The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Asia organized by the Asian Football Confederation. (AFC). Check AFC Asian Cup 2023 Start Date, Participating Teams List, Venues All You Know.
A total of 13 teams have already qualified for the AFC Asian Cup 2023. From the second round of joint qualifiers of World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023, the eight group leaders and the five-best runners-up teams have qualified for the continent’s marquee tournament that is slated to be hosted by China.
The finals will take place in June and July 2023, which is a shift from the usual January/February window.
Check out more information about the tournament regarding the start date, the venues, participating teams.
AFC Asian Cup 2023 Start Date
The tournament will be hosted by China in the year 2023. The competition would start on June 16, 2023, and the final would be played on July 16, 2023.
AFC Asian Cup 2023 Participating Teams list
The tournament will involve 24 national teams after its expansion of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, including that of the host nation. Qatar is the defending champion of the tournament.
The first two rounds of qualification also served as qualification for the World Cup. Qatar participated in the second round only for qualification to the 2023 Asian Cup, as they qualified automatically for the World Cup as the host nation.
China participated in the second round only for qualification to the 2022 World Cup, as they qualified automatically for the Asian Cup as the host nation.
Here is the list of the participating teams.
| Team | FIFA Rank | Coach |
| Japan | 28 | Hajime Moriyasu |
| Iran | 31 | Dragan Skocic |
| South Korea | 39 | Paulo Bento |
| Australia | 41 | Graham Arnold |
| Qatar | 58 | Felix Sanchez Bas |
| Saudi Arabia | 65 | Herve Renard |
| Iraq | 68 | Srecko Katanec |
| UAE | 73 | Bert van Marwijk |
| China | 77 | Li Tie |
| Syria | 79 | Nabil Maaloul |
| Oman | 80 | Branko Ivanovic |
| Vietnam | 92 | Park Hang-seo |
| Lebanon | 93 | Jamal Taha |
AFC Asian Cup 2023 Venues
Twelve host cities were submitted in the bid, including seven new football-specific stadia to be constructed, and renovation works planned for the existing stadia.
The new Pudong Stadium in Shanghai was proposed to host the final and a semi-final, with a renovated Worker’s Stadium in Beijing to host the other semi-final.
The new stadium is planned to be completed by the end of 2021, however, the bid included existing backup stadia in each of these cities.
On 28 December 2019, the Chinese association for Football announced ten cities to host the tournament. In January 2020, the AFC announced 10 stadiums for this edition.
| Stadium | Host city | Capacity |
| Beijing National Stadium | Beijing | 81,000 |
| Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium | Tianjin | 54,696 |
| Tianhe Stadium | Guangzhou | 54,896 |
| Nanjing Olympic Sports Center | Nanjing | 61,443 |
| Shaanxi Province Stadium | Xi’an | 50,100 |
| Wuhan Sports Center Stadium | Wuhan | 60,000 |
| Chengdu Sports Center | Chengdu | 42,000 |
| Yizhong Sports Center | Qingdao | 45,000 |
| Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium | Shenyang | 60,000 |
| Helong Stadium | Changsha | 55,000 |
| Ningbo City Stadium | Ningbo | 36,000 |
| Luoyang Stadium | Luoyang | 39,888 |