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) Kaveh Rezaei
(5 goals)
Best player(s) Amjad Kalaf[1]

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
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]

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°40′49″N 58°10′57″E
Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 15,000
Muscat
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
23°36′31″N 58°35′31″E
Capacity: 34,000

Squads
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.

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 (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
 Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source:
(H) Host.
South Korea 1–1 Jordan
Lim Chang-Woo  43' Report Lim Chang-Woo  31' (o.g.)
Attendance: 400
Oman 4–0 Myanmar
Saleh  28'
Al Hasani  62'
Al-Hamhami  73', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Myanmar 0–3 South Korea
Report Baek Sung-Dong  32'
Yun Il-Lok  61'
Moon Chang-Jin  78'
Attendance: 103
Jordan 1–0 Oman
Qwaider  59' Report
Attendance: 7,000
Oman 0–2 South Korea
Report Kim Kyung-Jung  62'
Yun Il-Lok  80'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
Jordan 6–1 Myanmar
Al-Dardour  29', 37', 79'
Za'tara  53'
Khadr  83'
Samir  90'		 Report Maung Maung Soe  27'
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
Source:
North Korea 3–1 Yemen
Jo Kwang  4', 56'
Pak Kwang-Ryong  40'		 Report S. Hussein  23'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Syria
Saif  38' Report Mido  35'
Attendance: 220
Syria 1–0 North Korea
Al Nakdali  58' Report
Attendance: 130
Yemen 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Report Saeed  6'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Almirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
North Korea 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 203
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Syria 1–0 Yemen
Al Nakdali  26' Report
Attendance: 100

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
Source:
Australia 1–0 Kuwait
Kitto  70' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
Japan 3–3 Iran
Harakawa  9'
Asano  30'
Nakajima  66'		 Report Barzay  7'
Rezaei  49' (pen.), 55'
Attendance: 305
Iran 0–1 Australia
Report Skapetis  56'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kim Jong Hyeok (Korea Republic)
Kuwait 0–0 Japan
Report
Attendance: 113
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Australia 0–4 Japan
Report Nakajima  18', 48' (pen.)
Yajima  24'
Brown  45' (o.g.)
Attendance: 150
Iran 3–1 Kuwait
Rezaei  63', 67', 81' Report Alenezi  90+5'
Attendance: 250

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
Source:
Uzbekistan 2–1 China PR
Krimets  90+2'
Sergeev  90+4'		 Report Yang Chaosheng  35'
Attendance: 80
Saudi Arabia 1–3 Iraq
Majrashi  89' Report Ismail  36'
Hussein  50', 69'
Attendance: 484
Iraq 2–1 Uzbekistan
Hussein  10'
Nadhim  38'		 Report Iskanderov  64'
Attendance: 510
China PR 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Luo Senwen  57' Report Asiri  47'
Hawsawi  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Uzbekistan
Sami  60' Report
Attendance: 127
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
China PR 0–1 Iraq
Report Hussein  14' (pen.)
Attendance: 300

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[6]

 
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
Syria 1–2 South Korea
Mardikian  90+5' Report Baek Sung-Dong  3'
Hwang Ui-Jo  11'
Attendance: 300
Jordan 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Daldoum  84' Report
Attendance: 800
Australia 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Skapetis  77' (pen.) Report Asiri  58'
Al-Ammar  62'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Iraq 1–0 Japan
Kalaf  84' Report
Attendance: 2,250

Semi-finals
South Korea 0–1 Iraq
Report Nadhim  74'
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Jordan 1–3 Saudi Arabia
Al-Dardour  34' Report Al-Ammar  29'
Majrashi  65'
Asiri  90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500

Third place match
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

Final
Saudi Arabia 0–1 Iraq
Report Abdul-Raheem  33'
Attendance: 4,700

Winners
 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 

Iraq
First title

Awards
Top Goalscorer Most Valuable Player
Kaveh Rezaei 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. "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. "AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF).
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