2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup
The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup (previously the AFC U-23 Championship before rebranding from 2021), 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 will be held from 15 April to 3 May 2024. The tournament will act as the AFC qualifiers for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in France as the AFC representatives while the fourth-best team will play an AFC–CAF play-off match for qualification. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament. Saudi Arabia are the defending champions. Host selection
Qatar was selected as the host for this competition by the Asian Football Confederation Competitions Committee. This marks as the second time that Qatar will be hosting this competition, the first in 2016. Qualification

Qualification matches were played between 6 and 12 September 2023. Qualified teams

Venues
To be confirmed. Draw 
The draw will take place on 23 November 2023. The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup. Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3). Group stage
All times are local, AST (UTC+3). Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary. Quarter-finals

Semi-finals
Winners will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Third place play-off
The winner will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The loser will advance to the AFC–CAF play-off match. Final

Qualified teams for the Summer Olympics
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. References

External links
, the-AFC.com

 
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