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2013 AFC U-22 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 22 سنة لكرة القدم 2013
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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) Iran Kaveh Rezaei
(5 goals)
Best player Iraq Amjad Kalaf
2016 →

The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship was the first time this big football tournament was held. It's also known as the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup. The country chosen to host the event was Oman.

The tournament was originally planned for June and July 2013. However, it was moved to January 11 to 26, 2014. This change happened because of another football event, the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.

Choosing the Host Country

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is in charge of football in Asia. Their committee decided that Oman would host the 2013 tournament. This decision was made on July 18, 2012. Only two countries, Oman and Thailand, wanted to host the competition.

How Teams Qualified

Main article: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification

To play in the main tournament, teams first had to go through a qualification stage. The draw to decide the qualification groups happened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was on February 14, 2012.

A total of 41 national teams took part in these qualifying matches. The group matches were first set for June 23 to July 3, 2012. But the dates were later changed to June 2 to 10, 2012. This change was made because Nepal asked for it.

Teams That Qualified

Here are the teams that made it to the main tournament:

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

Football Stadiums Used

The matches for the tournament were played in three different stadiums in Oman. These stadiums are called venues.

Muscat 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
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Royal Oman Police Stadium in Muscat.
Seeb stadium
Seeb Stadium.
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
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Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Team Players

Main article: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads

For this tournament, players had to be born on or after January 1, 1991. This rule ensures that only players aged 22 or younger (at the start of the year) could compete.

Group Stage Matches

The tournament started with a group stage. Teams were divided into groups and played against each other. The draw for these groups happened on August 24, 2013, in Muscat.

If two or more teams finished with the same number of points in their group, special rules were used to decide who ranked higher:

  • First, they looked at the points earned in matches between just those tied teams.
  • Then, they checked the goal difference from those matches.
  • Next, they counted the goals scored in those matches.
  • After that, they looked at the goal difference from all group matches.
  • Then, they counted the goals scored in all group matches.
  • If only two teams were tied and playing their last group match, a penalty shootout could decide their rank.
  • Finally, they looked at how many yellow and red cards teams received. The team with fewer cards ranked higher.
  • If all else failed, a drawing of lots (like picking names from a hat) would decide.

All match times are local to Oman (UTC+4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
2  South Korea 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3  Oman (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source:
(H) Host.
11 January 2014
17:00
 South Korea  1–1  Jordan Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
Lim Chang-woo Goal 43' Report Lim Chang-woo Goal 31' (o.g.)
11 January 2014
20:00
 Oman  4–0  Myanmar Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Saleh Goal 28'
Al Hasani Goal 62'
Al-Hamhami Goal 73', 78'		 Report
13 January 2014
17:00
 Myanmar  0–3  South Korea Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 103
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)
Report Baek Sung-dong Goal 32'
Yun Il-lok Goal 61'
Moon Chang-jin Goal 78'
13 January 2014
20:00
 Jordan  1–0  Oman Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
Qwaider Goal 59' Report
15 January 2014
20:00
 Oman  0–2  South Korea Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
Report Kim Kyung-jung Goal 62'
Yun Il-lok Goal 80'
15 January 2014
20:00
 Jordan  6–1  Myanmar Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 250
Referee: Fahad Almirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Dardour Goal 29', 37', 79'
Za'tara Goal 53'
Khadr Goal 83'
Samir Goal 90'		 Report Maung Maung Soe Goal 27'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Syria 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
2  United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  North Korea 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4  Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:
11 January 2014
17:00
 North Korea  3–1  Yemen Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 150
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Jo Kwang Goal 4', 56'
Pak Kwang-ryong Goal 40'		 Report S. Hussein Goal 23'
11 January 2014
20:00
 United Arab Emirates  1–1  Syria Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 220
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Saif Goal 38' Report Mido Goal 35'
13 January 2014
17:00
 Syria  1–0  North Korea Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 130
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Al Nakdali Goal 58' Report
13 January 2014
20:00
 Yemen  0–1  United Arab Emirates Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Almirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Report Saeed Goal 6'
15 January 2014
17:00
 North Korea  0–0  United Arab Emirates Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 203
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Report
15 January 2014
17:00
 Syria  1–0  Yemen Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)
Al Nakdali Goal 26' Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 0 1 2 4 −2 6
2  Japan 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
3  Iran 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4  Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
12 January 2014
17:00
 Australia  1–0  Kuwait Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
Kitto Goal 70' Report
12 January 2014
20:00
 Japan  3–3  Iran Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 305
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
Harakawa Goal 9'
Asano Goal 30'
Nakajima Goal 66'		 Report Barzay Goal 7'
Rezaei Goal 49' (pen.), 55'
14 January 2014
17:00
 Iran  0–1  Australia Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kim Jong Hyeok (Korea Republic)
Report Skapetis Goal 56'
14 January 2014
20:00
 Kuwait  0–0  Japan Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 113
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Report
16 January 2014
17:00
 Australia  0–4  Japan Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Report Nakajima Goal 18', 48' (pen.)
Yajima Goal 24'
Brown Goal 45' (o.g.)
16 January 2014
17:00
 Iran  3–1  Kuwait Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 250
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
Rezaei Goal 63', 67', 81' Report Alenezi Goal 90+5'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  China 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0
Source:
12 January 2014
17:00
 Uzbekistan  2–1  China Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 80
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (Korea Republic)
Krimets Goal 90+2'
Sergeev Goal 90+4'		 Report Yang Chaosheng Goal 35'
12 January 2014
20:00
 Saudi Arabia  1–3  Iraq Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 484
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Majrashi Goal 89' Report Ismail Goal 36'
Hussein Goal 50', 69'
14 January 2014
17:00
 Iraq  2–1  Uzbekistan Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 510
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
Hussein Goal 10'
Nadhim Goal 38'		 Report Iskanderov Goal 64'
14 January 2014
20:00
 China  1–2  Saudi Arabia Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
Luo Senwen Goal 57' Report Asiri Goal 47'
Hawsawi Goal 77' (pen.)
16 January 2014
20:00
 Saudi Arabia  1–0  Uzbekistan Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 127
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Sami Goal 60' Report
16 January 2014
20:00
 China  0–1  Iraq Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Report Hussein Goal 14' (pen.)

Knockout Stage Matches

After the group stage, the top teams moved on to the knockout stage. In this part of the tournament, if a match was a draw after normal time, they would play extra time. If it was still a draw after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would decide the winner. The losing team was eliminated.

 
 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

19 January 2014
17:00
 Syria  1–2  South Korea Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Mardikian Goal 90+5' Report Baek Sung-dong Goal 3'
Hwang Ui-jo Goal 11'
19 January 2014
20:00
 Jordan  1–0  United Arab Emirates Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (Korea Republic)
Daldoum Goal 84' Report
20 January 2014
17:00
 Australia  1–2  Saudi Arabia Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Attendance: 200
Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
Skapetis Goal 77' (pen.) Report Asiri Goal 58'
Al-Ammar Goal 62'
20 January 2014
20:00
 Iraq  1–0  Japan Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
Kalaf Goal 84' Report

Semi-finals

23 January 2014
17:00
 South Korea  0–1  Iraq Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Report Nadhim Goal 74'
23 January 2014
20:00
 Jordan  1–3  Saudi Arabia Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
Al-Dardour Goal 34' Report Al-Ammar Goal 29'
Majrashi Goal 65'
Asiri Goal 90+2' (pen.)

Third Place Match

25 January 2014
19:30
 Jordan  0–0
(a.e.t.)		  South Korea Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 337
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Report
  Penalties  
Al-Dardour Scored
Zahran Scored
Al-Khawaldeh Missed
Abu Amarah Scored		 3–2 Missed Baek Sung-Dong
Missed Moon Chang-Jin
Scored Nam Seung-Woo
Scored Lim Chang-Woo
Missed Yun Il-Lok

Final Match

26 January 2014
19:30
 Saudi Arabia  0–1  Iraq Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Report Abdul-Raheem Goal 33'

Tournament Winners

 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 

Iraq
First title

Iraq won the first-ever AFC U-22 Championship!

Player Awards

Here are the special awards given out at the end of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer Most Valuable Player
Iran Kaveh Rezaei Iraq Amjad Kalaf

Top Goal Scorers

These players scored the most goals in the tournament:

5 goals
4 goals
  • Iraq Marwan Hussein
  • Jordan Hamza Al-Dardour
3 goals
  • Japan Shoya Nakajima
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulfattah Assiri
2 goals
  • Australia Peter Skapetis
  • Iraq Mustafa Nadhim
  • North Korea Jo Kwang
  • South Korea Baek Sung-Dong
  • South Korea Yun Il-Lok
  • Oman Hatem Al-Hamhami
  • Syria Nasouh Nakdali
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Khalid Al Ammar
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammed Majrashi
1 goal
  • Australia Ryan Kitto
  • China Luo Senwen
  • China Yang Chaosheng
  • Iran Behnam Barzay
  • Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
  • Iraq Dhurgham Ismail
  • Iraq Amjad Kalaf
  • Japan Takuma Asano
  • Japan Riki Harakawa
  • Japan Shinya Yajima
  • Jordan Ibrahim Daldoum
  • Jordan Odai Khadr
  • Jordan Bilal Qwaider
  • Jordan Ahmed Samir
  • Jordan Mahmoud Za'tara
  • North Korea Pak Kwang-Ryong
  • South Korea Hwang Ui-Jo
  • South Korea Kim Kyung-Jung
  • South Korea Lim Chang-Woo
  • South Korea Moon Chang-Jin
  • Kuwait Faisal Edhms Alenezi
  • Myanmar Maung Maung Soe
  • Oman Sami Al Hasani
  • Oman Raed Saleh
  • Saudi Arabia Zakaria Sami Al Sudani
  • Saudi Arabia Motaz Ali Hassan Hawsawi
  • Syria Mardik Mardikian
  • Syria Hamid Mido
  • United Arab Emirates Yousif Saeed
  • United Arab Emirates Salim Khalfan Saif
  • Uzbekistan Jamshid Iskanderov
  • Uzbekistan Egor Krimets
  • Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev
  • Yemen Sadam Hussein
1 own goal
  • Australia Corey Brown (playing against Japan)
  • South Korea Lim Chang-Woo (playing against Jordan)

Final Team Rankings

This table shows how all the teams ranked at the end of the tournament. In football, if a match goes to extra time, it counts as a win or loss. But if it's decided by penalty shoot-outs, it counts as a draw.

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) Host.

See also

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