International football contest
The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship was the fourthly edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) for the men ‘s under-23 home teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. It took seat between 8–26 January 2020 in Thailand. The tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics men ‘s football tournament. The acme three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in Japan as the AFC representatives. [ 2 ] As Japan had already qualified as the hosts, had they reached the semi-finals, the other semi-finalists were guaranteed qualification even before the phase would have commenced. [ 3 ]
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Uzbekistan were the defend champions, [ 4 ] but were eliminated in the semi-finals. South Korea became the fourth different area to win the tournament, beating Saudi Arabia in the concluding, [ 5 ] while Australia defeated Uzbekistan in the third base place game 1–0. [ 6 ]
Host survival [edit ]
several nations expressed interest to host the tournament, including Australia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Thailand were selected as host of the competition at an AFC Competition Committee ‘s meet in Tokyo in August 2018. [ 9 ]
qualification [edit ]
Qualified for AFC U23 Championship
Failed to qualify
Withdrew or did not participate
not an AFC penis The qualifiers were held from 18 to 26 March 2019, during the FIFA International Match Calendar. [ 10 ]
Qualified teams [edit ]
thirteen of the sixteen teams ( including hosts Thailand ) that qualified for 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualified again for the 2020 final examination tournament. The 2013 champions Iraq, 2016 champions Japan, 2018 champions Uzbekistan all qualified for the 2020 concluding tournament. The teams : Iraq, Japan, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, South Korea, China PR, Australia qualified for all editions of AFC U-23 Championship public treasury 2020. Iran, United Arab Emirates come rear after missing out in 2018, with Bahrain making their debut at the tournament finals. The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [ 11 ]
Venues [edit ]
The competition was played in four venues across four cities/provinces .
withdraw [edit ]
The draw of the final examination tournament was held on 26 September 2019, 15:00 ICT ( UTC+7 ), at the Swissotel Bangkok Ratchada in Bangkok. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship concluding tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand mechanically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the pull. [ 15 ]
match officials [edit ]
On 3 January 2020, the AFC announced the number of referees chosen for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. 34 referees, 26 adjunct referees and 2 support assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. Video adjunct referees will be used in this tournament. [ 16 ] [ 17 ]
- Referees
- Assistant referees
- Support assistant referees
Squads [edit ]
Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and utmost 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers ( Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2 ). [ 3 ]
Group phase [edit ]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
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- Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points ( 3 points for a gain, 1 point for a reap, 0 points for a personnel casualty ), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings ( Regulations Article 9.3 ) : [ 3 ]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local anesthetic, ICT ( UTC+7 ). [ 18 ]
Schedule
Matchday
Dates
Matches
Matchday 1
8–10 January 2020
1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2
11–13 January 2020
4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3
14–16 January 2020
1 v 2, 3 v 4
Group A [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Australia
3
1
2
0
4
3
+1
5
Knockout stage
2
Thailand ( H )
3
1
1
1
7
3
+4
4
3
Iraq
3
0
3
0
4
4
0
3
4
Bahrain
3
0
2
1
3
8
−5
2
Group B [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Saudi Arabia
3
2
1
0
3
1
+2
7
Knockout stage
2
Syria
3
1
1
1
4
4
0
4
3
Qatar
3
0
3
0
3
3
0
3
4
Japan
3
0
1
2
3
5
−2
1
Group C [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
South Korea
3
3
0
0
5
2
+3
9
Knockout stage
2
Uzbekistan
3
1
1
1
4
3
+1
4
3
Iran
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
4
China PR
3
0
0
3
0
4
−4
0
Group D [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
United Arab Emirates
3
1
2
0
3
1
+2
5
Knockout stage
2
Jordan
3
1
2
0
3
2
+1
5
3
North Korea
3
1
0
2
3
5
−2
3
4
Vietnam
3
0
2
1
1
2
−1
2
Knockout phase [edit ]
In the smasher stage, extra clock time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessity ( Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2 ). [ 3 ]
bracket [edit ]
The winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics .
third base place catch [edit ]
The winner qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics .
final examination [edit ]
Winners [edit ]
2020 AFC U-23 Championship
South Korea
First title
Awards [edit ]
The take after awards were given at the stopping point of the tournament :
Goalscorers [edit ]
There were 69 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.16 goals per match. 3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics [edit ]
The follow four teams from the AFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men ‘s football tournament, including Japan which qualified as the hosts .
- 1 Italic indicates hosts for that class .
- 2 Australia qualified as a member of the Australia qualified as a member of the OFC for six tournaments between 1956 and 2004 .
Notes [edit ]
- a b c d The four best runner-up qualified for the concluding tournament .
- ^ Playing fewer minutes than the other players scoring 3 goals, Wonggorn won the circus tent Scorer Award
References [edit ]
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