Tournament detailsHost countryChinaDates9–27 January 2018Teams16 (from 1 confederation)Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)Final positionsChampions
Uzbekistan ( 1st title )Runners-up
VietnamThird place
QatarFourth place
South KoreaTournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored82 (2.56 per match)Attendance65,850 (2,058 per match)Top scorer(s)Almoez Ali ( 6 goals )Best player(s)Odiljon HamrobekovFair play award Vietnam2016 2020 → International football contest
Reading: 2018 AFC U-23 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship ( besides known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup ) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football backing 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 position between 9–27 January 2018, [ 1 ] and was hosted by China. [ 2 ] Uzbekistan defeated Vietnam in the concluding to win their first claim. Japan were the defend champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals .
Hosts survival [edit ]
qualification [edit ]
The qualifiers were held from 15 to 23 July 2017. [ 4 ] China besides participated in the qualifiers, flush though they had already qualified mechanically as hosts. [ 2 ]
Qualified teams [edit ]
The following 16 teams qualified for the final examination tournament. [ 5 ]
Notes :
Venues [edit ]
The contest was played in four venues in four cities, all in the state of Jiangsu. [ 6 ]
draw [edit ]
The trace of the concluding tournament was held on 24 October 2017, 16:00 CST ( UTC+8 ), at the Traders Fudu Hotel in Changzhou. [ 7 ] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. [ 6 ] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament and reservation, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. [ 8 ]
equal officials [edit ]
The follow referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Additional assistant referees were used in this tournament. [ 9 ]
- Referees
- Assistant referees
- Support referees
- Support assistant referees
Squads [edit ]
Players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a team of minimal 18 players and utmost 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers ( Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2 ). [ 10 ]
Group stage [edit ]
The top two teams of each group promote to the quarter-finals .
- Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points ( 3 points for a acquire, 1 point for a pull, 0 points for a passing ), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings ( Regulations Article 9.3 ) : [ 10 ]
- 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, CST ( UTC+8 ) .
Schedule
Matchday
Dates
Matches
Matchday 1
9–11 January 2018
1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2
12–14 January 2018
4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3
15–17 January 2018
1 v 2, 3 v 4
Group A [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Qatar
3
3
0
0
4
1
+3
9
Knockout stage
2
Uzbekistan
3
2
0
1
2
1
+1
6
3
China PR ( H )
3
1
0
2
4
3
+1
3
4
Oman
3
0
0
3
0
5
−5
0
Group B [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Japan
3
3
0
0
5
1
+4
9
Knockout stage
2
Palestine
3
1
1
1
6
3
+3
4
3
North Korea
3
1
1
1
3
4
−1
4
4
Thailand
3
0
0
3
1
7
−6
0
Group C [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Iraq
3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
7
Knockout stage
2
Malaysia
3
1
1
1
3
5
−2
4
3
Jordan
3
0
2
1
3
4
−1
2
4
Saudi Arabia
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
Group D [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
South Korea
3
2
1
0
5
3
+2
7
Knockout stage
2
Vietnam
3
1
1
1
2
2
0
4
3
Australia
3
1
0
2
5
5
0
3
4
Syria
3
0
2
1
1
3
−2
2
Knockout phase [edit ]
In the knockout degree, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessity ( Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2 ). [ 10 ]
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bracket [edit ]
third base position match [edit ]
final [edit ]
This was the foremost time ever that Vietnam and Uzbekistan met together in concluding. For Vietnam, this was their beginning appearance in an AFC concluding at any flat .
Winners [edit ]
2018 AFC U-23 Championship
Uzbekistan
First title
Awards [edit ]
The follow awards were given at the decision of the tournament :
Statistics [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
There were 82 goals scored in 32 matches, for an modal of 2.56 goals per match. 6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Tournament team rankings [edit ]
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra prison term are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by punishment shoot-outs are counted as attract .
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final result
Uzbekistan
6
5
0
1
12
3
+9
15
Champions
Vietnam
6
1
3
2
8
9
−1
6
Runners-up
Qatar
6
5
1
0
10
5
+5
16
Third place
4
South Korea
6
3
1
2
8
9
−1
10
Fourth place
5
Japan
4
3
0
1
5
5
0
9
Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6
Iraq
4
2
2
0
8
4
+4
8
7
Palestine
4
1
1
2
8
6
+2
4
8
Malaysia
4
1
1
2
4
7
−3
4
9
North Korea
3
1
1
1
3
4
−1
4
Eliminated in
group stage
10
China PR ( H )
3
1
0
2
4
3
+1
3
11
Australia
3
1
0
2
5
5
0
3
12
Jordan
3
0
2
1
3
4
−1
2
13
Saudi Arabia
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
14
Syria
3
0
2
1
1
3
−2
2
15
Oman
3
0
0
3
0
5
−5
0
16
Thailand
3
0
0
3
1
7
−6
0
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Broadcasting rights [edit ]
References [edit ]
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