2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the 5th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (prior to 2021 known as the AFC U-23 Championship), a biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was originally going to be held in Uzbekistan from 6–24 January 2022, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and rescheduled to 1–19 June 2022. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament. South Korea are the defending champions. Host selection . Originally, it was determined that China would host the tournament, as a preparatory competition ahead of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. However, they withdrew from hosting the tournament in October 2020 due to scheduling conflicts, stadium completion timelines ahead of other international events and challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 18 March 2021, the AFC announced that Uzbekistan will host the tournament. Qualification. Qualification matches were played between 23 October and 2 November 2021. Draw. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. The  draw took place in Bunyodkor stadium at 12:00 PM, February 17. Squads. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, a minimum three of whom must be selected as goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3). Group stage. The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals. Teams are 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 tiebreaking criteria are  applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3): All times are local, UT ().