2013 AFC U-22 Championship

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

Main article: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 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.

Venues

Squads

Main article: 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 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

Al Hasani Al-Hamhami

Yun Il-lok Moon Chang-jin

Yun Il-lok Za'tara Khadr Samir

Group B

Pak Kwang-ryong

Group C

Asano Nakajima Rezaei

Yajima Brown

Group D

Sergeev Hussein

Nadhim Hawsawi

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

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Quarter-finals

Hwang Ui-jo

Al-Ammar

Semi-finals

Majrashi Asiri

Third place match

Zahran Al-Khawaldeh Abu Amarah Moon Chang-Jin Nam Seung-woo Lim Chang-woo Yun Il-lok

Final

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

;5 goals

• IRN Kaveh Rezaei

;4 goals

• IRQ Marwan Hussein
• JOR Hamza Al-Dardour

;3 goals

• JPN Shōya Nakajima
• KSA Abdulfattah Asiri

;2 goals

• AUS Peter Skapetis
• IRQ Mustafa Nadhim
• PRK Jo Kwang
• KOR Baek Sung-dong
• KOR Yun Il-lok
• OMA Hatem Al-Hamhami
• SYR Nasouh Nakdali
• KSA Abdullah Al-Ammar
• KSA Mohammed Majrashi

;1 goal

• AUS Ryan Kitto
• CHN Luo Senwen
• CHN Yang Chaosheng
• IRN Behnam Barzay
• IRQ Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
• IRQ Dhurgham Ismail
• IRQ Amjad Kalaf
• JPN Takuma Asano
• JPN Riki Harakawa
• JPN Shinya Yajima
• JOR Ibrahim Daldoum
• JOR Odai Khadr
• JOR Bilal Qwaider
• JOR Ahmed Samir
• JOR Mahmoud Za'tara
• PRK Pak Kwang-ryong
• KOR Hwang Ui-jo
• KOR Kim Kyung-jung
• KOR Lim Chang-woo
• KOR Moon Chang-jin
• KUW Faisal Edhms Alenezi
• MYA Maung Maung Soe
• OMA Sami Al Hasani
• OMA Raed Saleh
• KSA Zakaria Sami
• KSA Motaz Hawsawi
• SYR Mardik Mardikian
• SYR Hamid Mido
• UAE Yousif Saeed
• UAE Salim Khalfan Saif
• UZB Jamshid Iskanderov
• UZB Egor Krimets
• UZB Igor Sergeev
• YEM Sadam Hussein

;1 own goal

• AUS Corey Brown (playing against Japan)
• KOR 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.

quarter-finals group stage

Awards

The following awards were presented.

References

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