The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship (also known as the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup) was the first edition of the
AFC U-22 Championship
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 n ...
. The hosting rights for the tournament was awarded to
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
. It was set to take place between 23 June and 7 July 2013 but was postponed to be held between 11 and 26 January 2014 due to the
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012. Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF co ...
.
Host selection
The AFC Competitions Committee awarded the hosting rights of the 2013 finals to
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
on 18 July 2012. Oman and Thailand were the only nations that came forward wanting to host.
Qualification
The draw for the group stage of qualifying took place in
Kuala Lumpur
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Malaysia
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on 14 February 2012. 41 national teams are taking part in qualifying. All group matches were set to be held from 23 June to 3 July 2012 but were later changed to June 2–10, 2012 due to Nepal's request.
Qualified teams
Venues
Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.
Group stage
The draw for the tournament was conducted on 24 August 2013 in
Muscat
Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is s ...
.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
# Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
# Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
# Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
# Goal difference in all the group matches;
# Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
# Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
# Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
# Drawing of lots.
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage,
extra time
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and
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place match
Final
Winners
Awards
Goalscorers
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Kaveh Rezaei
Kaveh Rezaei ( fa, کاوه رضایی) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tractor club in Persian Gulf Pro League and Iran national team.
Club career
Foolad
Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010 ...
;4 goals
*
Marwan Hussein
Marwan Hussein ( ar, مروان حسين, born 26 January 1992 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi footballer as a centre forward, who plays for Al-Talaba in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq national team.
Club career
Al Zawraa
Marwan began hi ...
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Hamza Al-Dardour
;3 goals
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Shoya Nakajima
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor and the Japan national team. Primarily a left winger, he has also played on the right flank and as a central second striker.
After starting his career with Tok ...
*
Abdulfattah Assiri
;2 goals
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Peter Skapetis
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Mustafa Nadhim
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Jo Kwang
Jo Kwang (born 5 August 1994) is a North Korean footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Cana ...
*
Baek Sung-Dong
Baek Sung-dong (; or ; born 13 August 1991) is a South Korean football Midfielder who plays for K League 1 side Pohang Steelers.
Career
In 2007, Baek participated in the Youth Project of Watford F.C. on the recommendation of the Korea Foo ...
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Yun Il-Lok
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Hatem Al-Hamhami
Hatem Khamis Jamal Al-Hamhami ( ar, حاتم خميس جمال الحمهامي; born 22 April 1994), commonly known as Hatem Al-Hamhami, is an Omani footballer who plays for Al-Suwaiq Club in Oman Professional League.
Club career
On 10 July 2 ...
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Nasouh Nakdali
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Abdullah Khalid Al Ammar
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Mohammed Majrashi
Mohammed Yahya Majrashi ( ar, محمد يحيى مجرشي; born 20 May 1991) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Fayha. He played at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification
...
;1 goal
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Ryan Kitto
Ryan Kitto is an Australian Association football, football (soccer) player who plays as a left back for Adelaide United FC, Adelaide United.
Career
Adelaide United
Kitto started his career with West Torrens Birkalla SC, West Torrens Birkalla, ...
*
Luo Senwen
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Yang Chaosheng
Yang Chaosheng (; born 22 July 1993) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Meizhou Hakka in the Chinese Super League.
Club career
Yang Chaosheng was born in Dongguan to a Hakka family that originated from Longchuan. He started his ...
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Behnam Barzay
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Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Karrar ( ar, مهند عبد الرحيم كرار; born 22 September 1993), is an Iraqi footballer who plays for Naft Al-Wasat and the Iraq national team. An Olympian, Mohannad is the 2012 Asian Young Footballer of the Ye ...
*
Dhurgham Ismail
Dhurgham Ismail Dawoud Al-Quraishi ( ar, ضرغام إسماعيل داوود القريشي; born 23 May 1994), known as Dhurgham Ismail, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Iraqi Premier League club ...
*
Amjad Kalaf
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Takuma Asano
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Japan national team.
His younger brother Yuya is also a professional footballer currently playing for J1 League side Sanfrecce Hi ...
*
Riki Harakawa
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Shinya Yajima
is a Japanese football player who plays for Shimizu S-Pulse in the J2 League. He has previously played for both Urawa Red Diamonds and Fagiano Okayama. His regular playing position is midfielder.
Club career
Born and raised in the Uraw ...
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Ibrahim Daldoum
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Odai Khadr
Odai Khadr Salem Al-Qarra ( ar, عدي خضر سالم القرا) is a Jordanian football (soccer), footballer who plays for Al-Nahda Club (Oman), Al-Nahda of Oman and the Jordan national football team.
International career
Khadr made his senio ...
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Bilal Qwaider
Bilal Ali Hussein Qwaider ( ar, بلال علي حسين قويدر, born May 7, 1993) is a Jordanian football player
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of foo ...
*
Ahmed Samir
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Mahmoud Za'tara
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Pak Kwang-Ryong
Pak Kwang-Ryong (Hangul: 박광룡; born 27 September 1992) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career
Born in Pyongyang, Pak originally played for Kigwanch'a SC of Sinŭiju before joining FC Wil 1900 ...
*
Hwang Ui-Jo
Hwang Ui-jo ( ko, 황의조; born 28 August 1992) is a South Korean professional association football, footballer who plays as forward (association football), forward for K League 1 club FC Seoul, on loan from Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingha ...
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Kim Kyung-Jung
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Lim Chang-Woo
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Moon Chang-Jin
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Faisal Edhms Alenezi
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Maung Maung Soe
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Sami Al Hasani
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
* Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company
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Raed Saleh
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...
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Zakaria Sami Al Sudani
Zakariya (also Romanization of Arabic, transliterated as Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zekariya, Zakaryah etc, ar, زَكَرِيَّاء or زَكَرِيَّا) is a masculine given name, the Arabic language, Arabic form of Zechariah (given name), Zech ...
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Motaz Ali Hassan Hawsawi
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Mardik Mardikian
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Hamid Mido
Hamid Darwich Mido ( ar, حميد درويش ميدو) (born 3 June 1993 in Syria) is a Syrian footballer. His older brother is Mohamad Mido
Hamid is the first Syrian to win AFC Cup for clubs 2 times with 2 different teams, Al ittihad of Alepp ...
*
Yousif Saeed
Yousif Saeed (born 4 September 1994) is an UAE, Emirati Association football, footballer who currently plays for Al Bataeh Club, Al Bataeh as a Forward (association football), forward.
Honours
;Al Ahli
Runners-up
* UAE Division 1 Group A: 2012 ...
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Salim Khalfan Saif
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Jamshid Iskanderov
Jamshid Iskanderov (Cyrillic, Uzbek Cyrillic: Жамшид Искандеров; born 16 October 1993) is an Uzbekistani association football, footballer who plays for Navbahor Namangan and Uzbekistan national football team. He played at the 2013 ...
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Egor Krimets
Egor Krimets ( uz, Егор Кримец or ''Yegor Krimets''; uk, Єгор Крімець, born 27 January 1992) is an Uzbek professional football player of Ukrainian descent who currently plays for Pakhtakor Tashkent.
Career Club
Krimets start ...
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Igor Sergeev
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Sadam Hussein
;1 own goal
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Corey Brown (playing against
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
)
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Lim Chang-Woo (playing against
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
)
Tournament team rankings
References
External links
AFC U-22 Championship the-AFC.com
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2013–14 in Omani football
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2013 in youth association football
AFC U-22 Championship
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 n ...