2023 AFC Asia Cup Tournament

2023 AFC Asia Cup Tournament. The 18th AFC Asian Cup will be held in 2023. It is the international men’s football championship of Asia and is put on every four years by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). From June 16 to July 16, 2023, it will take place. After the tournament gets bigger, it will include 24 national teams, including the one from the host country. Qatar is the team that won last year. The tournament was meant to take place in China at first. But on May 14, 2022, the AFC said that because of the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s Zero-COVID policy, China would not be able to host the tournament.

Host

On June 4, 2019, just before the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France, it was announced that China had won the bid. But since China pulled out as a host, the AFC will decide later on in the second round of bidding. The due date is set for July 15, 2022.

Qualified teams

Team	Method ofqualification	Date ofqualification	Finalsappearances	Lastappearance	Previous bestperformance
Japan	Second Round Group F winners	28 May 2021	10th	2019	Winners (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)
Syria	Second Round Group A winners	7 June 2021	7th	2019	Group stage (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011, 2019)
Qatar	Second Round Group E winners	7 June 2021	11th	2019	Winners (2019)
South Korea	Second Round Group H winners	9 June 2021	15th	2019	Winners (1956, 1960)
Australia	Second Round Group B winners	11 June 2021	5th	2019	Winners (2015)
Iran	Second Round Group C winners	15 June 2021	15th	2019	Winners (1968, 1972, 1976)
Saudi Arabia	Second Round Group D winners	15 June 2021	11th	2019	Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)
United Arab Emirates	Second Round Group G winners	15 June 2021	11th	2019	Runners-up (1996)
China PR	Second Round Group A runners-up	15 June 2021	13th	2019	Runners-up (1984, 2004)
Iraq	Second Round Group C runners-up	15 June 2021	10th	2019	Winners (2007)
Oman	Second Round Group E runners-up	15 June 2021	5th	2019	Round of 16 (2019)
Vietnam	Second Round Group G runners-up	15 June 2021	5th	2019	Fourth place (1956,^[b] 1960 ^[b])
Lebanon	Second Round Group H runners-up	15 June 2021	3rd	2019	Group stage (2000, 2019)
Palestine	Third Round Group B winners	14 June 2022	3rd	2019	Group stage (2015, 2019)
Uzbekistan	Third Round Group C winners	14 June 2022	8th	2019	Fourth place (2011)
Thailand	Third Round Group C runners-up	14 June 2022	8th	2019	Third place (1972)
India	Third Round Group D winners	14 June 2022	5th	2019	Runners-up (1964)
Hong Kong	Third Round Group D runners-up	14 June 2022	4th	1968	Third place (1956)
Tajikistan	Third Round Group F winners	14 June 2022	1st	Debut	None
Kyrgyzstan	Third Round Group F runners-up	14 June 2022	2nd	2019	Round of 16 (2019)
Bahrain	Third Round Group E winners	14 June 2022	7th	2019	Fourth place (2004)
Malaysia	Third Round Group E runners-up	14 June 2022	4th	2007	Group stage (1976, 1980, 2007)
Jordan	Third Round Group A winners	14 June 2022	5th	2019	Quarter-finals (2004, 2011)
Indonesia	Third Round Group A runners-up	14 June 2022	5th	2007	Group stage (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)