2013 AFC U-22 Championship

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]

2013 AFC U-22 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 22 سنة لكرة القدم 2013
Tournament details
Host countryOman
Dates11–26 January 2014
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored73 (2.28 per match)
Attendance34,712 (1,085 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Kaveh Rezaei
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Iraq Amjad Kalaf[1]
Fair play award South Korea
2016

Host selection

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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

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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

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For the draw, teams were seeded based on their performance in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Oman (Host)
  North Korea
  Australia
  Saudi Arabia

  South Korea
  Japan
  Uzbekistan
  United Arab Emirates

  China
  Syria
  Iran
  Jordan

  Iraq
  Yemen
  Kuwait
  Myanmar

Venues

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Muscat 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

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Only players born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.

Group stage

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The draw for the tournament was conducted on 24 August 2013 in Muscat.[6]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.[7]

  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

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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 (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
South Korea  1–1  Jordan
Lim Chang-woo   43' Report Lim Chang-woo   31' (o.g.)
Oman  4–0  Myanmar
Saleh   28'
Al Hasani   62'
Al-Hamhami   73', 78'
Report

Myanmar  0–3  South Korea
Report Baek Sung-dong   32'
Yun Il-lok   61'
Moon Chang-jin   78'
Jordan  1–0  Oman
Qwaider   59' Report

Oman  0–2  South Korea
Report Kim Kyung-jung   62'
Yun Il-lok   80'
Jordan  6–1  Myanmar
Al-Dardour   29', 37', 79'
Za'tara   53'
Khadr   83'
Samir   90'
Report Maung Maung Soe   27'

Group B

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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
Source: [citation needed]
North Korea  3–1  Yemen
Jo Kwang   4', 56'
Pak Kwang-ryong   40'
Report S. Hussein   23'
United Arab Emirates  1–1  Syria
Saif   38' Report Mido   35'
Attendance: 220
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Syria  1–0  North Korea
Al Nakdali   58' Report
Yemen  0–1  United Arab Emirates
Report Saeed   6'

North Korea  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 203
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Syria  1–0  Yemen
Al Nakdali   26' Report

Group C

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Australia  1–0  Kuwait
Kitto   70' Report
Japan  3–3  Iran
Harakawa   9'
Asano   30'
Nakajima   66'
Report Barzay   7'
Rezaei   49' (pen.), 55'

Iran  0–1  Australia
Report Skapetis   56'
Kuwait  0–0  Japan
Report

Australia  0–4  Japan
Report Nakajima   18', 48' (pen.)
Yajima   24'
Brown   45' (o.g.)
Iran  3–1  Kuwait
Rezaei   63', 67', 81' Report Alenezi   90+5'
Attendance: 250

Group D

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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 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Uzbekistan  2–1  China
Krimets   90+2'
Sergeev   90+4'
Report Yang Chaosheng   35'
Saudi Arabia  1–3  Iraq
Majrashi   89' Report Ismail   36'
Hussein   50', 69'

Iraq  2–1  Uzbekistan
Hussein   10'
Nadhim   38'
Report Iskanderov   64'
China  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Luo Senwen   57' Report Asiri   47'
Hawsawi   77' (pen.)
Attendance: 200

Saudi Arabia  1–0  Uzbekistan
Sami   60' Report
China  0–1  Iraq
Report Hussein   14' (pen.)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[7]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 January – Muscat
 
 
  Jordan1
 
23 January – Muscat
 
  United Arab Emirates0
 
  Jordan1
 
20 January – Muscat
 
  Saudi Arabia3
 
  Australia1
 
26 January – Seeb
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 
19 January – Seeb
 
  Iraq1
 
  Syria1
 
23 January – Seeb
 
  South Korea2
 
  South Korea0
 
20 January – Seeb
 
  Iraq1 Third place
 
  Iraq1
 
25 January – Seeb
 
  Japan0
 
  Jordan (pen.)0 (3)
 
 
  South Korea0 (2)
 

Quarter-finals

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Syria  1–2  South Korea
Mardikian   90+5' Report Baek Sung-dong   3'
Hwang Ui-jo   11'

Jordan  1–0  United Arab Emirates
Daldoum   84' Report

Australia  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Skapetis   77' (pen.) Report Asiri   58'
Al-Ammar   62'

Iraq  1–0  Japan
Kalaf   84' Report

Semi-finals

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South Korea  0–1  Iraq
Report Nadhim   74'

Jordan  1–3  Saudi Arabia
Al-Dardour   34' Report Al-Ammar   29'
Majrashi   65'
Asiri   90+2' (pen.)

Third place match

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Jordan  0–0 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Report
Penalties
Al-Dardour  
Zahran  
Al-Khawaldeh  
Abu Amarah  
3–2   Baek Sung-Dong
  Moon Chang-Jin
  Nam Seung-Woo
  Lim Chang-Woo
  Yun Il-Lok
Attendance: 337
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Final

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Saudi Arabia  0–1  Iraq
Report Abdul-Raheem   33'

Winners

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 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 
 
Iraq

First title

Awards

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The following awards were presented.[8]

Top Goalscorer Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
  Kaveh Rezaei   Amjad Kalaf   South Korea

Goalscorers

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5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Tournament team rankings

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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 Champions
2   Saudi Arabia 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12 Runners-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 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
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

References

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  1. ^ "Kalaf claims MVP Award". AFC. 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Oman to host U-22 finals". AFC. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
  5. ^ "AFC announces key competition decisions". Asian Football Confederation. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Oman to face Myanmar in AFC U-22 opener". Asian Football Confederation. 24 August 2013.
  7. ^ a b "AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Technical Report & Statistics AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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