2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates10–28 January 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021),[1] the 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 will act as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in France as the AFC representatives while the fourth-best team will play an AFC–CAF play-off match for the qualification. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.[2] Saudi Arabia are the defending champions.

Host selection

Qatar has been selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee.[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Qualification matches are scheduled to be played in 2023.[4]

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Qatar Hosts 5th Third place (2018)
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Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).[2]

References

  1. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  3. ^ "Qatar recommended as host for the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024". the-AFC. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2023". AFC.

External links

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