AFC U-23 Championship


The AFC U-23 Championship is an international football tournament held by the Asian Football Confederation. The first edition was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2012, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.
The tournament is held every two years. The Olympic year tournaments, such in 2016 and 2020, are doubled as the Olympic's AFC qualifiers, from which the top 3 teams qualified to its football tournament. The 2016 edition took place in January 2016. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".

Format

The overview of the competition format in the 2016 tournament was as follows:
In addition, players would be ineligible for participating in the AFC U-16 Championship if they participated in a higher age group competition, though in reality it is rarely enforced.

Results

Teams reaching the top four

Host

Participating teams

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RankTeamPart.Pld.WDLGFGADiff.Pts.
142416444021+1952
241912613317+1642
341710343119+1233
43159422618+831
54189273019+1129
64188552118+329
74167361617–124
84175842015+523
93124531113–217
104144461418–416
113104241515014
124133461519–413
133121561219–78
143101361118–76
151411286+24
161411247–34
172610548-43
1841210111021–113
191302138–52
201301214–31
2113003113–120
2226006215–130