2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates15 April – 3 May 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Iraq
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance136,534 (4,267 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Ali Jasim
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Joel Chima Fujita
Best goalkeeperUzbekistan Abduvohid Nematov
Fair play award Uzbekistan
2022
2026

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was 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 was held in Qatar from 15 April to 3 May 2024.[2]

The tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the Olympics as the AFC representatives, while the fourth-best team entered a single-elimination AFC–CAF play-off match.[3] A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament.[4]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals, who in turn lost the final to Japan in both teams' hunt for the second title.

  1. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ @theaseanfootball (17 April 2023). "Qatar 2024 Qualifiers - Seeding Pots". Retrieved 14 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Neto, Virgílio Franceschi (1 July 2022). "How to qualify for football at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. ^ "AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.