Tourney Name: | AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification |
Year: | 2024 |
Country: | Jordan (Group A) |
Country2: | South Korea (Group B) |
Country3: | Vietnam (Group C) |
Country4: | Bahrain (Group D) |
Country5: | Uzbekistan (Group E) |
Country6: | Kuwait (Group F) |
Country7: | China (Group G) |
Country8: | Thailand (Group H) |
Country9: | Tajikistan (Group I) |
Country10: | Saudi Arabia (Group J) |
Country11: | Indonesia (Group K) |
Num Teams: | 43 (eligible) |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 14 |
Cities: | 11 |
Matches: | 57 |
Goals: | 215 |
Top Scorer: | Khusayin Norchaev (6 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2026 |
The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament,[1] including Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]
The AFC Executive Committee had approved several strategic recommendations put forward by the AFC Competitions Committee, one of which was the removal of zone restrictions in AFC youth competitions.[3]
Forty-three of the 47 AFC member associations, including the final tournament hosts Qatar, submitted their interest to compete in the qualifiers. The draw took place on 25 May 2023 at 15:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4]
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification. The nations chosen as group hosts were announced on 17 May and were drawn into separate groups at the beginning of the draw.[5] As Qatar already qualified for the final tournament as hosts and their fixtures will be considered as friendly matches, they were seeded as an unranked team for the draw and placed in Pot 4.[5]
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The draw resulted in following groups.
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In each group, teams played each other once at a centralized venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.[5]
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[1]
All matches were played between 6 September and 12 September 2023.
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There were 152 individuals who scored at least 1 goal.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous qualifications | |
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4 (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
4 (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
4 (2013, 2016, 2020, 2022) | ||||
4 (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
5 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) | ||||
0 (debut) | ||||
2 (2013, 2022) | ||||
1 (2022) | ||||
4 (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020) | ||||
2 (2018, 2022) |