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2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

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The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

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A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Uzbekistan who qualified automatically as hosts country.[2]

Due to non-compliance to doping regulations, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Indonesia and Thailand from using their national flags in competitions, except during the Olympics.[3][4] It was reported that Indonesia prepared the flag of its federation, in the event its team was barred from using the national flag.[5]

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Draw

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Out of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 42 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Uzbekistan decided to participate in qualification. Their matches were not taken into account when calculating the group ranking and best second-placed teams among the groups.

The draw was held on 9 July 2021, 12:00 (UTC+5), in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6] The 42 teams were drawn into nine groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:

  • West Zone: 23 teams from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, to be drawn into five groups of four teams and one group of three teams (Groups A–F).
  • East Zone: 19 teams from ASEAN and East Asia, to be drawn into four groups of four teams and one group of three teams (Groups G–K).

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses). The eleven teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.

On 29 July, North Korea withdrew from the competition due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, to better balance of the number of teams across all groups, the AFC conducted a draw on 11 August to move one team from Groups G to J, which was Hong Kong, who were placed in Group K.[7] On 11 October, China also withdrew from the competition for the same reason, leaving Group G with only two teams.[8]

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Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts determined before the draw
  • (H)*: Qualification group hosts determined after the draw
  • (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
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Notes
  • (X): Suspended

Draw result

The draw resulted in following groups.

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Bold indicates that the team has qualified for the final tournament.

  1. Withdrew from the tournament.
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Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[9]

Format

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In each group, teams played each other once at a centralized venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

In group G, after the withdrawal of Brunei and China PR, the two teams left (Australia and Indonesia) played each other twice. The winner qualified for the final tournament, with the loser eliminated.[10][11][12]

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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 were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

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

Group A

  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Qatar, 3–0 ...
More information Syria, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 340
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

More information Sri Lanka, 0–5 ...
Attendance: 255
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)
More information Yemen, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 214
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)

More information Syria, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 460
Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)
More information Yemen, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 50
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

Group B

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Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Iran, 4–0 ...
More information Tajikistan, 1–0 ...

More information Lebanon, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 450
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)
More information Nepal, 0–6 ...
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

More information Lebanon, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)
More information Iran, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Afghanistan withdrew from the tournament on 25 October 2021 as they were not able to reach Bahrain before the first match due to absence of timely flights from Kabul as per an official statement.[13]
More information Iraq, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 50
Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar)

More information Maldives, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 125
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)

More information Iraq, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Group D

  • All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
  • Times listed are UTC+5.
  • Uzbekistan already qualified to the final tournament as host country, so their matches were not taken into account when calculating the group ranking.
  • Originally Kuwait was supposed to host group D; however, the AFC changed host country due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. On 19 October 2021, Uzbekistan was named replacement host.[14]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
More information Bangladesh, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 20
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
More information Uzbekistan, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 571
Referee: Yūsuke Araki (Japan)

More information Kuwait, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Omar Mohammed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
More information Uzbekistan, 6–0 ...
Attendance: 2,169
Referee: Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)

More information Saudi Arabia, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
More information Kuwait, 1–5 ...
Attendance: 213
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

Group E

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Penalty shoot-out: India 4–2 Kyrgyzstan
More information United Arab Emirates, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
More information Oman, 1–2 ...

More information Kyrgyzstan, 0–1 ...
More information India, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

More information United Arab Emirates, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
More information India, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Javiz Mohamed (Maldives)

Group F

  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed are UTC+2.

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Turkmenistan, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 620
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

More information Palestine, 1–3 ...

More information Jordan, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 850
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)

Group G

  • Both matches were held in Tajikistan.
  • Times listed are UTC+5.
  • After the withdrawal of Brunei and China PR, the remaining teams left played each other twice. The winner qualified for the final tournament, with the loser eliminated.[10][11][12]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. China PR withdrew from the competition on October 11 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
  2. Brunei withdrew from the competition on September 3.[15]
More information Indonesia, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

More information Australia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Group H

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Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information South Korea, 3–0 ...
More information Singapore, 2–2 ...

More information Timor-Leste, 0–6 ...
Attendance: 166
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
More information Philippines, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 984
Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)

More information Timor-Leste, 1–0 ...
More information South Korea, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 993
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Group I

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Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
More information Chinese Taipei, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

More information Myanmar, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sayyodjon Zayniddinov (Tajikistan)

More information Vietnam, 1–0 ...

Group J

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Thailand, 1–1 ...
More information Malaysia, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 75
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)

More information Mongolia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 482
Referee: Syedvahid Kazemi (Iran)
More information Laos, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 128
Referee: Akhrol Riskullayev (Uzbekistan)

More information Thailand, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 58
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
More information Laos, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 803
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

Group K

  • All matches were held in Japan.
  • Times listed are UTC+9.
  • DPR Korea withdrew from the competition on 29 July. They were replaced by a team initially drawn in Group G–J (excluding host countries and teams from Pot 1), which was determined by a draw on 11 August to be Hong Kong.[7]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Cambodia, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Payam Heydari (Iran)

More information Japan, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

More information Hong Kong, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bold Khash-Erdene (Mongolia)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.

Exceptions:

  • In Group D, the results against the host country Uzbekistan were not considered.
  • In Group G, the runners-up results were not considered for this ranking, as the group contained only two teams.[10][11][12]
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Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Disciplinary points: Tajikistan –1, Bahrain –2.
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Goalscorers

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There were 114 individuals who scored at least 1 goal.

There were 146 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: AFC

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Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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