2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates15 April – 3 May 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Japan.svg  Japan (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Third placeFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Fourth placeFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance136,534 (4,267 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Iraq.svg Ali Jasim
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Japan.svg Joel Chima Fujita
Best goalkeeper Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Abduvohid Nematov
Fair play awardFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
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The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021), [1] the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held from 15 April to 3 May 2024. [2]

Contents

The tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the Olympics as the AFC representatives, while the fourth-best team entered a single-elimination AFC–CAF play-off match. [3] A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. [4]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals, who in turn lost the final to Japan in both teams' hunt for the second title.

Host selection

Qatar was selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee on 30 September 2022. [5] This marked the second time that Qatar was hosting this competition, the first was in 2016.

Qualification

Qualification matches were played between 6 and 12 September 2023. [6]

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asLast appearanceAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Hosts 2022 5thThird place (2018)
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Group A winners 2022 6thThird place (2013)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Group B winners 2022 6thChampions (2020)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Group C winners 2022 5thRunners-up (2018)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Group D winners 2022 6thChampions (2016)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Group E winners 2022 6thChampions (2018)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Group F winners 2022 6thChampions (2013)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Group G winners 2022 5thQuarter-finals (2013, 2016, 2020)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Group H winners 2022 5thQuarter-finals (2020)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group I winners 2022 6thThird place (2020)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Group J winners 2022 6thChampions (2022)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Group K winners—1stDebut
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Best runners-up 2022 3rdGroup stage (2013, 2022)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 2nd Best runners-up 2022 2ndGroup stage (2022)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3rd Best runners-up 2020 5thGroup stage (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4th Best runners-up 2022 3rdQuarter-finals (2018)

Venues

Four stadiums were used, they were also used in the previous 2023 AFC Asian Cup in January and February 2024.

Al Rayyan
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Khalifa International Stadium
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 45,857
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.jpg Khalifa International Stadium.jpg
Doha Al Wakrah
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 44,325
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (1).jpg 28 10 2019 Visita ao estadio de futebol Al Janoub (48977932316).jpg

Draw

The draw took place at the Wyndham Doha West Bay in Doha on 23 November 2023 at 12:00 AST (UTC+3). [7]

The 16 teams were placed into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. [8] As hosts, Qatar were ranked as the top seeded team.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (hosts)
  2. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
  3. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
  4. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Match officials

The following referees and assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. Video assistant referees were used in this tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team registered a squad of 18 to 23 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3). [4]

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3): [4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, AST (UTC+3). [9]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (H)321041+37 Knockout stage
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 320153+26
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 302101−12
4Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 301226−41
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–0Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg2–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 8,867
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg1–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg1–2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 8,132
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg0–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg1–4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,632
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 330040+49 Knockout stage
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 320131+26
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 310224−23
4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 300315−40
Source: AFC
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 390
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1–0Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 378
Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,398
Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari (Qatar)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 2,097
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 2,683
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 320165+16 [lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 3201104+66 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 310258−33 [lower-alpha 2]
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 310226−43 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Iraq 3, Saudi Arabia 0.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Tajikistan 3, Thailand 0.
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg0–2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 854
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg4–2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 534
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–5Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg2–4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–1Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 1,498
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg1–2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 4,662
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3300100+109 Knockout stage
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 320154+16
3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 310239−63
4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 300316−50
Source: AFC
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg2–0Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan)
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg3–1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 394
Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg0–2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 2,456
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg0–5Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg2–1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 3,064
Referee: Alex King (Australia)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg3–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
 25 April – Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2
 
 29 April – Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (a.e.t.)4
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
 
 26 April – Al Wakrah
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 0
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1
 
 3 May – Al Rayyan (Jassim)
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
 
 25 April – Doha
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2 (10)
 
 29 April – Doha
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (p)2 (11)
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0
 
 26 April – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2 Third place play-off
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2
 
 2 May – Doha
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 0
 
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (a.e.t.)2
 
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1
 

Quarter-finals

Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg2–4 (a.e.t.)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 9,573
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg2–0Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 5,379
Referee: Ahmed Faisal Al-Ali (Jordan)
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg1–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg0–2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,792
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–0Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 6,405
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

Third place play-off

The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The loser advanced to the AFC–CAF play-off match against Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea.

Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Report
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,090
Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Final

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 12,276
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top scorerBest playerBest goalkeeperFair-play award
Flag of Iraq.svg Ali Jasim Flag of Japan.svg Joel Chima Fujita Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Abduvohid Nematov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following three teams from the AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in the Summer Olympics 1
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Finalist29 April 20240 (debut)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Finalist29 April 202411 (1936, 1956, 1964 , 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 )
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Third place play-off winner2 May 20245 (1980, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2016)
1Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting rights

TerritoryBroadcastersRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Paramount+ [10]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia MNC Media [11]
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 4th Sports [12]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DAZN, NHK General TV, TV Asahi [13]
Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Astro [14]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia SSC, Shahid [15] [16]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea tvN Sports [17]
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan MTRK SportTV [18]
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam VTV, FPT [19]

Goalscorers

There were 84 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs were counted as draws. [20]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6501103+715Champions
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 6501141+1315Runners-up
3Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 640298+112Third place
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 621389−17Fourth place [lower-alpha 1]
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 431062+410Eliminated in
quarter-finals [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 42025506
7Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (H)421165+17
8Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4202106+46
9Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 310224−23Eliminated in
group stage [lower-alpha 3]
10Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 310258−33
11Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 310239−63
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 302101−12
13Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 310226−43
14Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 301226−41
15Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 300315−40
16Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 300316−50
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
  1. ↑ Advanced to the AFC-CAF play-off for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
  2. ↑ For the 5th to 8th place, teams were ranked in descending order as follows: goal difference in the quarter-finals, goals scored in the quarter-finals and the procedure used same as the teams eliminated in the group stage. [20]
  3. ↑ For the 9th to 16th place, teams were ranked in descending order as follows: position in the group stage, points in all group matches, goal difference in all group matches, goals scored in all group matches, disciplinary points in all group matches and drawing of lots. [20]

Controversies

Matches

Opening Match: Qatar vs Indonesia

The opening match of AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Group A, Qatar vs Indonesia, faced numerous backlashes due to controversial refereeing decisions from Tajikistan referee, Nasrullo Kabirov. The Indonesia U-23 national football team accused Kabirov of being biased towards Qatar, with Qatar receiving favourable decisions, while Indonesia was repeatedly scrutinized by Kadirov which leads to red cards for Ivar Jenner and Ramadhan Sananta. [21]

Qatar took the lead in the first half with Khalid Ali Sabah scoring in the 45+1 minute through a penalty kick awarded by the referee for a foul committed by Indonesian defender Rizky Ridho against Qatari player Mahdi Salem. [22] Initially, the referee awarded a free kick to Indonesia, but after consulting VAR, he ruled in favor of Qatar, leading to protests from the Indonesian players. [22] Sabah converted the penalty, beating goalkeeper Ernando. [22]

Ramadhan Sananta was also shown a direct red card during the match. Initially, the referee had issued a yellow card, but after a VAR review, he upgraded it to a red card during injury time. [22]

Indonesian national football team head coach Shin Tae-yong expressed his outrage over the poor refereeing decisions:

Congratulations to Qatar. The players did their best to deliver a good performance, especially considering we were down in numbers and didn't give up easily. However, many of the referee's decisions throughout the game, if you look at them, it's not a football match, it's a comedy show and highly exaggerated. I can't say anything about the players who received red cards, I'm speechless. Football shouldn't be played like this. On our first red card, there was no contact at all. Why did they use VAR in situations like this? [22]

Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) has also sent a protest letter to AFC due to controversial decisions from referee Nasrullo Kabirov. The president of PSSI, Erick Thohir, confirmed this. [23]

Jordan vs Qatar

Sivakorn Pu-udom, the Thai referee who officiated the match, was highlighted due to the controversies on second-half injury time. The injury time was only supposed to last 10 minutes. However, until the 100th (90+10') minute, he had not stopped the match, even when entering the 103th (90+13') minute, in which midfielder Mohamed Al-Manai scored Qatar's second goal. Then, in the process of the goal, there was actually an incident where a Qatari player pulled a Jordanian player down. VAR had intervened, but Pu-Udom was reluctant to look directly through the television screen on the side of the field. Pu-udom then decided to immediately legalize the goal, which led to Jordan's defeat and, ultimately, resulted in Jordan's worst ever U-23 Asian Cup performance. [24]

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