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) Iran Kaveh Rezaei
(5 goals)
Best player Iraq 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 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

11 January 2014
20:00
Oman  4–0  Myanmar
Saleh  28'
Al Hasani  62'
Al-Hamhami  73', 78'		 Report

13 January 2014
20:00
Jordan  1–0  Oman
Qwaider  59' Report

15 January 2014
20:00
Oman  0–2  South Korea
Report Kim Kyung-Jung  62'
Yun Il-Lok  80'

15 January 2014
20:00
Jordan  6–1  Myanmar
Al-Dardour  29', 37', 79'
Za'tara  53'
Khadr  83'
Samir  90'		 Report Maung Maung Soe  27'
Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 250
Referee: Fahad Almirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

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

11 January 2014
17:00
North Korea  3–1  Yemen
Jo Kwang  4', 56'
Pak Kwang-Ryong  40'		 Report S. Hussein  23'

11 January 2014
20:00
United Arab Emirates  1–1  Syria
Saif  38' Report Mido  35'
Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 220
Referee: Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi (Oman)

13 January 2014
17:00
Syria  1–0  North Korea
Al Nakdali  58' Report

13 January 2014
20:00
Yemen  0–1  United Arab Emirates
Report Saeed  6'
Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Almirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

15 January 2014
17:00
North Korea  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 203
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)

15 January 2014
17:00
Syria  1–0  Yemen
Al Nakdali  26' Report

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

12 January 2014
17:00
Australia  1–0  Kuwait
Kitto  70' Report

12 January 2014
20:00
Japan  3–3  Iran
Harakawa  9'
Asano  30'
Nakajima  66'		 Report Barzay  7'
Rezaei  49' (pen.), 55'

14 January 2014
17:00
Iran  0–1  Australia
Report Skapetis  56'
Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kim Jong Hyeok (Korea Republic)

14 January 2014
20:00
Kuwait  0–0  Japan
Report

16 January 2014
17:00
Australia  0–4  Japan
Report Nakajima  18', 48' (pen.)
Yajima  24'
Brown  45' (o.g.)

16 January 2014
17:00
Iran  3–1  Kuwait
Rezaei  63', 67', 81' Report Alenezi  90+5'
Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 250
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Honk Kong)

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

12 January 2014
17:00
Uzbekistan  2–1  China PR
Krimets  90+2'
Sergeev  90+4'		 Report Yang Chaosheng  35'

12 January 2014
20:00
Saudi Arabia  1–3  Iraq
Majrashi  89' Report Ismail  36'
Hussein  50', 69'

14 January 2014
17:00
Iraq  2–1  Uzbekistan
Hussein  10'
Nadhim  38'		 Report Iskanderov  64'

14 January 2014
20:00
China PR  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Luo Senwen  57' Report Assiri  47'
Hawsawi  77' (pen.)
Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

16 January 2014
20:00
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Uzbekistan
Al Sudani  60' Report

16 January 2014
20:00
China PR  0–1  Iraq
Report Hussein  14' (pen.)

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

19 January 2014
17:00
Syria  1–2  South Korea
Mardikian  90+5' Report Baek Sung-Dong  3'
Hwang Ui-Jo  11'

20 January 2014
17:00
Australia  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Skapetis  77' (pen.) Report Assiri  58'
Al Ammar  62'
Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 200
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)

20 January 2014
20:00
Iraq  1–0  Japan
Kalaf  84' Report

Semi-finals

23 January 2014
17:00
South Korea  0–1  Iraq
Report Nadhim  74'

23 January 2014
20:00
Jordan  1–3  Saudi Arabia
Al-Dardour  34' Report Al Ammar  29'
Majrashi  65'
Assiri  90+2' (pen.)

Third place match

25 January 2014
19:30
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
Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 337
Referee: Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi (Oman)

Final

26 January 2014
19:30
Saudi Arabia  0–1  Iraq
Report Abdul-Raheem  33'

Winners

 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 

Iraq
First title

Awards

Top Goalscorer Most Valuable Player
Iran Kaveh Rezaei Iraq 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
Source: AFC
(H) Host.

References

  1. ↑ "Kalaf claims MVP Award". AFC. 26 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
  3. 1 2 "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Oman to host U-22 finals". AFC. 18 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Oman to face Myanmar in AFC U-22 opener". Asian Football Confederation. 24 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 "AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF).

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