2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored76 (2.71 per match)
Attendance95,592 (3,414 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Ali Jasim
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Radif
Saudi Arabia Aiman Yahya
South Korea Lee Young-jun
(3 goals each)
← 2022
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 26 April 2024.

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup is 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 is being held from 15 April to 3 May 2024.[2]

The tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France. The top three teams of the tournament qualify for the Olympics as the AFC representatives, while the fourth-best team will enter a single-elimination AFC–CAF play-off match.[3] A total of 16 teams are competing in the tournament.[4]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals.

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 is hosting this competition, the first in 2016.

Qualification

Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

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

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Last appearance Appearance Previous best performance
 Qatar Hosts 2022 5th Third place (2018)
 Jordan Group A winners 2022 6th Third place (2013)
 South Korea Group B winners 2022 6th Champions (2020)
 Vietnam Group C winners 2022 5th Runners-up (2018)
 Japan Group D winners 2022 6th Champions (2016)
 Uzbekistan Group E winners 2022 6th Champions (2018)
 Iraq Group F winners 2022 6th Champions (2013)
 United Arab Emirates Group G winners 2022 5th Quarter-finals (2013, 2016, 2020)
 Thailand Group H winners 2022 5th Quarter-finals (2020)
 Australia Group I winners 2022 6th Third place (2020)
 Saudi Arabia Group J winners 2022 6th Champions (2022)
 Indonesia Group K winners — 1st Debut
 Kuwait Best runners-up 2022 3rd Group stage (2013, 2022)
 Tajikistan 2nd Best runners-up 2022 2nd Group stage (2022)
 China 3rd Best runners-up 2020 5th Group stage (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Malaysia 4th Best runners-up 2022 3rd Quarter-finals (2018)

Venues

Four stadiums are being used, which were also used in the previous 2023 AFC Asian Cup in January and February 2024.

Al Rayyan
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Khalifa International Stadium
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 45,857
Doha Al Wakrah
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 44,325

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 placed into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[8] As hosts, Qatar were ranked as the top seeded team.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials

The following referees and assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. Video assistant referees were used in this tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees
  • Australia Joanna Charaktis
  • Australia George Lakrindis
  • China Guo Jingtao
  • China Luo Zheng
  • Iran Saeid Ghasemi
  • Iran Alireza Ildorom
  • Japan Takeshi Asada
  • Japan Kota Watanabe
  • Jordan Ahmad Muhsen
  • Jordan Ayman Obeidat
  • South Korea Bang Gi-yeol
  • Kuwait Ali Jraq
  • Kyrgyzstan Ramina Tsoi
  • Lebanon Ali Fakih
  • Qatar Faisal Al-Shammari
  • Qatar Zahy Al-Shammari
  • Saudi Arabia Omar Al-Jamal
  • Saudi Arabia Hesham Al-Refaei
  • Singapore Abdul Hannan Bin Abdul Hasim
  • Syria Mohamad Kazzaz
  • Tajikistan Vafo Karaev
  • Tajikistan Hasan Karimov
  • Thailand Rawut Nakarit
  • United Arab Emirates Yaser Al-Murshidi
  • Uzbekistan Sanjar Shayusupov
  • Uzbekistan Alisher Usmanov

Squads

Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team registered a squad of 18 to 23 players, including a minimum of 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).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Indonesia 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Australia 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4  Jordan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Australia 0–0 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Qatar 2–0 Indonesia
 Report
Attendance: 8,867
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
Indonesia 1–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 2,925
Jordan 1–2 Qatar
 Report
Attendance: 8,132
Qatar 0–0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
Jordan 1–4 Indonesia
 Report
Attendance: 5,632
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  China 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: AFC
Japan 1–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 390
South Korea 1–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Attendance: 378
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
China 0–2 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 1,398
Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari (Qatar)
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Japan
Report
Attendance: 2,097
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
United Arab Emirates 1–2 China
 Report
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Japan 0–1 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 2,683

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6[a] Knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6[a]
3  Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Iraq 3, Saudi Arabia 0.
Iraq 0–2 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 854
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
Saudi Arabia 4–2 Tajikistan
 Report
Attendance: 534
Thailand 0–5 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Tajikistan 2–4 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 4,273
Thailand 0–1 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 1,498
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
Saudi Arabia 1–2 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Kuwait 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: AFC
Uzbekistan 2–0 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan)
Vietnam 3–1 Kuwait
 Report
Attendance: 394
Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Malaysia 0–2 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 2,456
Kuwait 0–5 Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Kuwait 2–1 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 3,064
Referee: Alex King (Australia)
Uzbekistan 3–0 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 25 April – Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
 
  Qatar2
 
 29 April – Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
  Japan (a.e.t.) 4
 
  Japan
 
 26 April – Al Wakrah
 
  Iraq
 
  Iraq 1
 
 3 May – Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
  Vietnam 0
 
 
 
 25 April – Doha
 
 
 
  South Korea 2 (10)
 
 29 April – Doha
 
  Indonesia (p) 2 (11)
 
  Indonesia
 
 26 April – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)
 
  Uzbekistan Third place play-off
 
  Uzbekistan 2
 
 2 May – Doha
 
  Saudi Arabia 0
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Qatar 2–4 (a.e.t.) Japan
 Report
Attendance: 9,573
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
South Korea 2–2 (a.e.t.) Indonesia
 Report
Penalties
 10–11
Attendance: 9,105
Uzbekistan 2–0 Saudi Arabia
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan)
Iraq 1–0 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 3,182

Semi-finals

Winners will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Indonesia v Uzbekistan
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Japan v Iraq

Third place play-off

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

Loser Match 29vLoser Match 30

Final

Winner Match 29vWinner Match 30

Broadcasting rights

Territory Broadcasters Ref.
 Australia Paramount+ [10]
 Indonesia MNC Media [11]
 Iraq 4th Sports [12]
 Japan DAZN, NHK General TV, TV Asahi [13]
 Malaysia Astro [14]
 Saudi Arabia SSC, Shahid [15][16]
 South Korea tvN Sports [17]
 Uzbekistan MTRK SportTV [18]
 Vietnam VTV, FPT [19]

Goalscorers

There have been 76 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match (as of 26 April 2024). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tournament team rankings

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.[20]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runners-up
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fourth place
5  South Korea 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10 Eliminated in
quarter-finals[a]
6  Vietnam 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6
7  Qatar (H) 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
8  Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 10 6 +4 6
9  China 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Eliminated in
group stage[b]
10  Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
11  Kuwait 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
12  Australia 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
13  Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
14  Jordan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
15  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
16  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
  1. ^ For the 5th to 8th place, teams are ranked in descending order as follows: goal difference in the quarter-finals, goals scored in the quarter-finals and the procedure used same as the teams eliminated in the group stage.[20]
  2. ^ For the 9th to 16th place, teams are ranked in descending order as follows: position in the group stage, points in all group matches, goal difference in all group matches, goals scored in all group matches, disciplinary points in all group matches and drawing of lots.[20]

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following three teams from the AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics1
TBD Finalist 29 April 2024
TBD Finalist 29 April 2024
TBD Third place play-off winner 2 May 2024
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Controversies

Matches

Opening Match: Qatar vs Indonesia

The opening match of AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Group A, Qatar vs Indonesia, faced numerous backlashes due to controversial refereeing decisions from Tajikistan referee, Nasrullo Kabirov. The Indonesia U-23 national football team accuses Kabirov of being biased towards Qatar, with Qatar receiving favourable decisions, while Indonesia repeatedly scrutinized by Kadirov which leads to red cards for Ivar Jenner and Ramadhan Sananta.[21]

Qatar took the lead in the first half with Khalid Ali Sabah scoring in the 45+1 minute through a penalty kick awarded by the referee for a foul committed by Indonesian defender Rizky Ridho against Qatari player Mahdi Salem.[22] Initially, the referee awarded a free kick to Indonesia, but after consulting VAR, he ruled in favor of Qatar, leading to protests from the Indonesian players.[22] Sabah converted the penalty, beating goalkeeper Ernando.[22]

Ramadhan Sananta was also shown a direct red card during the match. Initially, the referee had issued a yellow card, but after a VAR review, he upgraded it to a red card during injury time.[22]

Indonesian national football team head coach Shin Tae-yong expressed his outrage over the poor refereeing decisions:

Congratulations to Qatar. The players did their best to deliver a good performance, especially considering we were down in numbers and didn't give up easily. However, many of the referee's decisions throughout the game, if you look at them, it's not a football match, it's a comedy show and highly exaggerated. I can't say anything about the players who received red cards, I'm speechless. Football shouldn't be played like this. On our first red card, there was no contact at all. Why did they use VAR in situations like this?[22]

Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has also sent a protest letter to AFC due to controversial decisions from referee Nasrullo Kabirov. The president of PSSI, Erick Thohir, confirmed this.[23]

Jordan vs Qatar

Sivakorn Pu-udom, the Thai referee who officiated the match, was highlighted due to the controversies on second-half injury time. The injury time was only supposed to last 10 minutes. However, until the 100th (90+10') minute, he had not stopped the match, even when entering the 103th (90+13') minute, in which Mohammad Naceur Al Mannai scored Qatar's second goal. Then, in the process of the goal, there was actually an incident where a Qatari player pulled a Jordanian player down. VAR had intervened, but Pu-Udom was reluctant to look directly through the television screen on the side of the field. Pu-udom then decided to immediately legalize the goal, which led to Jordan's defeat and, ultimately, resulted in Jordan's worst ever U-23 Asian Cup performance.[24]

See also

References

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  13. ^ "TV放送" [TV broadcasting]. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Piala Asia B-23: Info Siaran Langsung Uzbekistan vs Malaysia (Live Streaming)" (in Malay). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  15. ^ "كأس آسيا تحت 23 عاما على قنوات SSC وشاهد" [U-23 Asia Cup on SSC and Shahid]. Koora (in Arabic). 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  16. ^ https://www.theafc.com/en/more/afc_news/news/afc_enters_into_landmark_agreement_with_saudi_sports_company.html
  17. ^ Gu, Ja-yoon (3 April 2024). "tvN·tvN SPORTS, '2024 AFC U23 아시안컵 카타르' 대회 생중계". Financial News (in Korean). Retrieved 16 April 2024 – via Naver.
  18. ^ Zohid Karimov [@ZohidKarimov] (April 15, 2024). "U-23 Asian Cup 2024 va Futsal Asian Cup 2024 musobaqalarini Sport TV da kuzating" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ Tuoi Tre Online (5 April 2024). "Xem U23 Việt Nam thi đấu tại Giải U23 châu Á 2024 trên kênh nào?". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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  21. ^ Cokorda Krishna Sadana (16 April 2024). "Poor Officiating Infuriates Indonesia in U-23 Asian Cup Opening Day Defeat". Football Tribe Asia. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  22. ^ a b c d e "Coach Shin Tae-yong Voices Outrage Over Referee Decisions After Indonesia's Defeat to Qatar". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  23. ^ Zilky, Ahmad; Dennys, Ferril (2024-04-16). "Piala Asia U23 2024, Timnas Indonesia Protes ke AFC Usai Wasit Kontroversial". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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