2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates15 April – 3 May 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021),[1] the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held from 15 April to 3 May 2024.[2]

The tournament will act as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in France as the AFC representatives while the fourth-best team will play an AFC–CAF play-off match for qualification.[3] A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.[4] Saudi Arabia are the defending champions.

Host selection

Qatar was selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee on 30 September 2022.[5] This marks as the second time that Qatar will be hosting this competition, the first in 2016.

Qualification

Qualification matches were played between 6 and 12 September 2023.[6]

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Last appearance Appearance Previous best performance
 QatarHosts 20225thThird place (2018)
 JordanGroup A winners 20226thThird place (2013)
 South KoreaGroup B winners 20226thChampions (2020)
 VietnamGroup C winners 20225thRunners-up (2018)
 JapanGroup D winners 20226thChampions (2016)
 UzbekistanGroup E winners 20226thChampions (2018)
 IraqGroup F winners 20226thChampions (2013)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup G winners 20225thQuarter-finals (2013, 2016, 2020)
 ThailandGroup H winners 20225thQuarter-finals (2020)
 AustraliaGroup I winners 20226thThird place (2020)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup J winners 20226thChampions (2022)
 IndonesiaGroup K winners —1stDebut
 KuwaitBest runners-up 20223rdGroup stage (2013, 2022)
 Tajikistan2nd Best runners-up 20222ndGroup stage (2022)
 China3rd Best runners-up 20205thGroup stage (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Malaysia4th Best runners-up 20223rdQuarter-finals (2018)

Venues

Al Rayyan Al Rayyan
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Khalifa International Stadium
Capacity: 15.000 Capacity: 45,857
Doha Al Wakrah
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Saoud bin Abduhralman Stadium
Capacity: 10.000 Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw took place at the Wyndham Doha West Bay in Doha on 23 November 2023 at 12:00 AST (UTC+3).[7]

The 16 teams were into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. As hosts, Qatar were ranked as the top seeded team.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, including a minimum three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).[4]

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 15 April 2024. Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Qatar v Indonesia
Australia v Jordan
Jordan v Qatar
Indonesia v Australia
Qatar v Australia
Jordan v Indonesia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 16 April 2024. Source: AFC
Japan v China
South Korea v United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates v Japan
China v South Korea
United Arab Emirates v China
Japan v South Korea

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 16 April 2024. Source: AFC
Saudi Arabia v Tajikistan
Iraq v Thailand
Tajikistan v Iraq
Thailand v Saudi Arabia
Thailand v Tajikistan
Saudi Arabia v Iraq

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 17 April 2024. Source: AFC
Uzbekistan v Malaysia
Vietnam v Kuwait
Kuwait v Uzbekistan
Malaysia v Vietnam
Kuwait v Malaysia
Uzbekistan v Vietnam

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 25 April - Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
 
 A1
 
 29 April - Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
 B2
 
 
 
 26 April - Al Wakrah
 
 
 
 C1
 
 3 May - Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
 D2
 
 
 
 25 April - Doha
 
 
 
 B1
 
 29 April - Doha
 
 A2
 
 
 
 26 April - Al Rayyan (Khalifa)
 
 Third place play-off
 
 D1
 
 2 May - Doha
 
 C2
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A
Winner Group CvRunner-up Group D
Winner Group DvRunner-up Group C

Semi-finals

Winners will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Winner Match 25vWinner Match 27
Winner Match 26vWinner Match 28

Third place play-off

The winner will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The loser will advance to the AFC–CAF play-off match.

Loser Match 29vLoser Match 30

Final

Winner Match 29vWinner Match 30

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
TBD29 April 2024
TBD29 April 2024
TBD2 May 2024
  1. ↑ Italic indicates hosts for that year

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. ↑ @theaseanfootball (17 April 2023). "Qatar 2024 Qualifiers - Seeding Pots". Retrieved 14 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ Neto, Virgílio Franceschi (1 July 2022). "How to qualify for football at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ↑ "Qatar recommended as host for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024". the-AFC. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Asian Football Calendar (Aug 2023 – Jul 2024)". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "#AFCU23 Qatar 2024 cast set for Final Draw". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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