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

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. 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

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Host selection

The AFC Competitions Committee awarded the hosting rights of the 2013 finals to

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

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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

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. 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. ''All times are local (

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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,

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and

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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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;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 ...

* Hamza Al-Dardour ;3 goals *

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* Abdulfattah Assiri ;2 goals * Peter Skapetis * Mustafa Nadhim *

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* Yun Il-Lok *

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 ...

* Nasouh Nakdali * Abdullah Khalid Al Ammar *

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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* Luo Senwen *

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* Behnam Barzay *

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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* Riki Harakawa *

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* Ibrahim Daldoum *

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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* Ahmed Samir * Mahmoud Za'tara *

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* Kim Kyung-Jung * Lim Chang-Woo * Moon Chang-Jin * Faisal Edhms Alenezi * Maung Maung Soe *

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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 ...

* Motaz Ali Hassan Hawsawi * Mardik Mardikian *

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� ...

* Salim Khalfan Saif *

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* Igor Sergeev * Sadam Hussein ;1 own goal * Corey Brown (playing against

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) * Lim Chang-Woo (playing against

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)

Tournament team rankings

References

External links

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