2013 AFC U-22 Championship

2013 AFC U-22 Championship
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.
Venues
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
Awards
The following awards were presented.
Goalscorers
5 goals
Kaveh Rezaei
4 goals
Marwan Hussein
Hamza Al-Dardour
3 goals
Shoya Nakajima
Abdulfattah Assiri
2 goals
Peter Skapetis
Mustafa Nadhim
Jo Kwang
Baek Sung-Dong
Yun Il-Lok
Hatem Al-Hamhami
Nasouh Nakdali
Abdullah Khalid 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 Al Sudani
Motaz Ali Hassan 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
References
External links
AFC U-22 Championship, the-AFC.com
2013
U-22 Championship
2013–14 in Omani football
2013
2013 in youth association football
AFC U-22 Championship
Under-22 association football competitions