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 For the draw, teams were seeded based on their performance in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (Host)
Venues MuscatSeebRoyal Oman Police StadiumSeeb StadiumCapacity: 14,000Capacity: 15,000MuscatSultan Qaboos Sports ComplexCapacity: 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. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; Drawing of lots.
All times are local (UTC+4).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Winners
Statistics
Goalscorers 5 goals
Kaveh Rezaei
4 goals
Marwan Hussein Hamza Al-Dardour
3 goals
Shōya Nakajima Abdulfattah Asiri
2 goals
Peter Skapetis Mustafa Nadhim Jo Kwang Baek Sung-dong Yun Il-lok Hatem Al-Hamhami Nasouh Nakdali Abdullah Al-Ammar Mohammed Majrashi
1 goal
Ryan Kitto Luo Senwen Yang Chaosheng Behnam Barzay Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Dhurgham Ismail Amjad Kalaf Takuma Asano Riki Harakawa Shinya Yajima Ibrahim Daldoum Odai Khadr Bilal Qwaider Ahmed Samir Mahmoud Za'tara Pak Kwang-ryong Hwang Ui-jo Kim Kyung-jung Lim Chang-woo Moon Chang-jin Faisal Edhms Alenezi Maung Maung Soe Sami Al Hasani Raed Saleh Zakaria Sami Motaz Hawsawi Mardik Mardikian Hamid Mido Yousif Saeed Salim Khalfan Saif Jamshid Iskanderov Egor Krimets Igor Sergeev Sadam Hussein
1 own goal Corey Brown (playing against Japan) Lim Chang-woo (playing against Jordan)
Tournament team rankings
Awards The following awards were presented. Top GoalscorerMost Valuable PlayerFair Play Award Kaveh Rezaei Amjad Kalaf
References
External links AFC U-22 Championship, the-AFC.com