2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification is an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates4 September – 12 September 2023[1]
Teams47 (eligible) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBD (in TBD host cities)

A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts country.

Format changes

The AFC Executive Committee had approved several strategic recommendations put forward by the AFC Competitions Committee. One of which was the removal of zoning principles in the AFC's youth competitions.[2]

Draw

All of the 47 AFC member associations, including the final tournament hosts Qatar are eligible for entering the qualifiers.

The teams are seeded according to their performance in the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses). The teams which indicate their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw will be drawn into separate groups.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.  Saudi Arabia (1)
  2.  Uzbekistan (2)
  3.  Japan (3)
  4.  Australia (4)
  5.  South Korea (5)
  6.  Iraq (6)
  7.  Vietnam (7)
  8.  Turkmenistan (8)
  9.  Thailand (9)
  10.  Jordan (10)
  1.  United Arab Emirates (11)
  2.  Iran (12)
  3.  Kuwait (14)
  4.  Malaysia (15)
  5.  Tajikistan (16)
  6.  Bahrain (17)
  7.  Myanmar (18)
  8.  Cambodia (19)
  9.  Syria (20)
  10.  India (21)
  1.  Singapore (22)
  2.  Yemen (23)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (24)
  4.  Timor-Leste (25)
  5.  Lebanon (26)
  6.  Oman (27)
  7.  Laos (28)
  8.  Palestine (29)
  9.  Mongolia (30)
  10.  Indonesia (31)
  1.  Chinese Taipei (32)
  2.  Bangladesh (33)
  3.  Philippines (34)
  4.  Hong Kong (35)
  5.  Maldives (36)
  6.  Sri Lanka (37; suspended)
  7.    Nepal (38)
  1.  Afghanistan (NR)
  2.  Bhutan (NR)
  3.  Brunei (NR)
  4.  China (NR) (H)
  5.  Guam (NR)
  6.  Macau (NR) (N)
  7.  North Korea (NR)
  8.  Northern Mariana Islands (NR) (N)
  9.  Pakistan (NR)
  10.  Qatar (13) (Q)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts determined before the draw
  • (H)*: Qualification group hosts determined after the draw
  • (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
  • (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 QatarHosts5thThird place (2018)
TBDGroup A winners
TBDGroup B winners
TBDGroup C winners
TBDGroup D winners
TBDGroup E winners
TBDGroup F winners
TBDGroup G winners
TBDGroup H winners
TBDGroup I winners
TBDGroup J winners
TBDGroup K winners
TBD1st best runners-up
TBD2nd best runners-up
TBD3rd best runners-up
TBD4th best runners-up


See also

References
  1. "AFC Competitions Calendar (Aug 2023 - Jul 2024)" (PDF). AFC. September 2022.
  2. "AFC Executive Committee unveils dynamic enhancements to the AFC Club Competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 25 February 2022.
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