2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification is an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates4 September – 12 September 2023[1]
Teams46 (eligible) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBD (in TBD host cities)

A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament,[2] including Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[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

Forty-six of the 47 AFC member associations, including the final tournament hosts Qatar, are eligible for entering the qualifiers; on 21 January, 2023, FIFA suspended Sri Lanka until further notice.[5] The draw will occur on 25 May.[6]

The teams are seeded according to their performance in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses). The teams which indicate their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw will be drawn into separate groups.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
Host Pot
  1.  Saudi Arabia (1) (H)
  2.  Uzbekistan (2) (H)
  3.  South Korea (5) (H)
  4.  Vietnam (7) (H)
  5.  Thailand (9) (H)
  6.  Jordan (10) (H)
  1.  Kuwait (14) (H)
  2.  Tajikistan (16) (H)
  3.  Bahrain (17) (H)
  1.  Indonesia (31) (H)
  1.  China (NR) (H)
Remaining Teams
  1.  Japan (3)
  2.  Australia (4)
  3.  Iraq (6)
  4.  Turkmenistan (8)
  1.  United Arab Emirates (11)
  2.  Iran (12)
  3.  Malaysia (15)
  4.  Myanmar (18)
  5.  Cambodia (19)
  6.  Syria (20)
  7.  India (21)
  1.  Singapore (22)
  2.  Yemen (23)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (24)
  4.  Timor-Leste (25)
  5.  Lebanon (26)
  6.  Oman (27)
  7.  Laos (28)
  8.  Palestine (29)
  9.  Mongolia (30)
  1.  Chinese Taipei (32)
  2.  Bangladesh (33)
  3.  Philippines (34)
  4.  Hong Kong (35)
  5.  Maldives (36)
  6.    Nepal (37)
  7.  Afghanistan (NR)
  8.  Bhutan (NR)
  9.  Brunei (NR)
  1.  Guam (NR)
  2.  Macau (NR) (N)
  3.  North Korea (NR)
  4.  Northern Mariana Islands (NR) (N)
  5.  Pakistan (NR)
  6.  Qatar (13) (Q)
Did not enter
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts determined before the draw
  • (H)*: Qualification group hosts determined after the draw
  • (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
  • (X): Suspended
  • (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

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

See also

References
  1. "AFC Competitions Calendar (Aug 2023 - Jul 2024)" (PDF). AFC. September 2022.
  2. "AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. "Qatar recommended as host for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024". AFC. 30 September 2022.
  4. "AFC Executive Committee unveils dynamic enhancements to the AFC Club Competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 25 February 2022.
  5. "Suspension of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) from 21 January 2023 until further notice" (PDF). FIFA Circular. No. 1831. FIFA. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. "LIVE | AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 Qualifiers - Official Draw". AFC. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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