2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021),[1] the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia.

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)

The tournament will act as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in France as the AFC representatives while the fourth-best team will play an AFC–CAF play-off match for the qualification.[2] A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.[3] Saudi Arabia are the defending champions.

Host selection

Qatar has been selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee.[4]

Qualification
Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Qualification matches are scheduled to be played in September 2023.[5]

Qualified teams
Team Qualified on Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Qatar30 September 2022Hosts5thThird place (2018)

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).[3]

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source:
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals

Winners will qualify for 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Third place play-off

Winner will qualify for 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Final

Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup final

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Qualified teams for the Olympic

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in the Summer Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
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  1. Italic indicates hosts for that year

References
  1. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. Virgílio Franceschi Neto (1 July 2022). "How to qualify for football at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. "AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "Qatar recommended as host for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024". the-AFC. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2023". AFC.
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