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The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the
AFC U-17 Asian Cup The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a q ...
(including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the
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(AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia. This edition was the first since 2006 to be played as an under-17 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2023. Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup". On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that Bahrain would retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition after the cancellation of the
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due to the
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. However, Bahrain decided to withdraw the rights to host the competition on 16 June 2022, requiring a new host to be chosen at a later date. On 23 December 2022, Thailand were chosen to host the tournament by the AFC Executive Committee. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the
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in
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
as the AFC representatives besides
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
who qualified automatically as the new host.
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were the title holders, having won the title in
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, and managed to defend their title.


Qualification

Qualification matches were played between 1–9 October 2022.


Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams including hosts qualified for the final tournament.
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Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
,
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and
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(the latter of which did not enter qualifying) all missed out on this edition after initially qualifying for the previous edition. Furthermore,
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Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
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Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
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Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
and
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
all qualified for this edition after initially missing out.


Venues

The competition was played in four venues across three cities/provinces.


Match officials

Referees * Shen Yinhao () *
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*
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* Payam Heidari * Ahmed Al-Ali () * Ali Reda () * Omar Al-Yaqoubi * Kim Jong-hyeok () * Nasrullo Kabirov * Mongkolchai Pechsri * Ahmed Eisa Darwish () * Rustam Lutfullin () Assistant referees * Saleh Janahi * Mohammed Manir Dhali * Zhang Cheng * Sulchan Nurhadi * Arman Assadi * Ahmed Al-Baghdadi * Ayman Obeidat * Ismailzhan Talipzhanov * Hamed Al-Ghafri * Park Kyun-yong * Omar Al-Jamal * Fadi Mahmoud * Akmal Buriev * Pattarapong Kijsathit * Jasem Al-Ali * Alisher Usmanov (): working as both referee and assistant referee.


Draw

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the
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final tournament and
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, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. The draw took place and the match schedule was confirmed on 30 March 2023 in
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, Thailand.


Squads

Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team should register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.


Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams are to be 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 tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: #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 were 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 match times are in local time, ICT (
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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

The schedule for the knockout stage was released in 2023. The top 4 teams in the knockout stage will qualify for the
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as AFC representatives.


Bracket


Quarter-finals

Winners were qualified for the
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Semi-finals

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Final


Winners


Awards

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


Goalscorers


Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the
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, including Indonesia who qualified automatically as host. :
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.


See also

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2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 20 ...
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2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup was the 41st edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Footb ...


References


External links

*, the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2023
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