U-23 soccer Asian Cup 2020

U-23 soccer Asian Cup 2020
2020 AFC U-23 Championship
Number of nations	16  (of 44 applicants)
Asian champion	South Korea (1st title)
venue	Thailand
Opening game	January 8, 2020
Endgame	January 26, 2020
Games	32
Gates	69  (⌀: 2.16 per game)
spectator	107,402  (⌀: 3,356 per game)
Top scorer	Jaroensak Wonggorn  (3 goals)
Best player	Won you-jae
yellow cards	98  (⌀: 3.06 per game)
Yellow-red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The fourth U-23 Asian Football Championship (officially: 2020 AFC U-23 Championship ) was held in Thailand from January 8th to 26th, 2020 . 16 teams competed against each other first in the group stage in four groups and then in the knockout system . The defending champion was Uzbekistan , who finished fourth.

The tournament served as the Asian qualification for the soccer tournament of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan . The best three teams qualified for it alongside Japan. South Korea won the tournament by beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 after extra time in the final . In the game for third place, Australia beat Uzbekistan 1-0 . The top scorer was Jaroensak Wonggorn from Thailand , who scored three goals. The South Korean Won Du-jae was named the best player of the tournament .

Attendees

qualification

→ Main article : 2020 U-23 Asian Cup / qualification

Of the 47 member associations of the AFC , 44 registered to participate. The group draw took place on November 7, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur . The teams were divided according to their geographical location into the western region, consisting of West , Central and South Asia , and the eastern region, consisting of Southeast and East Asia . The western region consisted of six groups with four teams each and the eastern region of five groups with four teams each.

The games were played as mini-tournaments from March 22nd to March 26th, 2019, with one of the participants hosting a group. Each team will play once against each other in their group. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the finals. The hosts from Thailand also took part in the qualification, but were automatically qualified for the finals.

Ten teams qualified for the fourth and five teams for the third time for the final round. For Bahrain , it is the first participation. On the other hand, three participants from 2018 - Oman , Palestine and Malaysia - failed to qualify.

draw

The group draw took place on September 26, 2019 in the Thai capital, Bangkok . The teams were divided into four pots according to their placements at the last event in January 2018 and drawn in four groups of four teams each. Host Thailand was already set as the group head of group A.

• Lottery pot 1 : Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Qatar
• Lottery pot 2 : South Korea, Iraq, Japan, North Korea
• Lottery pot 3 : China, Australia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
• Lottery pot 4 : Syria, Iran, Ver. Arab. Emirates, Bahrain

The draw resulted in the following group allocation:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Thailand	Qatar	Uzbekistan	Vietnam
Iraq	Japan	South Korea	North Korea
Australia	Saudi Arabia	China	Jordan
Bahrain	Syria	Iran	Ver. Arab. Emirates

Venues

Bangkok Buri Ram Pathum Thani Songkhla

Venues of the U-23 Asian Cup 2020

One day before the group draw in September 2018, the AFC named four stadiums in the four cities of Bangkok , Buri Ram , Pathum Thani and Songkhla as venues. The Rajamangala Stadium hosts both the opening and the final.

Three of the four stadiums had a capacity of between 30,000 and 50,000 spectators. The largest planned stadium is the Rajamangala Stadium with a capacity of over 49,700 spectators, while the smallest stadium, the Thammasat Stadium , only offers space for 22,000 spectators.

Bangkok	Buri Ram	Pathum Thani	Songkhla
Rajamangala Stadium Capacity: 49,722	Buriram Stadium Capacity: 32,600	Thammasat Stadium Capacity: 22,000	Tinsulanon Stadium Capacity: 45,000

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals, while those placed third and fourth were eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, there are still several teams in the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question. If this does not result in a definitive placement either, criteria 5 to 9 will be applied.
5. Goal difference from all group matches
6. Number of goals in all group matches
7. If it is only about two teams and these two are on the field, there will be a penalty shoot-out between them .
8. Lower number of points through yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 point, yellow-red and red card 3 points, yellow card followed by a direct red card 4 points)
9. Drawing lots

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
2.	Thailand	3	1	1	1	007: 300	+4	04th
3.	Iraq	3	0	3	0	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Bahrain	3	0	2	1	003: 800	−5	02

January 8, 2020, 5:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. CET ) in Pathum Thani
Iraq	-	Australia	1: 1 (0: 0)
January 8, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Thailand	-	Bahrain	5: 0 (1: 0)
January 11, 2020, 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET) in Pathum Thani
Bahrain	-	Iraq	2: 2 (1: 0)
January 11, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Australia	-	Thailand	2: 1 (1: 1)
January 14, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Thailand	-	Iraq	1: 1 (1: 0)
January 14, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Pathum Thani
Australia	-	Bahrain	1: 1 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
2.	Syria	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Qatar	3	0	3	0	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Japan	3	0	1	2	003: 500	−2	01

January 9, 2020, 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET ) in Pathum Thani
Qatar	-	Syria	2: 2 (2: 1)
January 9, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Pathum Thani
Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 2 (0: 0)
January 12, 2020, 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET) in Pathum Thani
Saudi Arabia	-	Qatar	0-0
January 12, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Pathum Thani
Syria	-	Japan	2: 1 (1: 1)
January 15, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Qatar	-	Japan	1: 1 (0: 0)
January 15, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Pathum Thani
Saudi Arabia	-	Syria	1: 0 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	3	0	0	005: 200	+3	09
2.	Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Iran	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	China	3	0	0	3	000: 400	−4	00

January 9, 2020 at 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET ) in Songkhla
Uzbekistan	-	Iran	1: 1 (1: 0)
January 9, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Songkhla
South Korea	-	China	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 12, 2020, 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET) in Songkhla
Iran	-	South Korea	1: 2 (0: 2)
January 12, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Songkhla
China	-	Uzbekistan	0: 2 (0: 1)
January 15, 2020, 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET) in Pathum Thani
Uzbekistan	-	South Korea	1: 2 (1: 1)
January 15, 2020, 5:15 pm (11:15 am CET) in Songkhla
China	-	Iran	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	1	2	0	003: 100	+2	05
2.	Jordan	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	North Korea	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Vietnam	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02

January 10, 2020, 5:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. CET ) in Buri Ram
Vietnam	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	0-0
January 10, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Buri Ram
North Korea	-	Jordan	1: 2 (0: 1)
January 13, 2020, 5:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. CET) in Buri Ram
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	North Korea	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 13, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Buri Ram
Jordan	-	Vietnam	0-0
January 16, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Vietnam	-	North Korea	1: 2 (1: 1)
January 16, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Buri Ram
Jordan	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 1 (0: 1)

Final round

In the quarter and semi-finals, in the game for third place and in the final, the knockout system was used . If the games in the final round were tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice and possibly (if there was still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .

game schedule

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Australia	01 1
	Syria	0
					Australia	0
					South Korea	2
	South Korea	2
	Jordan	1
									South Korea	01 1
									Saudi Arabia	0
	Saudi Arabia	1
	Thailand	0
					Saudi Arabia	1			Game for third place
					Uzbekistan	0
	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1							Australia	1
	Uzbekistan	5							Uzbekistan	0

¹ win after extra time

Quarter finals

January 18, 2020, 5:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. CET ) in Pathum Thani
Saudi Arabia	-	Thailand	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 18, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Australia	-	Syria	1: 0 a.d.
January 19, 2020, 5:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. CET) in Pathum Thani
South Korea	-	Jordan	2: 1 (1: 0)
January 19, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Bangkok
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Uzbekistan	1: 5 (1: 3)

Semifinals

January 22, 2020, 5:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m. CET ) in Bangkok
Saudi Arabia	-	Uzbekistan	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 22, 2020, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CET) in Pathum Thani
Australia	-	South Korea	0: 2 (0: 0)

3rd place match

January 25, 2020, 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CET ) in Bangkok
Australia	-	Uzbekistan	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

January 26, 2020, 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CET ) in Bangkok
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 0 a.d.

List of goalscorers

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted first according to the number of templates and then according to the game minutes.

rank	Nat	player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
01		Jaroensak Wonggorn	3	0	136
02		Mohammed Nassif	3	0	143
03		Zaid al-Ameri	3	0	308
04th		Nicholas D'Agostino	3	0	330
05		Islom Kobilov	3	0	540
06th		Lee Dong-gyeong	2	2	257
07th		Nurillo Tukhtasinov	2	1	195
08th		Abdalrahman Barakat	2	1	390
09		Alaa Aldin Dali	2	0	091
10		Cho Kyu-seong	2	0	180
11		Mohamed Marhoon	2	0	270
12		Lee Dong-jun	2	0	313
13		Suphanat Mueanta	2	0	311
14th		Oh Se-hun	2	0	409

In addition to these top scorers with at least two goals, there are 34 others with one goal each and two own goals .

Web links

• Official website of the U-23 Asian Football Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FA Thailand proposed as 2020 AFC U23 Championship host . In: The-AFC.com . August 30, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
2. ↑ Korea Republic's Song named Best Goalkeeper, Thailand's Wonggorn wins Top Scorer Award . In: The-AFC.com . January 26, 2020. Accessed January 26, 2020.
3. ↑ Korea Republic's Won named Thailand 2020 MVP . In: The-AFC.com . January 26, 2020. Accessed January 26, 2020.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Journey to Thailand 2020 begins . In: The-AFC.com . November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
5. ↑ Thailand 2020: Draw produces exciting groups . In: The-AFC.com . September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
6. ↑ Four stadiums confirmed for 2020 AFC U23 Championship to be held in Thailand . In: FoxSportsAsia.com . September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
7. ↑ AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020 Competition Regulations (PDF) In: The-AFC.com . P. 19f. Retrieved September 26, 2019.