Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
---|---|---|---|
09/12 18:30 | 3 | [3] Palestine U23 vs Pakistan U23 [4] | 2-1 |
09/12 18:00 | 3 | Jordan U23 vs Syria U23 | 2-0 |
09/12 17:00 | 3 | Iraq U23 vs Kuwait U23 | 2-2 |
09/12 16:00 | 3 | [1] Saudi Arabia U23 vs Cambodia U23 [2] | 6-1 |
09/12 15:30 | 3 | [1] Australia U23 vs Tajikistan U23 [2] | 1-1 |
09/12 15:30 | 3 | [1] Japan U23 vs Bahrain U23 [3] | 0-0 |
09/12 15:00 | 3 | Timor Leste U23 vs Macau U23 | 5-0 |
09/12 14:30 | 3 | Oman U23 vs Brunei U23 | 3-0 |
09/12 14:00 | 3 | [1] Uzbekistan U23 vs Iran U23 [2] | 1-0 |
09/12 13:30 | 3 | [1] Thailand U23 vs Malaysia U23 [2] | 1-0 |
09/12 13:00 | 3 | [3] Lebanon U23 vs Mongolia U23 [4] | 1-1 |
09/12 12:00 | 3 | Turkmenistan U23 vs Indonesia U23 | 0-2 |
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. Each edition of the tournament that is in an even year is linked to the qualification process for the Olympic Games, whereby the top three teams in the tournament qualify directly and the fourth-placed team may enter an intercontinental play-off match depending on the slot allocations.
The first edition was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. In 2016 the tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship". The tournament was rebranded as the "AFC U-23 Asian Cup" in 2021.
In July 2023, the AFC announced that each non-Olympic edition of the tournament would be hosted by the same association hosting the next AFC Asian Cup. However, on 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the tournament will be held quadrennially from 2028, effectively discontinued the non-Olympic qualifiers’ editions from 2030.