2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Year:2023
Country:Saudi Arabia (Group A)
Country2:Bahrain (Group B)
Country3:Laos (Group C)
Country4:Jordan (Group D)
Country5:Mongolia (Group E)
Country6:Indonesia (Group F)
Country7:Oman (Group G)
Country8:Kuwait (Group H)
Country9:Tajikistan (Group I)
Country10:Kyrgyzstan (Group J)
Dates:10 September – 18 October 2022[1]
Num Teams:44
Confederations:1
Matches:76
Goals:319
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2025

The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-20 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. It was held as under-20 tournament for the first time after rebranding by AFC.[2] [3]

Format changes

The AFC Executive Committee had approved several strategic recommendations put forward by the AFC Competitions Committee. One of which was the removal of zoning principles in the AFC's youth competitions.[4]

Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 44 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Uzbekistan decided to participate in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament. However. their matches will not be taken into account when calculating the group ranking and best second-placed teams among the groups. The draw was held on 24 May 2022.[5]

The 44 teams were allocated to 4 groups of five teams and 6 groups of four teams,[6] with teams seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). A further restriction was also applied, with the ten teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.

On 16 August, FIFA Council unanimously decided to suspend India with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes.[7] On 27 August, FIFA lifted the suspension, allowing India to compete.[8]

On 26 August, Australia withdrew from the tournament citing safety concerns due to the 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis,[9] leaving Group H with only three teams. Iraq were later removed as the hosts of the group due to the same reason, with the AFC deciding to move the fixtures to Kuwait and to be played from 14 to 18 October.[10] Australia were reinstated into the group by the AFC on 14 September 2022.[11]

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Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[13]

Format

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

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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):

  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 are 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

The matches were played between 10 and 18 September 2022, with the exception of Group H which were played from 14 to 18 October.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Group I

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Group J

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not counted in the ranking.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams including hosts Uzbekistan qualified for the final tournament.[16]

width=100TeamQualified asQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in AFC U-19 Championship1
[17] 7 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
14 (1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
14 (1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
37 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
7 (1977, 1978, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2018)
38 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
17 (1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2004, 2014, 2018)
2 (2000, 2014)
7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
4 (2006, 2008, 2016, 2018)
20 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
19 (19612, 19622, 19632, 19642, 19652, 19672, 19682, 19692, 19702, 19712, 19742, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
2nd 1 (2006)
3rd 18 (1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
4th 17 (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
5th 10 (1975, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)

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

2 As South Vietnam

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2022. Asian Football Confederation. 24 February 2021.
  2. Web site: AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions. Asian Football Confederation. 26 November 2018.
  3. Web site: AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups. Asian Football Confederation. 2 October 2020.
  4. Web site: AFC Executive Committee unveils dynamic enhancements to the AFC Club Competitions. Asian Football Confederation. 25 February 2022.
  5. Web site: AFC U17, U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers and AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 draw ceremonies set for May. Asian Football Confederation. 13 May 2022. 14 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Updated: AFC U17 and U20 Asian Cup Qualifier Draws set the stage for Asia's future stars to shine. Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2022. 24 May 2022.
  7. Web site: FIFA suspends All India Football Federation . FIFA . 16 August 2022 . 16 August 2022.
  8. News: FIFA lifts Indian federation ban, U-17 World Cup to go ahead as planned . 26 August 2022 . Reuters . 26 August 2022.
  9. News: Australia pulls out of Asian U-20s qualifiers in Iraq on safety grounds . 26 August 2022 . Channel News Asia . 26 August 2022.
  10. Web site: AFC U20 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2023™ Qualifiers Group H to be held in Kuwait . 2022-09-14 . the-AFC . en.
  11. Web site: 2022-09-14 . AFC U20 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2023 Qualifiers Group H to be held in Kuwait . 2022-09-14 . the-afc.com . en.
  12. News: FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations . FIFA . live . 7 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210407143916/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-suspends-chad-and-pakistan-football-associations . 7 April 2021.
  13. Web site: AFC U20 Asian Cup 2023 Competition Regulations. Asian Football Confederation.
  14. Web site: Salem . Amr . AFC moves Asian Youth Qualifiers from Basra to another country . 2 September 2022 . 1 September 2022.
  15. Web site: Young talents ready for AFC U20 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2023 Qualifiers . 5 September 2022 . 5 September 2022 . the-afc.com.
  16. Web site: Cast confirmed for Uzbekistan 2023 . Asian Football Confederation. 19 October 2022.
  17. Web site: Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021. Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021.

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