2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification

Player eligibility

Players born before 1 January 1991 are not eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification tournament.

Format

Forty-one member associations entered the qualification to grab 15 spots in the final tournament The qualifiers were to be held in seven centralized venues.

The teams were divided into six groups of six teams each and one group of five. They played in a single round-robin format and the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper along with the best third-placed team from all the groups. The hosts of the Finals got a direct berth.

With the AFC Competitions Committee awarding the hosting rights of the 2013 Finals to Oman on 18 July 2012 and with Oman being the best third-placed side, this enabled the 2nd best third-placed team, Yemen, to enter the finals.

Tiebreakers

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 scores are calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
8. Drawing of lots.

Teams

The countries which are qualified for the final tournament are emboldened.

Did not enter:

Group stage

West Asia

Group A

• All matches were played in Muscat, Oman.
• Times listed are UTC+4.

George
Lalpekhlua Achour

Adnan
Abdul-Raheem
Kamil

Ibrahim

Abdul-Hussein

Bamasila
Al-Maqbali

Abdul-Hussein
Abbas
Faez
Adnan

Mubarak
Al-Maqbali

George
Romeo
Lalpekhlua

El Baba
Al-Jawad Omar
Ahmad
Al-Shehhi

Jaafar
Komekov
El Baba

R. Saleh
Al-Mukhaini
Al-Maqbali

Group B

• All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

Al-Ibrahim
Al-Dossari

Sataev

Hewabettage
Salem

Al-Dossari
Al-Shehri
Otayf

Mido
Maowas
Salem

Al-Muwallad Khribin

Sharipov
Doroginskii
Shamsiev

Group C

• All matches were played in Malacca, Malaysia.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

Hassan

Rezaei

Thoriq

Rezaei
Tabrizi
Gharibi
Dabbagh

Jameel

Karimi

Al-Shereedah

Al-Harbi
Rashed
Al-Zuaebi
Al-Hajeri
Al-Rashidi

Ghaforov Afifa

Group D

• All matches were played in Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Times listed are UTC+5:45.

Za'tara
Al-Laham
Bani Attiah

J. Shrestha
S. Shrestha

Gadoev

Za'tara

Abdukholiqov S. Shrestha

Za'tara

Al-Gabr
Sadam
Al-Omzae

Bani Attiah

East Asia

Group E

• All matches were played in Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

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Mohana

Akino
M. Suzuki
Watari

O'Dea Leong Ka Hang

Watari
Notsuda

Agung

Al-Qaasimy
Aqhari

Barker-Daish

Matsubara
R. Suzuki

Henrique

Iwanami
Watari
Hirota

Group F

• All matches were played in Vientiane, Laos.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Mun Hyok Jong Il-Gwan
Kim Jin-Hyok
Han Song-hyok

Tsang Kin Fong Soksana
Sothearoth

Bi Jinhao

Zhang Xizhe
Bi Jinhao
Xu Xin
Zheng Kaimu

Kraisorn
Pombupha
Anan

Jong Il-Gwan

Ni Yusong
Li Lei

Kang Nam-Gwon

Sayyabounsou

Anan
Weerawatnodom
Laosangthai

Saysana Dina
Soksana

Group G

• All matches were played in Yangon, Myanmar.
• Times listed are UTC+6:30.

Park Kwang-Il
Jeong Jong-Hee

Wen Chih-hao

Kyaw Ko Ko
Yan Aung Win

Park Yong-Ji
Hwang Ui-Jo
Jung Seok-Hwa
Kang Jong-Guk
Jwa Joon-Hyub

Fandi
Zaharulnizam
Saarvindran

Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit
Kyi Lin

Mạc Hồng Quân
Ngô Hoàng Thịnh
Lê Quốc Phương
Huỳnh Văn Thanh

Wen Chih-hao Chen Yen-jui
Saarvindran

Naing Lin Oo
Yan Aung Win
Kaung Si Thu Wen Chih-hao

Hwang Ui-Jo
Lee Jae-Sung
Jwa Joon-Hyub
Choi Ji-Hoon
Jeon Byung-Soo

Jeong Jong-Hee

Third placed teams

• Due to Group D only having five teams in their group, results against teams finishing last in the 6-team groups will not be counted.

Goalscorers

• MAS Rozaimi Rahman

• KSA Mohammed Majrashi

• MYA Kyaw Zayar Win

• TPE Lin Chang-lun

• IND Alwyn George

• JOR Mahmoud Za'tara

• PRK Kim Jin-hyok

• KOR Hwang Ui-jo

• KOR Jeong Jong-hee

• SYR Mahmoud Maowas

• UZB Temurkhodja Abdukholiqov

• AUS Luke O'Dea

• BHR Hassan Jameel

• TPE Wen Chih-hao

• IND Jeje Lalpekhlua

• IDN Agung Supriyanto

• JPN Yuya Kubo

• JPN Gakuto Notsuda

• JPN Musashi Suzuki

• JPN Daiki Watari

• JOR Khalil Bani Attiah

• JOR Mussab Al-Laham

• KOR Jwa Joon-Hyub

• KGZ Kayumjan Sharipov

• LAO Sopha Saysana

• LIB Alaa El Baba

• MYA Kaung Si Thu

• NEP Sujal Shrestha

• OMA Mubarak Al-Maqbali

• KSA Saleh Al-Shehri

• SYR Omar Kharbin

• SYR Samer Salem

• TLS Marcos da Conceição

• UZB Shokhruh Gadoev

• VIE Mạc Hồng Quân

• YEM Hussein Sadam

• AUS Jake Barker-Daish

• BHR Abdulla Yusuf Helal

• CAM Phuong Soksana

• CHN Bi Jinhao

• CHN Li Lei

• CHN Zhang Xizhe

• IND Romeo Fernandes

• IDN Hendra Bayauw

• IRN Milad Gharibi

• IRN Kaveh Rezaei

• IRN Payam Sadeghian

• IRN Morteza Tabrizi

• IRQ Ali Adnan

• IRQ Ammar Abdul-Hussein

• IRQ Mohannad Abdul-Raheem

• JPN Ryuji Hirota

• JOR Odai Khadr

• PRK Jong Il-Gwan

• KOR Jeon Byung-Soo

• KOR Jung Seok-Hwa

• KOR Park Yong-ji

• KUW Fahad Al-Hajeri

• KUW Hamad Al-Harbi

• KUW Mohammad Al-Fahad

• LIB Mahmoud Kojok

• MAS Devandrn Saarvindran

• MAS Thamil Arasu Ambumamee

• MYA Kyaw Ko Ko

• MYA Yan Aung Win

• OMA Hamoud Al-Saadi

• OMA Abdullah Saleh

• PLE Sameh Maraaba

• KSA Salem Al-Dossari

• TJK Shodibek Ghaforov

• TJK Azimdzhoni Yunuszoda

• THA Adisak Kraisorn

• THA Pokkhao Anan

• UAE Amer Omar

• UAE Jamal Ibrahim

• UAE Younis Ahmad Abdulla

• VIE Lê Quốc Phương

• VIE Ngô Hoàng Thịnh

• VIE Nguyễn Đình Bảo

• YEM Yaser Al-Gabr

• AUS Anthony Proia

• AUS Riley Woodcock

• BAN Emon Mahmud Babu

• BAN Sohel Rana

• CAM Chhin Chhoeun

• CAM Nen Sothearoth

• CAM Sos Suhana

• CAM Tith Dina

• CHN Mirahmetjan Muzepper

• CHN Ni Yusong

• CHN Peng Xinli

• CHN Xu Xin

• CHN Yang Yihu

• CHN Zheng Kaimu

• TPE Li Mau

• TPE Lin Chien-hsun

• HKG Lam Hok Hei

• HKG Tsang Kin Fong

• HKG Yuen Tsun Nam

• IND Lalrindika Ralte

• IND Manandeep Singh

• IDN Syaiful Cahya

• IDN Nurmufid Khoirot

• IRN Bahram Dabbagh

• IRN Mohammad Amin Haj Mohammadi

• IRN Yaghoub Karimi

• IRN Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh

• IRN Morteza Pouraliganji

• IRQ Ahmad Abbas Hattab

• IRQ Ali Faez

• IRQ Ali Mohammed Aliyallah

• IRQ Mahdi Kamel

• IRQ Mohammed Shokan

• IRQ Mustafa Nadhim

• JPN Hiroki Akino

• JPN Takuya Iwanami

• JPN Ken Matsubara

• JPN Masaya Matsumoto

• JPN Ryuga Suzuki

• JOR Hamza Al-Dardour

• PRK Han Song-hyok

• PRK Kang Nam-Gwon

• PRK Mun Hyok

• PRK Pak Song-Chol

• PRK Ri Hyong-jin

• KOR Choi Ji-Hoon

• KOR Kang Jong-Guk

• KOR Kim Hyun-Hun

• KOR Lee Jae-sung

• KOR Park Kwang-il

• KOR Park Jong-oh

• KUW Ahmad Rashed

• KUW Faraj Al-Zuaebi

• KUW Khalid El Ebrahim

• KUW Mohammad Al-Fahad

• KUW Shereedah Al-Shereedah

• KUW Yousif Al-Rashidi

• KGZ Evgenii Doroginskii

• KGZ Islam Shamsiev

• KGZ Nurkal Sataev

• KGZ Vladimir Kazakbaev

• LAO Khonesavanh Sihavong

• LAO Vilayout Sayyabounsou

• LAO Thinnakone Vongsa

• LAO Soukaphone Vongchiengkham

• LIB Abdulfattah Achour

• LIB Hussein Al-Jawad

• LIB Kaseem Abou Khechfe

• LIB Mohamad Jaafar

• LIB Omar El Kurdi

• MAC Chai Wai Fong

• MAC Leong Ka Hang

• MAC Pang Chi Hang

• MAC Vinicio Alves

• MAS Fandi Othman

• MAS Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria

• MDV Ahmed Nizam

• MDV Ahmed Imaz

• MYA Kyi Lin

• MYA Naing Lin Oo

• MYA Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit

• MYA Zaw Min Tun

• NEP Anil Ojha

• NEP Bharat Khawas

• NEP Jagjit Shrestha

• OMA Badar Nasib Bamasila

• OMA Raed Ibrahim Saleh

• OMA Mohamed Al-Mukhaini

• OMA Sami Mubarak

• PLE Ibrahim Jalayta

• PHI Marwin Angeles

• PHI Jeffrey Christiaens

• QAT Abdelkarim Hassan

• QAT Abdulla Afifa

• QAT Jaser Yahia

• QAT Muayed Hassan Fadli

• QAT Murad Naji Hussein

• QAT Saleh Al Yazidi

• KSA Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim

• KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad

• KSA Abdullah Otayf

• KSA Yasir Al-Fahmi

• SIN Al-Qaasimy Rahman

• SIN Aqhari Abdullah

• SIN Fareez Farhan

• SIN Faris Ramli

• SIN Madhu Mohana

• SIN Shamil Sharif

• SRI Nipuna Bandara

• SYR Mardek Mardkian

• SYR Hamid Mido

• TJK Jahongir Ergashev

• TJK Kurbonali Sobirov

• TLS Diogo Rangel

• TLS Henrique Cruz

• THA Chanathip Songkrasin

• THA Chayanan Pombuppha

• THA Chitipat Tanklang

• THA Laosangthai Anusak

• THA Narubodin Weerawatnodom

• THA Thitiphan Puangjan

• TKM Farhad Italmazow

• TKM Yhlas Magtymow

• TKM Suleyman Muhadow

• UAE Abdulla Al-Jamahi

• UAE Abdulla Al-Shehhi

• UZB Pavel Smolyachenko

• VIE Huỳnh Văn Thanh

• VIE Nguyễn Văn Quyết

• YEM Salem Al-Omzae

• YEM Mohammed Al-Sarori

• TPE Chen Yen-Jui (playing against Malaysia)

• PRK Mun Hyok (playing against Thailand)

• MDV Mohamed Thoriq (playing against Tajikistan)

• NEP Deepak Bhushal (playing against Bangladesh)

• SIN Delwinder Singh (playing against Japan)

• SRI Peter Hewabettage (playing against Syria)

• TJK Akhtam Nazarov (playing against Kuwait)

• TKM Hemayat Komekov (playing against Lebanon)

References

References

1. (13 February 2012). "Stage set for U-22 Qualifiers draw". Asian Football Confederation.
2. (22 March 2012). "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". Asian Football Confederation.
3. (17 February 2012). "AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers draw results". Asian Football Confederation.
4. (18 July 2012). "Oman to host U-22 finals". AFC.
5. "Regulations AFC U-22 Asian Cup 2013 (Qualifiers)".