| Tourney Name: | AFC U-22 Championship |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Other Titles: | بطولة آسيا تحت 22 سنة لكرة القدم 2013 |
| Size: | 160px |
| Country: | Oman |
| Dates: | 11–26 January 2014 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 73 |
| Top Scorer: |  Kaveh Rezaei(5 goals) |
| Player: |  Amjad Kalaf[1] |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
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]
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]
See main article: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 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]
For the draw, teams were seeded based on their performance in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship.[5]
| width=25% | Pot 1 | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 | width=25% | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Host) |
| Muscat | Seeb | |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Oman Police Stadium | Seeb Stadium | |
| Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
| Muscat | ||
| Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex | ||
| Capacity: 34,000 | ||
See main article: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads. Only players born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.
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]
All times are local (UTC+4).
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[7]
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The following awards were presented.[8]
Shoya Nakajima
Peter Skapetis Mustafa Nadhim
Jo Kwang
Baek Sung-Dong Yun Il-Lok
Nasouh Nakdali Ryan Kitto
Luo Senwen Yang Chaosheng Behnam Barzay Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Dhurgham Ismail Amjad Kalaf Takuma Asano Riki Harakawa Shinya Yajima
Ibrahim Daldoum Odai Khadr Bilal Qwaider Ahmed Samir Mahmoud Za'tara Pak Kwang-Ryong Hwang Ui-Jo Kim Kyung-Jung Lim Chang-Woo Moon Chang-Jin Mardik Mardikian Hamid Mido
Jamshid Iskanderov Egor Krimets Igor Sergeev
Sadam Hussein Corey Brown (playing against Japan) Lim Chang-Woo (playing against Jordan)