2023 AFC Asian Cup
| Qatar |
| June – July 2023 |
| 24 [from 1 confederation] |
← 2019 2027 → |
The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation [AFC]. It will be held in Qatar from 16 June to 16 July 2023.[1] The tournament will involve 24 national teams after expansion in 2019.[2] Hosts Qatar are the defending champions.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in China. However, on 14 May 2022, the AFC announced that China would not host the tournament due to the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and China's Zero-COVID policy.[3] On 17 October 2022, the AFC announced that the tournament will be held in Qatar.[4]
Host selection[edit]
China was announced as the winning bid on 4 June 2019, on the eve of the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France.[5] However, due to China's relinquishment of its hosting rights,[6][7] the AFC conducted a second round of bidding, with a deadline for submissions scheduled on 17 October 2022.[8]
Four nations had submitted bids: Australia, Indonesia, Qatar and South Korea,[9] but Australia subsequently withdrew on September 2022[10] and Indonesia on 15 October 2022.[11] On 17 October 2022, the AFC announced that Qatar won the bid and will host the tournament[4]
Teams[edit]
Qualified for Asian Cup
Failed to qualify
Disqualified or withdrew
Not an AFC member
The first two rounds of qualification also served as the Asian qualification for the World Cup. Qatar participated only in the second round solely for qualification for the 2023 Asian Cup.[12] They had qualified automatically for the World Cup as host nation. China too participated only in the second round. They had initially qualified automatically for the Asian Cup as host nation.[a]
Timor-Leste were barred from participating in the qualification tournament. The team was found to have fielded a total of twelve ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches, among other competitions.[13] However, as FIFA did not bar them from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Timor-Leste were still allowed to enter the competition, but were ineligible to qualify for the Asian Cup.[14]
Qualifying began on 6 June 2019 for 23 spots joining the host nation China.[a] The tournament will take place in June and July 2023, moved from the typical January/February scheduling of the AFC Asian Cup. This is due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December 2022. North Korea withdrew from the qualifying round due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualified teams[edit]
| Second Round Group E winners / Hosts | 7 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Winners [2019] | |
| Second Round Group F winners | 28 May 2021 | 10th | 2019 | Winners [1992, 2000, 2004, 2011] | |
| Second Round Group A winners | 7 June 2021 | 7th | 2019 | Group stage [1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011, 2019] | |
| Second Round Group H winners | 9 June 2021 | 15th | 2019 | Winners [1956, 1960] | |
| Second Round Group B winners | 11 June 2021 | 5th | 2019 | Winners [2015] | |
| Second Round Group C winners | 15 June 2021 | 15th | 2019 | Winners [1968, 1972, 1976] | |
| Second Round Group D winners | 15 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Winners [1984, 1988, 1996] | |
| Second Round Group G winners | 15 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Runners-up [1996] | |
| Second Round Group A runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 13th | 2019 | Runners-up [1984, 2004] | |
| Second Round Group C runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 10th | 2019 | Winners [2007] | |
| Second Round Group E runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 5th | 2019 | Round of 16 [2019] | |
| Second Round Group G runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 5th | 2019 | Fourth place [1956[b], 1960[b]] | |
| Second Round Group H runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 3rd | 2019 | Group stage [2000, 2019] | |
| Third Round Group B winners | 14 June 2022 | 3rd | 2019 | Group stage [2015, 2019] | |
| Third Round Group C winners | 14 June 2022 | 8th | 2019 | Fourth place [2011] | |
| Third Round Group C runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 8th | 2019 | Third place [1972] | |
| Third Round Group D winners | 14 June 2022 | 5th | 2019 | Runners-up [1964] | |
| Third Round Group D runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 4th | 1968 | Third place [1956] | |
| Third Round Group F winners | 14 June 2022 | 1st | Debut | None | |
| Third Round Group F runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 2nd | 2019 | Round of 16 [2019] | |
| Third Round Group E winners | 14 June 2022 | 7th | 2019 | Fourth place [2004] | |
| Third Round Group E runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 4th | 2007 | Group stage [1976, 1980, 2007] | |
| Third Round Group A winners | 14 June 2022 | 5th | 2019 | Quarter-finals [2004, 2011] | |
| Third Round Group A runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 5th | 2007 | Group stage [1996, 2000, 2004, 2007] |
Draw[edit]
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Group stage[edit]
All times are local, AST [UTC+3].
Group A[edit]
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | A20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | A30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Knockout stage |
| 4 | A40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
[H] Host
Group B[edit]
| 1 | B10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | B20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | B30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Knockout stage |
| 4 | B40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
Group C[edit]
| 1 | C10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | C30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Knockout stage |
| 4 | C40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
Group D[edit]
| 1 | D10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | D20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | D30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Knockout stage |
| 4 | D40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
Group E[edit]
| 1 | E10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | E20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | E30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Knockout stage |
| 4 | E40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
Group F[edit]
| 1 | F10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | F20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | F30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible Knockout stage |
| 4 | F40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]
The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
| 1 | A | Third place Group A0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Third place Group B0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | C | Third place Group C0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | D | Third place Group D0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | E | Third place Group E0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | F | Third place Group F0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match[es] will be played on TBD. Source:[citation needed]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b China were initially due to host the competition; however, due to the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, they would not be able to host the tournament.
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- ^ Qatar, who finished first in their group in the second round, did not participate in the third round as hosts of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. They are allocated in Pot 1 per their FIFA ranking. Lebanon, the worst-ranked team in Pot 2, is moved down to Pot 3.
See also[edit]
- 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
- 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
- 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
- 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
References[edit]
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup China 2023 competition dates confirmed". Asian Football Confederation. 7 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Competition Regulations". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Important update on AFC Asian Cup 2023 hosts". Asian Football Confederation. 14 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Qatar to host AFC Asian Cup 2023™; India and Saudi Arabia shortlisted for 2027 edition". Asian Football Confederation. 17 October 2022. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "China confirmed as 2023 Asian Cup hosts – AFC". Eurosport. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "China withdraw as AFC Asian Cup 2023 hosts". ESPN. 14 May 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "AFC Seeks New Host for 2023 Asian Cup After China's Withdrawal". 31 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "AFC extends AFC Asian Cup 2023 EoI deadline to July 15, 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Four Expressions of Interest received to host AFC Asian Cup 2023". Asian Football Confederation. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2023™ hosting rights bid update". 2 September 2022.
- ^ Skor.id [15 October 2022]. Budiman, Aditya [ed.]. "Dua Kandidat Tuan Rumah Piala Asia 2023, Indonesia Tersingkir". Tempo.co [in Indonesian]. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Dan [31 July 2017]. "Hosts Qatar to compete in qualifying for 2022 World Cup". inside the games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Federacao Futebol Timor-Leste expelled from AFC Asian Cup 2023". AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Road to Qatar 2022: Asian teams discover Round 1 opponents". Asian Football Confederation. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
External links[edit]
- AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com