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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	Amjad Kalaf
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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

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
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

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

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  43'	Report	Lim Chang-woo  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  28' Al Hasani  62' Al-Hamhami  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  32' Yun Il-lok  61' Moon Chang-jin  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  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  62' Yun Il-lok  80'

15 January 2014 20:00	Jordan	6–1	Myanmar	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat Attendance: 250 Referee: Fahad Almirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
	Al-Dardour  29', 37', 79' Za'tara  53' Khadr  83' Samir  90'	Report	Maung Maung Soe  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

11 January 2014 17:00	North Korea	3–1	Yemen	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 150 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
	Jo Kwang  4', 56' Pak Kwang-ryong  40'	Report	S. Hussein  23'

11 January 2014 20:00	United Arab Emirates	1–1	Syria	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 220 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
	Saif  38'	Report	Mido  35'

13 January 2014 17:00	Syria	1–0	North Korea	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 130 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
	Al Nakdali  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  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  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

12 January 2014 17:00	Australia	1–0	Kuwait	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat Attendance: 500 Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
	Kitto  70'	Report

12 January 2014 20:00	Japan	3–3	Iran	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat Attendance: 305 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
	Harakawa  9' Asano  30' Nakajima  66'	Report	Barzay  7' Rezaei  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  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  18', 48' (pen.) Yajima  24' Brown  45' (o.g.)

16 January 2014 17:00	Iran	3–1	Kuwait	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 250 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
	Rezaei  63', 67', 81'	Report	Alenezi  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

12 January 2014 17:00	Uzbekistan	2–1	China	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 80 Referee: Kim Jong-Hyeok (Korea Republic)
	Krimets  90+2' Sergeev  90+4'	Report	Yang Chaosheng  35'

12 January 2014 20:00	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Iraq	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 484 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
	Majrashi  89'	Report	Ismail  36' Hussein  50', 69'

14 January 2014 17:00	Iraq	2–1	Uzbekistan	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 510 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
	Hussein  10' Nadhim  38'	Report	Iskanderov  64'

14 January 2014 20:00	China	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 200 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)
	Luo Senwen  57'	Report	Asiri  47' Hawsawi  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  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  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

19 January 2014 17:00	Syria	1–2	South Korea	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 300 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
	Mardikian  90+5'	Report	Baek Sung-dong  3' Hwang Ui-jo  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  84'	Report

20 January 2014 17:00	Australia	1–2	Saudi Arabia	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat Attendance: 200 Referee: Iida Jumpei (Japan)
	Skapetis  77' (pen.)	Report	Asiri  58' Al-Ammar  62'

20 January 2014 20:00	Iraq	1–0	Japan	Seeb Stadium, Seeb Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
	Kalaf  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  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  34'	Report	Al-Ammar  29' Majrashi  65' Asiri  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 Zahran Al-Khawaldeh Abu Amarah	3–2	Baek Sung-Dong Moon Chang-Jin Nam Seung-Woo Lim Chang-Woo Yun Il-Lok

Final

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  33'

Winners

2013 AFC U-22 Championship
Iraq First title

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Most Valuable Player
Kaveh Rezaei	Amjad Kalaf

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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

See also

In Spanish: Campeonato Sub-22 de la AFC 2013 para niños