2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be 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 will be held from 15 April to 3 May 2024.[2]

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates15 April – 3 May 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)

The tournament will act as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in France as the AFC representatives while the fourth-best team will play an AFC–CAF play-off match for qualification.[3] A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.[4] Saudi Arabia are the defending champions.

Host selection

Qatar was selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee.[5] This marks as the second time that Qatar will be hosting this competition, the first in 2016.

Qualification
Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

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

Qualified teams
Team Qualified as Last appearance Appearance Previous best performance
 QatarHosts 20225thThird place (2018)
 JordanGroup A winners 20226thThird place (2013)
 South KoreaGroup B winners 20226thChampions (2020)
 VietnamGroup C winners 20225thRunners-up (2018)
 JapanGroup D winners 20226thChampions (2016)
 UzbekistanGroup E winners 20226thChampions (2018)
 IraqGroup F winners 20226thChampions (2013)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup G winners 20225thQuarter-finals (2013, 2016, 2020)
 ThailandGroup H winners 20225thQuarter-finals (2020)
 AustraliaGroup I winners 20226thThird place (2020)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup J winners 20226thChampions (2022)
 IndonesiaGroup K winners —1stDebut
 KuwaitBest runners-up 20223rdGroup stage (2013, 2022)
 Tajikistan2nd Best runners-up 20222ndGroup stage (2022)
 China3rd Best runners-up 20205thGroup stage (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 Malaysia4th Best runners-up 20223rdQuarter-finals (2018)

Venues

To be confirmed.

Draw

The draw will take place on 23 November 2023.[6]

The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).[4]

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Knockout stage

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

 
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals

Winners will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Third place play-off

The winner will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The loser will advance to the AFC–CAF play-off match.

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Final
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Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
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  1. Italic indicates hosts for that year

References
  1. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. @theaseanfootball (17 April 2023). "Qatar 2024 Qualifiers - Seeding Pots". Retrieved 14 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  3. Neto, Virgílio Franceschi (1 July 2022). "How to qualify for football at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. "AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  5. "Qatar recommended as host for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024". the-AFC. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. "Asian Football Calendar (Sep 2023 – Aug 2024)". the-AFC.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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