2013 AFC U-22 Championship

2013 AFC U-22 Championship

بطولة آسيا تحت 22 سنة لكرة القدم 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Oman
Dates	11–26 January 2014
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	Jordan
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance	34,712 (1,085 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kaveh Rezaei (5 goals)
Best player	Amjad Kalaf[1]

The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship (also known as the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup) was the first edition of the AFC U-22 Championship. The hosting rights for the tournament was awarded to Oman. 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 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.^[2][3]

Host selection

The AFC Competitions Committee awarded the hosting rights of the 2013 finals to Oman on 18 July 2012. Oman and Thailand were the only nations that came forward wanting to host.^[4]

Qualification

The draw for the group stage of qualifying took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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.^[3]

Qualified teams

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Oman (Host)  North Korea  Australia  Saudi Arabia	South Korea  Japan  Uzbekistan  United Arab Emirates	China PR  Syria  Iran  Jordan	Iraq  Yemen  Kuwait  Myanmar

Venues

Muscat	Muscat Seeb	Seeb
Royal Oman Police Stadium		Seeb Stadium
23°36′31″N 58°35′31″E / 23.60861°N 58.59194°E / 23.60861; 58.59194 (Royal Oman Police Stadium)		23°40′49″N 58°10′57″E / 23.68028°N 58.18250°E / 23.68028; 58.18250 (Seeb Stadium)
Capacity: 14,000		Capacity: 15,000
Muscat
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
23°36′31″N 58°35′31″E / 23.60861°N 58.59194°E / 23.60861; 58.59194 (Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex)
Capacity: 34,000

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 Muscat.^[5]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.^[6]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Oman	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
Myanmar	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	2	4	−2	6
Japan	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
Iran	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Kuwait	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
China PR	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.^[6]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 January – Muscat
	Jordan	1
					23 January – Muscat
	United Arab Emirates	0
					Jordan	1
	20 January – Muscat
					Saudi Arabia	3
	Australia	1
									26 January – Seeb
	Saudi Arabia	2
									Saudi Arabia	0
	19 January – Seeb
									Iraq	1
	Syria	1
					23 January – Seeb
	South Korea	2
					South Korea	0			Third place
	20 January – Seeb
					Iraq	1
	Iraq	1							Jordan (pen.)	0 (3)
	Japan	0							South Korea	0 (2)
									25 January – Seeb

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

2013 AFC U-22 Championship
Iraq First title

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Most Valuable Player
Kaveh Rezaei	Amjad Kalaf

Goalscorers

5 goals

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 are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Iraq	6	6	0	0	9	2	+7	18	Champion
2	Saudi Arabia	6	4	0	2	9	7	+2	12	Runner-up
3	Jordan	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Third place
4	South Korea	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Fourth place
5	Syria	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Australia	4	2	0	2	3	6	−3	6
7	Japan	4	1	2	1	7	4	+3	5
8	United Arab Emirates	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
9	Iran	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4	Eliminated in group stage
10	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
11	Oman (H)	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
12	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
13	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
14	China PR	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0
15	Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0
16	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

References

External links

• AFC U-22 Championship, the-AFC.com