AFC U-23 Championship
| Founded | 2012 (as AFC U-22 Championship) |
|---|---|
| Region | Asia (AFC) |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions |
 (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |
  (1 title each) |
 | |
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]
- Sixteen 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.
- Three or four stadiums in at most two cities were needed to host the tournament.
In addition, players would be ineligible for participating in the AFC U-16 Championship if they participated in a higher age group competition (this tournament or the AFC U-19 Championship).[7]
Results
| Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2014 Details |
 |
Iraq |
1–0 |  Saudi Arabia |
 Jordan |
0–0 (3–2 PSO) |
 South Korea | ||
| 2016 Details |
 |
Japan |
3–2 | South Korea |
Iraq |
2–1 (a.e.t.) | Qatar | ||
| 2018 Details |
 |
Uzbekistan |
2–1 (a.e.t.) |  Vietnam |
Qatar |
1–0 | South Korea | ||
| 2020 Details |
 |
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Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total (Top 4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 (2013) | – | 1 (2016) | – | 2 |
|
1 (2016) | – | – | – | 1 |
|
1 (2018) | – | – | – | 1 |
|
– | 1 (2016) | – | 2 (2013, 2018) | 3 |
|
– | 1 (2013) | – | – | 1 |
|
– | 1 (2018) | – | – | 1 |
|
– | – | 1 (2018) | 1 (2016)* | 2 |
|
– | – | 1 (2013) | — | 1 |
(*) Host
Medal summary
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating teams
| Teams | 2013 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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QF | GS | GS | |
|
GS | GS | GS | |
|
1st | 3rd | QF | |
 |
GS | QF | ||
|
QF | 1st | QF | |
|
3rd | QF | GS | |
 |
GS | |||
 |
QF | |||
 |
GS | |||
 |
GS | QF | GS | |
|
GS | GS | ||
 |
QF | |||
|
4th | 3rd | ||
|
2nd | GS | GS | |
|
4th | 2nd | 4th | |
 |
QF | GS | GS | |
|
GS | GS | ||
 |
QF | QF | ||
|
GS | GS | 1st | |
|
GS | 2nd | ||
 |
GS | GS | ||
| Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
- Legend
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All-time results
- As of 2018
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 39 |
| 2 | |
3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 34 |
| 3 | |
3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 32 |
| 4 | |
2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 28 |
| 5 | |
3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 |
| 6 | |
3 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 18 |
| 7 | |
3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | +0 | 16 |
| 8 | |
3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | |
2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | |
3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | |
3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | |
2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | |
2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | |
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
| 15 | |
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | |
3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | |
2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | |
2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 2 |
| 19 | |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 0 |
| 21 | |
2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 0 |
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "Call to improve AFC competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 (AC2019-Jan-version)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29.
- ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 (AC2019-June/July-version)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29.
- ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014.
- 1 2 "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.
