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

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

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
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.[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

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) Hosts
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
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
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 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:
Uzbekistan 2–1 China
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 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
China 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.[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
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
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 soccer ball with check mark
Zahran soccer ball with check mark
Al-Khawaldeh soccer ball with red X
Abu Amarah soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with red X Baek Sung-Dong
soccer ball with red X Moon Chang-Jin
soccer ball with check mark Nam Seung-Woo
soccer ball with check mark Lim Chang-Woo
soccer ball with red X 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

The following awards were presented.[8]

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

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 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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  5. "AFC announces key competition decisions". Asian Football Confederation. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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  7. "AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014.
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