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AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Association football tournament in Asia

Summary

Association football tournament in Asia

Field	Value
logo	AFC U-23 Asian Cup logo.svg
organiser	AFC
founded	2012 (as AFC U-22 Championship)
region	Asia
number of teams	16
current champions	(3rd title)
most successful team	(3 titles)
current	2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship and AFC U-23 Championship, 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 a year divisible by four is linked to the qualification process for the Olympic Games, whereby the top two teams in the tournament qualify directly.

The first edition was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2014, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. In 2016 the tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship". The tournament was rebranded as the "AFC U-23 Asian Cup" in 2021.

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. 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.

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2016 tournament was as follows:

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.

Results

;Tournament names:

2013: AFC U-22 Championship
2016–2020: AFC U-23 Championship
2022–present: AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final	Third place match	Runners-up
1	2013	OMA	****	1–0	0–0
2	2016	QAT	****	3–2	2–1
3	2018	CHN	****	2–1	1–0
4	2020	THA	****	1–0	1–0
5	2022	UZB	****	2–0	3–0
6	2024	QAT	****	1–0	2–1
7	2026	KSA	****	4–0	2–2

Teams reaching the top four

Title(s)	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
3 (2016, 2024, 2026)	–	1 (2022)	–	4
1 (2018)	2 (2022, 2024)	–	1 (2020)	4
1 (2022)	2 (2013, 2020)	–	–	3
1 (2020)	1 (2016)	–	3 (2013, 2018, 2026)	5
1 (2013)	–	2 (2016, 2024)	–	3
–	1 (2018)	1 (2026)	–	2
–	1 (2026)	–	–	1
–	–	1 (2018)	1 (2016)	2
–	–	1 (2020)	1 (2022)	2
–	–	1 (2013)	–	1
–	–	–	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.

Rank		width=200	Team		Part		M		W		D		L		GF		GA		GD		Point(s)
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Champions by regions

Regional federation	Champion(s)	Title(s)
EAFF (East Asia)	JPN Japan (3)
KOR South Korea (1)	4
WAFF (West Asia)	IRQ Iraq (1)
KSA Saudi Arabia (1)	2
CAFA (Central Asia)	UZB Uzbekistan (1)	1
AFF (Southeast Asia)	–	0
SAFF (South Asia)	–	0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

;Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
Q – Qualified
— Hosts
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew before qualification / Banned

Teams	OMA
2013		QAT
2016		CHN
2018		THA
2020		UZB
2022		QAT
2024		KSA
2026	Total	7	1	6	1	5	7	7	7	3	1	1	3	1	4	2	1	6	7	7	5	2	6	1	6	7	6	2	Total	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
	QF	GS	GS	3rd	4th	GS	QF
	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•
	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	2nd
	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•
	GS	QF	•	GS	GS	•	GS
	1st	3rd	QF	GS	QF	3rd	GS
	QF	1st	QF	GS	3rd	1st	1st
	3rd	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	QF
	GS	•	×	•	GS	GS	•
	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS
	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS
	•	•	QF	•	GS	GS	•
	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•
	GS	QF	GS	GS	×	×	×
	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•
	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•
	•	4th	3rd	GS	GS	QF	GS
	2nd	GS	GS	2nd	1st	QF	GS
	4th	2nd	4th	1st	QF	QF	4th
	QF	GS	GS	QF	•	•	GS
	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•
	•	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS
	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•
	QF	QF	•	QF	GS	GS	QF
	GS	GS	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	QF
	•	GS	2nd	GS	QF	QF	3rd
	GS	GS	×	•	•	•	•

Results at the Olympics (2016–present)

Nation	BRA
2016	JPN
2020	FRA
2024	USA
2028	AUS
2032	Years	2	2	3	1	2	1
AUS	–	12	–		Q
IRQ	12	–	10
JPN	10	4	5
KSA	–	15	–
KOR	5	5	–
UZB	–	–	13

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Best goalkeeper
IRQ Amjad Kalaf	IRN Kaveh Rezaei	5	Not awarded
JPN Shoya Nakajima	QAT Ahmed Alaa	6
UZB Odiljon Hamrobekov	QAT Almoez Ali
KOR Won Du-jae	THA Jaroensak Wonggorn	3	KOR Song Bum-keun
KSA Ayman Yahya	KOR Cho Young-wook	KSA Nawaf Al-Aqidi
JPN Joel Chima Fujita	IRQ Ali Jasim	4	UZB Abduvohid Nematov
JPN Ryūnosuke Satō	VIE Nguyễn Đình Bắc	JPN Rui Araki

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2013		IRQ Hakeem Shaker
2016		JPN Makoto Teguramori
2018		UZB Ravshan Khaydarov
2020		KOR Kim Hak-bum
2022		KSA Saad Al-Shehri
2024		JPN Gō Ōiwa
2026

References

(27 July 2011). "Call to improve AFC competitions". Asian Football Confederation.
(16 July 2012). "Fifteen sides storm to U-22 finals". Asian Football Confederation.
(22 March 2012). "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". Asian Football Confederation.
(28 November 2014). "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com.
(2 October 2020). "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC.
(1 July 2023). "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". Asian Football Confederation.
(24 May 2024). "Pivotal reforms approved by AFC Competitions Committee". Asian Football Confederation.
(2 August 2011). "AFC announces key competition decisions". Asian Football Confederation.

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