doubled as the 2016 Olympic qualifiers, where the top 3 teams qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[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]

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2016 tournament was as follows:[7]

The host country will be rotated by regions: the region for the first tournament will be decided by draw.[7]

In addition, players who participated in a higher age group competition (this tournament and/or AFC U-19 Championship) are ineligible for participating in AFC U-16 Championship.[7]

Results

Year Host Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2013
Details		  Oman
Iraq		 1–0
Saudi Arabia
Jordan		 0–0
(3–2)
on penalties
South Korea
2016
Details		  Qatar
Japan		 3–2
South Korea
Iraq		 2–1 aet
Qatar
2018
Details		  China

Teams reaching the top four

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Iraq 1 (2013) – 1 (2016) –
 Japan 1 (2016) – – –
 South Korea – 1 (2016) – 1 (2013)
 Saudi Arabia – 1 (2013) – –
 Jordan – – 1 (2013) –
 Qatar – – – 1 (2016)

Participating countries

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

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter Finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts

All Time Results

Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
 Iraq 2121011219+1231
 South Korea 212732229+1324
 Japan 210721239+1423
 Jordan 210442137+616
 Saudi Arabia 294231413+114
 Qatar 164021310+312
 United Arab Emirates 2833277012
 Syria 27313910-110
 Australia 2731357-210
 Iran 27313121207
 Uzbekistan 26213610-47
 North Korea 27133910-16
 Oman 1310243+13
 Thailand 1302137-42
 Kuwait 1301214-31
 Vietnam 1300338-50
 China PR 26006614-80
 Myanmar 13003113-120
 Yemen 26006215-130

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fifteen sides storm to U-22 finals". Asian Football Confederation. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Call to improve AFC competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 27 July 2011. 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.
  5. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 (AC2019-June/July-version)" (PDF). AFC.
  6. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "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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