AFC U23 Asian Cup: Fixtures, results, group standings, top goalscorers and how to watch

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The 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup will begin on June 1 in Uzbekistan with the final expected to be played on June 19.

Originally scheduled to take place in January, the tournament was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Games will be played across four stadiums in Uzbekistan with the majority to be contested in Tashkent.

A total of 16 nations have qualified for the tournament and they have been split into four groups.

The AFC U23 Asian Cup was previously known as the AFC U23 Championship but was renamed in 2021.

The Sporting News brings you everything you need to know about the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup.

Jump to: Fixtures/Results | Group standings | Top goalscorers | How to watch | Past winners

AFC U23 Asian Cup fixtures and results

Matchday 1

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 1	11.00pm	Australia 2-0 Kuwait
June 1	11.00pm	Iran 1-1 Qatar
June 2	1.30am	Uzbekistan 1-0 Turkmenistan
June 2	3.00am	Jordan 1-1 Iraq
June 2	11.00pm	South Korea 4-1 Malaysia
June 3	1.00am	Thailand 2-2 Vietnam
June 3	11.00pm	UAE 1-2 Japan
June 4	1.00am	Saudi Arabia 5-0 Tajikistan

Matchday 2

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 4	11.00pm	Turkmenistan 2-1 Iran
June 4	11.00pm	Iraq 1-1 Australia
June 5	1.00am	Qatar 0-6 Uzbekistan
June 5	3.00am	Kuwait 0-1 Jordan
June 5	11.00pm	Vietnam 1-1 South Korea
June 6	1.00am	Malaysia 0-3 Thailand
June 6	11.00pm	Japan 0-0 Saudi Arabia
June 7	1.00am	Tajikistan 0-2 UAE

Matchday 3

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 7	11.00pm	Australia 1-0 Jordan
June 7	11.00pm	Iraq 3-1 Kuwait
June 8	3.00am	Qatar 2-2 Turkmenistan
June 8	3.00am	Uzbekistan 1-1 Iran
June 8	11.00pm	South Korea 1-0 Thailand
June 8	11.00pm	Vietnam 2-0 Malaysia
June 9	11.00pm	Saudi Arabia 2-0 UAE
June 9	11.00pm	Japan 3-0 Tajikistan

Quarter-finals

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 11	11.00pm	Australia 1-0 Turkmenistan
June 12	2.00am	Uzbekistan 2(3)-2(2) Iraq
June 12	11.00pm	South Korea 0-3 Japan
June 13	2.00am	Saudi Arabia 2-0 Vietnam

Semi-finals

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 15	11.00pm	Australia 0-2 Saudi Arabia
June 16	1.00am	Uzbekistan 2-0 Japan

Third-place play-off

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 18	11.00pm	Japan 3-0 Australia

Final

Date (AEST)	Time (AEST)	Match/Result
June 19	11.00pm	Uzbekistan 0-2 Saudi Arabia

AFC U23 Asian Cup group standings

A total of 16 teams qualified for the AFC U23 Asian Cup group stage.

Only the top-two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team	Games	Wins	Draw	Losses	GF	GA	GD	Points
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Turkmenistan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Iran	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Qatar	3	0	2	1	3	9	-6	2

Group B

Team	Games	Wins	Draw	Losses	GF	GA	GD	Points
Australia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Iraq	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Jordan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

Group C

Team	Games	Wins	Draw	Losses	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Vietnam	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Thailand	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

Group D

Team	Games	Wins	Draw	Losses	GF	GA	GD	Points
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7
Japan	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
UAE	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
Tajikistan	3	0	0	3	0	10	-10	0

AFC U23 Asian Cup top goalscorers

Player	Country	Goals
Yuito Suzuki	Japan	3
Ayman Yahya	Saudi Arabia	3
Cho Young-wook	South Korea	3
Suphanat Mueanta	Thailand	3
Jasurbek Jaloliddinov	Uzbekistan	3

How to watch the AFC U23 Asian Cup

In Australia, every match of the tournament will be streamed live on Paramount+.

Paramount+ offers free seven-day trials for new customers with a monthly subscription costing $8.99.

AFC U23 Asian Cup past winners

Year	Champion	Runner-up
2020	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2018	Uzbekistan	Vietnam
2016	Japan	South Korea
2013	Iraq	Saudi Arabia

Joshua Thomas

Josh has been covering sport for nearly a decade now having fallen in love with football at a young age. A UTS graduate, Josh has previously worked for GOAL and now covers football closely for The Sporting News.

Joshua Mayne

Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News currently based in Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and a journalist at Ministry of Sport. Joshua specialises in rugby league, motorsport and tennis. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.

Kieran Francis

Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.