2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
ฟุตบอลชิงแชมป์เอเชีย รุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 17 ปี 2023 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Thailand |
Dates | 15 June – 2 July |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 99 (3.19 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia. This edition was the first since 2006 to be played as an under-17 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2023.[1] Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup".[2]
On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that Bahrain would retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition after the cancellation of the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] However, Bahrain decided to withdraw the rights to host the competition on 16 June 2022, requiring a new host to be chosen at a later date.[5] On 23 December 2022, Thailand were chosen to host the tournament by the AFC Executive Committee.[6]
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the AFC representatives besides Indonesia who qualified automatically as the new host.
Japan were the title holders, having won the title in 2018, and managed to defend their title.
Qualification
[edit]Qualification matches were played between 1–9 October 2022.[7]
Qualified teams
[edit]A total of 16 teams including hosts qualified for the final tournament. Bahrain, Indonesia, Oman, United Arab Emirates and North Korea (the latter of which did not enter qualifying) all missed out on this edition after initially qualifying for the previous edition. Furthermore, Afghanistan, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam all qualified for this edition after initially missing out.
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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![]() | Group A winners | 16th | Champions (1994, 2006, 2018) |
![]() | Group B winners | 6th | Quarter-finals (2014) |
![]() | Group C winners | 11th | Champions (1990) |
![]() | Group D winners | 11th | Champions (1985, 1988) |
![]() | Group E winners | 6th | Runners-up (2002) |
![]() | Group F winners | 8th | Fourth place (2000) |
![]() | Group G winners | 7th | Semi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018) |
![]() | Group H winners | 4th | Runners-up (2018) |
![]() | Group I winners | 12th | Champions (2008) |
![]() | Group J winners | 10th | Champions (2012) |
![]() | Best runners-up | 15th | Champions (1986, 2002) |
![]() | 2nd best runners-up | 15th | Champions (1992, 2004) |
![]() | 3rd best runners-up | 2nd | Group stage (2018) |
![]() | 4th best runners-up | 9th | Quarter-finals (2002, 2018) |
![]() | 5th best runners-up and hosts | 12th | Champions (1998) |
![]() | 6th best runners-up | 3rd | Group stage (2004, 2012) |
Venues
[edit]The competition was played in four venues across three cities/provinces.
Bangkok | Pathum Thani | |
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Rajamangala Stadium | Pathum Thani Stadium | |
Capacity: 51,552 | Capacity: 10,114 | |
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Pathum Thani | Chonburi | |
Thammasat Stadium | Chonburi Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 8,680 | |
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Match officials
[edit]Referees
Shen Yinhao (†)
Thoriq Alkatiri
Pranjal Banerjee
Payam Heidari
Ahmed Al-Ali (†)
Ali Reda (†)
Omar Al-Yaqoubi
Kim Jong-hyeok (†)
Nasrullo Kabirov
Mongkolchai Pechsri
Ahmed Eisa Darwish (†)
Rustam Lutfullin (†)
Assistant referees
(†): working as both referee and assistant referee.
Draw
[edit]The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. The draw took place and the match schedule was confirmed on 30 March 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.[8]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Squads
[edit]Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team should register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.[9]
Group stage
[edit]The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
Teams are to be 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 tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[9]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All match times are in local time, ICT (UTC+7).
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
Thailand ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Laos ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
South Korea ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Iran ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Afghanistan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Afghanistan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
Australia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Gafurov ![]() | Report | Wang Yudong ![]() |
China ![]() | 3–5 | ![]() |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Japan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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India ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Vietnam ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
[edit]The schedule for the knockout stage was released in 2023. The top 4 teams in the knockout stage will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup as AFC representatives.
Bracket
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
25 June – Pathum Thani | ||||||||||
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29 June – Pathum Thani | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
26 June – Thammasat | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
2 July – Pathum Thani | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
25 June – Thammasat | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||
29 June – Thammasat | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (2) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
26 June – Pathum Thani | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]Winners were qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Thailand ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Semi-finals
[edit]South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Final
[edit]South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report |
Winners
[edit]2023 AFC U-17 Championship Champions |
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![]() Japan Fourth title |
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top Goalscorer[10] | Most Valuable Player[10] | Best Goalkeeper[11] | Fair Play award |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 99 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Hakim Niazi
Daniel Bennie
Giovanni De Abreu
Mitchell Glasson
Kuai Jiwen
Danny Metei
Mukul Panwar
Korou Singh
Malemngamba Singh
Nima Andarz
Reza Ghandipour
Hesam Nafari
Mahan Sadeghi
Gakuto Kawamura
Shuto Nagano
Yotaro Nakajima
Shungo Sugiura
Rento Takaoka
Ryonusuke Yada
Gota Yamaguchi
Sayfon Keohanam
Phousomboun Panyavong
Peter Phanthavong
Khalid Al-Shaaibi
Nasser Babiker
Nawaf Al-Jaadani
Mohammed Al-Muwallad
Ammar Al-Yahebi
Kang Min-woo
Kim Hyun-min
Lim Hyun-sub
Masrur Gafurov
Chanasorn Choklap
Pacharaphol Lekkun
Tanakrit Lomnak
Dilshod Abdullaev
Mukhammadali Reimov
Amir Saidov
Shodiyor Shodiboev
Lê Đình Long Vũ
Abdulrahman Al Khader
1 own goal
Mansoor Noorzai (against South Korea)
Daiki Miyagawa (against India)
Adib Ibrahim (against Yemen)
Mahmoud Essa Al-Burayah (against Uzbekistan)
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
[edit]The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, including Indonesia who qualified automatically as host.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
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![]() | 23 June 2023 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | 25 June 2023 | 4 (2001, 2009, 2013, 2017) |
![]() | 25 June 2023 | 6 (1987, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2019) |
![]() | 26 June 2023 | 9 (1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019) |
![]() | 26 June 2023 | 2 (2011, 2013) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
- ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Bahrain withdraws from hosting 2023 AFC U-17 Cup". Bahrain News Agency. 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Thailand recommended as host of the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023". the-afc.com. AFC. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC. 24 February 2021.
- ^ "#AFCU17 Thailand 2023 Groups Finalised". Asian Football Confederation. 30 March 2023.
- ^ a b "AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Nawata takes MVP, Cremo Top Goalscorer Awards". AFC. 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Goto crowned Best Goalkeeper". AFC. 2 July 2023.