The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship (also known as the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup) was the first edition of the

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. 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

For the draw, teams were seeded based on their performance in the

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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

The following awards were presented.

Goalscorers

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;4 goals *

Marwan Hussein Marwan Hussein Hassan Al-Ajeeli (; born 26 January 1992) is an Iraqi professional footballer as a centre forward, who plays for Newroz in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq national team. Club career Al Zawraa In 2009, at the age of 18, Mar ...

Hamza Al-Dardour Hamza Ali Khaled Al-Dardour (; born 12 May 1991) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Jordanian Pro League club Al-Ramtha and the Jordan national team. Club career In 2015, Al-Dardour joined Saudi club Al Faisaly. ...

;3 goals * Shoya Nakajima * Abdulfattah Assiri ;2 goals * Peter Skapetis *

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* Jo Kwang *

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Hatem Al-Hamhami Hatem Khamis Jamal Al-Hamhami (; 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 2014, he signed a two-year contract with Al-Nah ...

* Nasouh Nakdali * Abdullah Khalid Al Ammar *

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;1 goal *

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* Luo Senwen * Yang Chaosheng * Behnam Barzay *

Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Karrar (; born 22 September 1993), is an Iraqi Association football, footballer who plays as a striker for Iraq Stars League club Al-Minaa SC, Al-Minaa and the Iraq national football team, Iraq national team. An Olympian, M ...

Dhurgham Ismail Dhurgham Ismail Dawoud Al-Quraishi (; born 23 May 1994), better known as Dhurgham Ismail, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Bahraini Premier League club Al-Khaldiya and for the Iraqi national team. ...

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* Riki Harakawa *

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* Ibrahim Daldoum * Odai Khadr *

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* Ahmed Samir * Mahmoud Za'tara * Pak Kwang-Ryong * Hwang Ui-Jo * Kim Kyung-Jung *

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Moon Chang-Jin Moon Chang-jin (; born 12 July 1993) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga 2 club Bekasi City. Honours Pohang Steelers *K League 1: 2013 *Korean FA Cup: 2012, 2013 South Korea U20 *AFC U-19 ...

* Faisal Edhms Alenezi *

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* Raed Saleh * Zakaria Sami Al Sudani * Motaz Ali Hassan Hawsawi *

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Hamid Mido Hamid Darwich Mido () (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 Aleppo and Aire Force Iraqi club. Hon ...

Yousif Saeed Yousif Saeed (born 4 September 1994) is an Emirati footballer who currently plays as a winger. Honours ;Al Ahli Runners-up * UAE Division 1 Group A: 2012–13 * UAE League Cup The UAE League Cup () is a knockout tournament for clubs in the ...

* Salim Khalfan Saif *

Jamshid Iskanderov Jamshid Mahmudovich Iskanderov ( Uzbek Cyrillic: Жамшид Искандеров; born 16 October 1993) is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Neftchi Fergana and Uzbekistan national football team. He played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 Wo ...

Egor Krimets Egor Krimets ( or ''Yegor Krimets''; ; born 27 January 1992) is an Uzbek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Sogdiana. Club career Krimets started his professional career with Uzbek League giant Pakhtakor Tashkent in 201 ...

* Igor Sergeev *

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;1 own goal * Corey Brown (playing against

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) *

(playing against

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)

Tournament team rankings

References

External links

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