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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)	Kaveh Rezaei (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Amjad Kalaf
Fair play award	South Korea
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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.

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.

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.

Qualified teams

For the draw, teams were seeded based on their performance in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship.

Venues

Muscat	MuscatSeeb	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.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.

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

South Korea	1–1	Jordan
Lim Chang-woo 43'	Report	Lim Chang-woo 31' (o.g.)

Oman	4–0	Myanmar
Saleh 28' Al Hasani 62' Al-Hamhami 73', 78'	Report

Myanmar	0–3	South Korea
	Report	Baek Sung-dong 32' Yun Il-lok 61' Moon Chang-jin 78'

Jordan	1–0	Oman
Qwaider 59'	Report

Oman	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Kim Kyung-jung 62' Yun Il-lok 80'

Jordan	6–1	Myanmar
Al-Dardour 29', 37', 79' Za'tara 53' Khadr 83' Samir 90'	Report	Maung Maung Soe 27'

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

North Korea	3–1	Yemen
Jo Kwang 4', 56' Pak Kwang-ryong 40'	Report	S. Hussein 23'

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Syria
Saif 38'	Report	Mido 35'

Syria	1–0	North Korea
Al Nakdali 58'	Report

Yemen	0–1	United Arab Emirates
	Report	Saeed 6'

North Korea	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report

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

Australia	1–0	Kuwait
Kitto 70'	Report

Japan	3–3	Iran
Harakawa 9' Asano 30' Nakajima 66'	Report	Barzay 7' Rezaei 49' (pen.), 55'

Iran	0–1	Australia
	Report	Skapetis 56'

Kuwait	0–0	Japan
	Report

Australia	0–4	Japan
	Report	Nakajima 18', 48' (pen.) Yajima 24' Brown 45' (o.g.)

Iran	3–1	Kuwait
Rezaei 63', 67', 81'	Report	Alenezi 90+5'

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

Uzbekistan	2–1	China
Krimets 90+2' Sergeev 90+4'	Report	Yang Chaosheng 35'

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iraq
Majrashi 89'	Report	Ismail 36' Hussein 50', 69'

Iraq	2–1	Uzbekistan
Hussein 10' Nadhim 38'	Report	Iskanderov 64'

China	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Luo Senwen 57'	Report	Asiri 47' Hawsawi 77' (pen.)

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Uzbekistan
Sami 60'	Report

China	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.

	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
	20 January – Seeb
					Iraq	1			Third place
	Iraq	1
									25 January – Seeb
	Japan	0
									Jordan (pen.)	0 (3)
									South Korea	0 (2)

Quarter-finals

Syria	1–2	South Korea
Mardikian 90+5'	Report	Baek Sung-dong 3' Hwang Ui-jo 11'

Jordan	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Daldoum 84'	Report

Australia	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Skapetis 77' (pen.)	Report	Asiri 58' Al-Ammar 62'

Iraq	1–0	Japan
Kalaf 84'	Report

Semi-finals

South Korea	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Nadhim 74'

Jordan	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Al-Dardour 34'	Report	Al-Ammar 29' Majrashi 65' Asiri 90+2' (pen.)

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

Final

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Abdul-Raheem 33'

Winners

2013 AFC U-22 Championship
Iraq First title

Awards

The following awards were presented.

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

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Kaveh Rezaei

4 goals

• Marwan Hussein
• Hamza Al-Dardour

3 goals

• Shoya Nakajima
• Abdulfattah Assiri

2 goals

• Peter Skapetis
• Mustafa Nadhim
• Jo Kwang
• Baek Sung-Dong
• Yun Il-Lok
• Hatem Al-Hamhami
• Nasouh Nakdali
• Abdullah Khalid Al Ammar
• Mohammed Majrashi

1 goal

• 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
• Faisal Edhms Alenezi
• Maung Maung Soe
• Sami Al Hasani
• Raed Saleh
• Zakaria Sami Al Sudani
• Motaz Ali Hassan Hawsawi
• Mardik Mardikian
• Hamid Mido
• Yousif Saeed
• Salim Khalfan Saif
• Jamshid Iskanderov
• Egor Krimets
• Igor Sergeev
• Sadam Hussein

1 own goal

• Corey Brown (playing against Japan)
• Lim Chang-Woo (playing against Jordan)

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

References

1. "Kalaf claims MVP Award". AFC. 26 January 2014.
2. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014.
3. ^ "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
4. "Oman to host U-22 finals". AFC. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
5. "AFC announces key competition decisions". Asian Football Confederation. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
6. "Oman to face Myanmar in AFC U-22 opener". Asian Football Confederation. 24 August 2013.
7. ^ "AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014.
8. "Technical Report & Statistics AFC U-22 Championship Oman 2013". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

External links

• AFC U-22 Championship, the-AFC.com

• 2013 AFC U-22 Championship
• AFC U-23 Championship
• 2014 in AFC football
• 2013–14 in Omani football
• International association football competitions hosted by Oman
• 2013 in youth association football
• January 2014 sports events in Asia
• Under-22 association football competitions