The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the 6th edition of the

AFC U-23 Asian Cup 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 ...

(previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021), the biennial international age-restricted

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championship organised by the

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(AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament will act as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in France as the AFC representatives while the fourth-best team will play an AFC–CAF play-off match for the qualification. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.

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are the defending champions.

Host selection

Qatar has been selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee.

Qualification

Qualification matches are scheduled to be played in 2023.

Qualified teams

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc U-23 Asian Cup 2024

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