2018年亚足联U-23锦标赛 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | China |
Dates | 9–27 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 82 (2.56 per match) |
Attendance | 65,850 (2,058 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. It took place between 9–27 January 2018, [1] and was hosted by China. [2]
Uzbekistan defeated Vietnam in the final to win their first title. Japan were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals.
The qualifiers were held from 15 to 23 July 2017. [4] China also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts. [2]
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [5]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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![]() | Hosts | 3rd | Group stage (2013, 2016) |
![]() | Group A winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
![]() | Group B winners | 3rd | Champions (2013) |
![]() | Group C winners | 2nd | Fourth place (2016) |
![]() | Group D winners | 3rd | Group stage (2013, 2016) |
![]() | Group E winners | 1st | Debut |
![]() | Group F winners | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
![]() | Group G winners | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2016) |
![]() | Group H winners | 1st | Debut |
![]() | Group I winners | 3rd | Runners-up (2016) |
![]() | Group H runners-up [note 1] | 2nd | Group stage (2016) |
![]() | Group C runners-up [note 1] | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
![]() | Group I runners-up [note 1] | 2nd | Group stage (2016) |
![]() | Group E runners-up [note 1] | 3rd | Third place (2013) |
![]() | Group J runners-up [note 1] | 3rd | Champions (2016) |
![]() | Group B runners-up [note 1] | 3rd | Runners-up (2013) |
Notes:
The competition was played in four venues in four cities, all in the province of Jiangsu. [6]
Changzhou | Kunshan | ||
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Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre | Kunshan Stadium | ||
Capacity: 38,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | ||
Jiangyin | Changshu | ||
Jiangyin Stadium | Changshu Stadium | ||
Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | ||
The draw of the final tournament was held on 24 October 2017, 16:00 CST (UTC+8), at the Traders Fudu Hotel in Changzhou. [7] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. [6] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. [8]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Additional assistant referees were used in this tournament. [9]
Players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2). [10]
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3): [10]
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).
Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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Matchday 1 | 9–11 January 2018 | 1 v 4, 2 v 3 |
Matchday 2 | 12–14 January 2018 | 4 v 2, 3 v 1 |
Matchday 3 | 15–17 January 2018 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
China ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Qatar ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Oman ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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China ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Thailand ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Japan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Thailand ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Iraq ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Jordan ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Malaysia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Iraq ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
South Korea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2). [10]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
19 January – Changzhou | ||||||||||
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23 January – Changzhou | ||||||||||
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20 January – Changshu | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||||
![]() | 3 (3) | |||||||||
27 January – Changzhou | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 (5) | |||||||||
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19 January – Jiangyin | ||||||||||
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23 January – Kunshan | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
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20 January – Kunshan | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place match | ||||||||
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26 January – Kunshan | ||||||||||
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Japan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Qatar ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Iraq ![]() | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
3–5 |
Qatar ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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3–4 |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 4–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Qatar ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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This was the first time ever that Vietnam and Uzbekistan met together in final. For Vietnam, this was their first appearance in an AFC final at any level.
Vietnam ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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2018 AFC U-23 Championship |
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![]() Uzbekistan First title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top Goalscorer [11] | Most Valuable Player [12] | Fair Play award [13] |
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There were 82 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal