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AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Founded2011
RegionAFC (Asia)
Number of teams16
2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup

The AFC U-22 Asian Cup (also known as the AFC U-22 Championship[1] )is a football tournament to be held by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The first tournament was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012 but the finals tournament was later confirmed to be played in January 2014.[2][3]

The tournament is planned to be held every two years. The 2015 tournament will double as the Asian qualification of the men's Olympic football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] The 2015 edition is scheduled to take place 9-21 February 2015.[4]

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2013 tournament is as follows:[5]

  • Sixteen teams will compete in the final tournament, including the hosts which will be automatically qualified.
  • Teams are seeded by the result of 2010 AFC U-19 Championship.
  • The tournament will be held in 16 days.
  • Three or four stadiums in at most two cities will be needed to host the tournament.

The host country will be rotated by regions: the region for the first tournament will be decided by draw.[5]

In addition, players participated in a higher age group competition (this tournament and/or AFC U-19 Championship) are to be ineligible for participating in AFC U-16 Championship.[5]

Results

Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2013
Details 		Oman
Oman 		– –

Participating Countries

Teams Oman
2013
2015
 Australia
 China
 Iran
 Iraq
 Japan
 Jordan
 South Korea
 Saudi Arabia
 Kuwait
 Myanmar
 Oman
 North Korea
 Syria
 United Arab Emirates
 Uzbekistan
 Yemen


Total 16

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fifteen sides storm to U-22 finals". Asian Football Confederation. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Call to improve AFC competitions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "2015 Calendar" (pdf). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "AFC announces key competition decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. August 2, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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