2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2024
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	15 April – 3 May 2024
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Uzbekistan
Third place	Iraq
Fourth place	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance	136,534 (4,267 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Jasim (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Joel Chima Fujita
Best goalkeeper	Abduvohid Nematov
Fair play award	Uzbekistan
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The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021),^[1] the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held from 15 April to 3 May 2024.^[2]

The tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the Olympics as the AFC representatives, while the fourth-best team entered a single-elimination AFC–CAF play-off match.^[3] A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament.^[4]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing to Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals, who in turn lost the final to Japan in both teams' hunt for the second title.