2013 AFC U-22 Championship

The AFC Competitions Committee awarded the hosting rights of the 2013 finals to Oman on 18 July 2012. Oman and Thailand were the only nations that came forward wanting to host. ==Qualification==

The draw for the group stage of qualifying took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 February 2012. 41 national teams are taking part in qualifying. All group matches were set to be held from 23 June to 3 July 2012 but were later changed to June 2–10, 2012 due to Nepal's request. ==Venues==

Only players born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup. ==Group stage==

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 24 August 2013 in Muscat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings. • Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; • Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; • Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; • Goal difference in all the group matches; • Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; • Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; • Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; • Drawing of lots. All times are local (UTC+4). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place match Final ==Winners==

Goalscorers ;5 goals • Kaveh Rezaei ;4 goals • Marwan Hussein • Hamza Al-Dardour ;3 goals • Shōya Nakajima • Abdulfattah Asiri ;2 goals • Peter Skapetis • Mustafa Nadhim • Jo Kwang • Baek Sung-dong • Yun Il-lok • Hatem Al-Hamhami • Nasouh Nakdali • Abdullah Al-Ammar • Mohammed Majrashi ;1 goal • Ryan Kitto • Luo Senwen • Yang Chaosheng • Behnam Barzay • Mohannad Abdul-Raheem • Dhurgham Ismail • Amjad Kalaf • Takuma Asano • Riki Harakawa • Shinya Yajima • Ibrahim Daldoum • Odai Khadr • Bilal Qwaider • Ahmed Samir • Mahmoud Za'tara • Pak Kwang-ryong • Hwang Ui-jo • Kim Kyung-jung • Lim Chang-woo • Moon Chang-jin • Faisal Edhms Alenezi • Maung Maung Soe • Sami Al Hasani • Raed Saleh • Zakaria Sami • Motaz Hawsawi • Mardik Mardikian • Hamid Mido • Yousif Saeed • Salim Khalfan Saif • Jamshid Iskanderov • Egor Krimets • Igor Sergeev • Sadam Hussein ;1 own goal • Corey Brown (playing against Japan) • Lim Chang-woo (playing against Jordan) Tournament team rankings ==Awards==

The following awards were presented. == References ==