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
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competition organised by the
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly ...
(AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. Each even-yeared edition of the tournament is linked to the qualification process for the
Olympic Games
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, such as in
2016
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and
2020, from which the top 3 teams qualified.
The
first edition
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First edition
According to the definition of ''edition'' above, a b ...
was initially set to be held in 2013 and its
qualification
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* Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...
matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in 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 c ...
.
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.
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 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 hosting rights for the tournament was awarded to Oman. It was set to take place between 23 June and 7 July 2013 but ...
.
* 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
Teams reaching the top four
* 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
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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.
Champions by regions
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
Awards
Winning coaches
See also
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Football at the Summer Olympics
Football at the Summer Olympics, referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA ...
*
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
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AFC U-17 Asian Cup
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AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...
References
External links
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{{International football
Asian Football Confederation competitions for national teams
Under-23 association football