The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (prior to 2021 known as the AFC U-23 Championship), a 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 players had to be born on or after 1 January 1999. The tournament was originally going to be held in

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from 6–24 January 2022, but was postponed due to the

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, and rescheduled to 1–19 June 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by

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in the quarter-finals, failing to finish among the top 4 for the first time.

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became the fifth different country to win the tournament, beating hosts

in the final.

Host selection

Originally, it was determined that

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would host the tournament, as a preparatory competition ahead of the

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. However, they withdrew from hosting the tournament in October 2020 due to scheduling conflicts, stadium completion timelines ahead of other international events and challenges created by the

. On 18 March 2021, the AFC announced that

will host the tournament.

Qualification

Qualification matches were played between 23 October and 2 November 2021.

Qualified teams

Venues

Match officials

The following referees and assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. Video assistant referees were used in this tournament. ;Referees * Jonathan Barreiro * Shaun Evans * Alex King * Fu Ming * Ma Ning * Ali Sabah * Mohanad Qasim Sarray * Yusuke Araki * Jumpei Iida * Yudai Yamamoto *

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* Kim Woo-sung * Ahmad Faisal Al-Ali * Ammar Ashkanani * Ali Shaban * Ahmed Al-Kaf * Abdulla Al-Marri * Saoud Ali Al-Adba * Salman Ahmad Falahi * Mohammed Al-Hoaish * Majed Al Shamrani * Khalid Al-Turais * Muhammad Taqi * Hettikamkanamge Perera * Hanna Hattab * Mongkolchai Pechsri *

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* Omar Mohammed Al-Ali * Yahya Ali Al-Mulla * Adel Al-Naqbi * Aziz Asimov * Akhrol Riskullaev * Rustam Lutfullin * Ilgiz Tantashev ;Assistant referees * Owen Goldrick * George Lakrindis * Cao Yi * Shi Xiang * Watheq Al-Swaiedi * Haider Ali Al-Ubaidee * Isao Nishihashi * Takumi Takagi * Jang Jong-pil * Song Bong-keun * Abdulhadi Al-Anezi * Abbas Gholoum * Abu Bakar Al-Amri * Rashid Al-Ghaithi * Yousuf Al-Shamari * Zahy Al-Shammari * Khalaf Al-Shammari * Yasir Al-Sultan * Palitha Hemathunga * Ali Ahmad * Tanate Chuchuen * Rawut Nakarit * Sabet Al-Ali * Ali Al-Nuaimi * Andrey Tsapenko

Draw

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the

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. The draw took place at the Milliy Stadium at 12:00 PM, February 17.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, a minimum three of whom must be selected as goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to

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(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): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #

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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #

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if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; #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); #Drawing of lots. All times are local, UT (

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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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were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 10.1 and 10.3).

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Awards

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

Goalscorers

Broadcasting

Notes

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
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