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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
File:AFC U-23 Asian Cup logo.svg
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2012 (as AFC U-22 Championship)
RegionAsia (including Australia)
Number of teams16
Current championsFile:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)File:Flag of Japan.svg 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 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman File:Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq
1–0 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
Saudi Arabia
File:Flag of Jordan.svg
Jordan
0–0 (a.e.t.) File:Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
2 2016 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar File:Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
3–2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
File:Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq
2–1 (a.e.t.) File:Flag of Qatar.svg
Qatar
3 2018 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
2–1 (a.e.t.) File:Flag of Vietnam.svg
Vietnam
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
Qatar
1–0 File:Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
4 2020 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
1–0 (a.e.t.) File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
Saudi Arabia
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
1–0 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
5 2022 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
Saudi Arabia
2–0 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
File:Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
3–0 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
6 2024 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar File:Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
1–0 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
File:Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq
2–1 (a.e.t.) File:Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia
7 2026 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Teams reaching the top four

Team Title(s) Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2 (2016, 2024) 1 (2022) 3
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 1 (2018) 2 (2022, 2024) 1 (2020) 4
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1 (2022) 2 (2013, 2020) 3
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 (2020) 1 (2016) 2 (2013, 2018) 4
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1 (2013) 2 (2016, 2024) 3
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 1 (2018) 1
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 1 (2018) 1 (2016) 2
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1 (2020) 1 (2022) 2
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1 (2013) 1
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg 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 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 6 32 21 6 5 52 28 +24 69
2 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6 29 19 4 6 52 25 +27 61
3 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 6 29 17 9 3 49 30 +19 60
4 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 6 30 17 4 9 56 24 +32 55
5 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 6 28 15 6 7 44 24 +20 51
6 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 5 22 11 7 4 35 32 +3 40
7 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 6 25 10 6 9 21 24 −3 36
8 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 6 23 6 10 7 24 23 +1 28
9 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 5 18 5 5 8 15 22 −7 20
10 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 5 20 4 7 9 22 29 −7 19
11 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 4 13 4 4 5 18 19 −1 16
12 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 4 14 4 4 6 14 18 −4 16
13 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 4 13 3 4 6 15 19 −4 13
14 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 5 16 3 4 9 18 27 −9 13
15 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
16 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 5 15 2 0 13 12 25 −13 6
17 File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 1 4 1 1 2 8 6 +2 4
18 File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
19 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 3 9 1 1 7 5 19 −14 4
20 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 3 10 1 1 8 6 22 −16 4
21 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 2 6 1 0 5 4 8 −4 3
22 File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 2 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3
23 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 1 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2
24 File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 1 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
25 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 2 6 0 0 6 2 15 −13 0

Champions by regions

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

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Teams File:Flag of Oman.svg
2013
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
2016
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
2018
File:Flag of Thailand.svg
2020
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
2022
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
2024
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
2026
Total
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia QF GS GS 3rd 4th GS 6
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain GS 1
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China GS GS GS GS × GS 5
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 4th 1
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran GS QF GS GS 4
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1st 3rd QF GS QF 3rd 6
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan QF 1st QF GS 3rd 1st 6
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 3rd QF GS QF GS GS 6
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait GS × GS GS 3
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia QF GS GS 3
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar GS 1
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea GS QF GS GS × × 4
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman GS GS 2
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine QF 1
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 4th 3rd GS GS QF 5
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2nd GS GS 2nd 1st QF Q 7
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4th 2nd 4th 1st QF QF 6
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria QF GS GS QF 4
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan GS GS 2
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand GS GS QF GS GS 5
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan QF 1
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates QF QF QF GS GS 5
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan GS GS 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 6
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam GS 2nd GS QF QF 5
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen GS GS × 2
Total 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Legend

Results at the Olympics (2016–present)

Nation File:Flag of Brazil.svg
2016
File:Flag of Japan.svg
2020
File:Flag of France.svg
2024
File:Flag of the United States.svg
2028
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2032
Years
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 12 Q 2
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 12 10 2
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 10 4 5 3
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 15 1
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 5 5 2
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 13 1

Awards

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

Winning coaches

Year Team Coach
2013 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq File:Flag of Iraq.svg Hakeem Shaker
2016 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Teguramori
2018 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Ravshan Khaydarov
2020 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hak-bum
2022 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saad Al-Shehri
2024 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg Go Oiwa

Results by federation

   — Hosts are from this federation

AFF

2013
File:Flag of Oman.svg
(16)
2016
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2018
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(16)
2020
File:Flag of Thailand.svg
(16)
2022
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
(16)
2024
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2026
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
(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 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg 1
3rd File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1
4th File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg File:Flag of Indonesia.svg 2

CAFA

2013
File:Flag of Oman.svg
(16)
2016
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2018
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(16)
2020
File:Flag of Thailand.svg
(16)
2022
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
(16)
2024
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2026
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
(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 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 1
2nd File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 2
3rd 0
4th File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 1

EAFF

2013
File:Flag of Oman.svg
(16)
2016
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2018
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(16)
2020
File:Flag of Thailand.svg
(16)
2022
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
(16)
2024
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2026
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
(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 File:Flag of Japan.svg File:Flag of South Korea.svg File:Flag of Japan.svg 3
2nd File:Flag of South Korea.svg 1
3rd File:Flag of Japan.svg 1
4th File:Flag of South Korea.svg File:Flag of South Korea.svg 2

SAFF

2013
File:Flag of Oman.svg
(16)
2016
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2018
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(16)
2020
File:Flag of Thailand.svg
(16)
2022
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
(16)
2024
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2026
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
(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
File:Flag of Oman.svg
(16)
2016
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2018
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(16)
2020
File:Flag of Thailand.svg
(16)
2022
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
(16)
2024
File:Flag of Qatar.svg
(16)
2026
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
(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 File:Flag of Iraq.svg File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2
2nd File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2
3rd File:Flag of Jordan.svg File:Flag of Iraq.svg File:Flag of Qatar.svg File:Flag of Iraq.svg 4
4th File:Flag of Qatar.svg 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.
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