2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Jordan (Group A) South Korea (Group B) Vietnam (Group C) Bahrain (Group D) Uzbekistan (Group E) Kuwait (Group F) China (Group G) Thailand (Group H) Tajikistan (Group I) Saudi Arabia (Group J) Indonesia (Group K) |
Dates | 6 September – 12 September 2023[1] |
Teams | 43 (eligible) (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 14 (in 11 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 57 |
Goals scored | 215 (3.77 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (6 goals) |
The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament,[2] including Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]
Format changes
[edit]The AFC Executive Committee had approved several strategic recommendations put forward by the AFC Competitions Committee, one of which was the removal of zone restrictions in AFC youth competitions.[4]
Draw
[edit]Forty-three of the 47 AFC member associations, including the final tournament hosts Qatar, submitted their interest to compete in the qualifiers. The draw took place on 25 May 2023 at 15:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5]
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification. The nations chosen as group hosts were announced on 17 May and were drawn into separate groups at the beginning of the draw.[6] As Qatar already qualified for the final tournament as hosts and their fixtures will be considered as friendly matches, they were seeded as an unranked team for the draw and placed in Pot 4.[6]
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- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts determined before the draw
- (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
- (W): Withdrew after draw
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- Notes
- (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics
- (X): Suspended
Draw result
[edit]The draw resulted in following groups.
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Bold indicates that the team has qualified for the final tournament.
Format
[edit]In each group, teams played each other once at a centralized venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.[6]
Tiebreakers
[edit]Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Lower 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Groups
[edit]All matches were played between 6 September and 12 September 2023.
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 |
Syria ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Jordan ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Oman ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Oman ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Jordan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Group B
[edit]- All matches were held in South Korea.
- Times listed are UTC+9.
- Qatar already qualified to the final tournament as host country, so their matches will not be taken into account when calculating the group ranking.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Myanmar ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
Vietnam ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Yemen ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Vietnam ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Group E
[edit]- All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
- Times listed are UTC+5.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 1 |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Afghanistan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Hong Kong ![]() | 0–10 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Group F
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 7 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
Kuwait ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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East Timor ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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East Timor ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Iraq ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Group G
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Group H
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Malaysia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Thailand ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Bangladesh ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Group I
[edit]- All matches were held in Tajikistan.
- Times listed are UTC+5.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Laos ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Australia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Group J
[edit]- All matches were held in Saudi Arabia.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Cambodia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Group K
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Ranking of runners-up
[edit]- The four best-ranked runners-up also qualified for the final tournament.[6]
- Due to groups being different sizes, results against fourth-place teams were not used to calculate the ranking; Group B matches against Qatar were treated as friendlies and were not used to determine group standing.[6]
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | F | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Final tournament |
2 | I | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | G | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | H | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3[a] | |
5 | E | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3[a] | |
6 | K | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
7 | C | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
8 | A | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
9 | D | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | B | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
11 | J | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Lower disciplinary points total; 5) Drawing of lots.[9]
Notes:
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 152 individuals who scored at least 1 goal.
There were 215 goals scored in 57 matches, for an average of 3.77 goals per match.
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5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
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Nishan Velupillay
Noah Botic
Sayed Jawad Haider
Sa Ty
Sor Rotana
Marselino Ferdinan
Pratama Arhan
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
Mohammad Ghorbani
Alexander Aoraha
Dhulfiqar Younis Al-Imari
Mao Hosoya
Shunsuke Mito
Amin Al-Shanaineh
Reziq Bani Hani
T. Saravanan
Khaled Al-Nabris
Ahmed Al-Rawi
Lotfi Madjer
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
Mohammed Maran
Musab Al-Juwayr
Yotsakorn Burapha
Abbosbek Fayzullaev
Alisher Odilov
Jasurbek Jaloliddinov
Bùi Vĩ Hào
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Omid Musawi
Alou Kuol
Cameron Peupion
Lachlan Brook
Louis D'Arrigo
Hussein Abdulkarim
Tao Qianglong
Nebijan Muhmet
Micah Thomas
Riku Meyar
Elkan Baggott
Hokky Caraka
Ivar Jenner
Rafael Struick
Ramadhan Sananta
Rio Fahmi
Witan Sulaeman
Amin Hazbavi
Hossein Goodarzi
Mohammad Javad Hosseinnejad
Blnd Hassan
Muntadher Abdulameer
Muntadher Mohammed
Mustafa Saadoon
Zaid Tahseen
Joel Chima Fujita
Ryuya Nishio
Shota Fujio
Mo Abualnadi
Mohannad Abu Taha
Seif Darwish
Bandar Al Salamah
Hamad Al Taweel
Mohsen Falah
Salman Al Bous
Talal Al Qaisi
Khristiyan Brauzman
Chanthavixay Khounthoumphone
Damoth Thongkhamsavath
Karim Mekkaoui
Mohammad Nasser
Mohammad Sami Haidar
Aliff Izwan
Fergus Tierney
Harith Haiqal
Mukhairi Ajmal
Bat-Orgil Gerelt-Od