2024 Olympic football tournaments - Paris

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 1 results, 15 April

Group A: Australia 0-0 Jordan

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... ordan.html

Group A: Qatar 2-0 Indonesia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... nesia.html

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 1 results, 16 April

Group B: Japan 1-0 China PR

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... _pr_2.html

Group B: Korea Republic 1-0 UAE

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... 0_uae.html

Group C: Iraq 0-2 Thailand

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... and_2.html

Group C: Saudi Arabia 4-2 Tajikistan

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... istan.html

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 1 results, 17 April

Group D: Uzbekistan 2-0 Malaysia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... aysia.html

Group D: Vietnam 3-1 Kuwait

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... uwait.html

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 2 results, 18 April

Group A: Indonesia 1-0 Australia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... ralia.html

Group A: Jordan 1-2 Qatar

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... ar__1.html

Qatar won Group A and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 2 results, 19 April

Group B: China PR 0-2 Korea Republic

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... ublic.html

Group B: UAE 0-2 Japan

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... japan.html

Group C: Thailand 0-5 Saudi Arabia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... rabia.html

Group C: Tajikistan 2-4 Iraq

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... _iraq.html

Korea Republic and Japan advanced from Group B to the quarter-finals.

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Korea Republic and Japan advanced from Group B to the quarter-finals.

Korea Republic and Japan are now tied at the top of Group B with identical records (6 pts, 3-0), and they will play each other in the final match to decide who will finish as group winners and who will finish as group runners-up.

If the match ends in a draw, the group winners will be decided by a penalty shoot-out between the two teams right after the match (instead of by disciplinary points), according to the regulations of the tournament, Article 7.3.2.7: https://assets.the-afc.com/downloads/to ... ations.pdf

In the quarter-finals, the runner-up of Group B will play the winner of Group A, which will be the tournament hosts Qatar (6 pts), who have already won the group after two matches, while the winner of Group B will play the runner-up of Group A, which will be either Indonesia (3 pts), Jordan (1 pt), or Australia (1 pt). So likely both Korea Republic and Japan will want to win the group.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 2 results, 20 April

Group D: Malaysia 0-2 Vietnam

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... etnam.html

Group D: Kuwait 0-5 Uzbekistan

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... istan.html

Uzbekistan and Vietnam advanced from Group D to the quarter-finals.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 3 results, 21 April

Group A: Qatar 0-0 Australia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... hopes.html

Group A: Jordan 1-4 Indonesia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... inues.html

In Group A, Indonesia finished second and advanced to the quarter-finals, joining group winners Qatar.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 3 results, 22 April

Group B: Japan 0-1 Korea Republic

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... japan.html

Group B: UAE 1-2 China PR

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... _pr_2.html

Group C: Saudi Arabia 1-2 Iraq

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... _spot.html

Group C: Thailand 0-1 Tajikistan

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... hopes.html

In Group B, Korea Republic won the group and will play Group A runners-up Indonesia in the quarter-finals, while Japan finished second and will play hosts and Group A winners Qatar.

In Group C, Iraq and Saudi Arabia advanced to the quarter-finals. The two teams finished tied on points, and Iraq won the group as they won the head-to-head match, and Saudi Arabia finished second.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 3 results, 23 April

Group D: Uzbekistan 3-0 Vietnam

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... etnam.html

Group D: Kuwait 2-1 Malaysia

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... sia_2.html

In Group D, Uzbekistan won the group and will play Group C runners-up Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals, while Vietnam finished second and will play Group C winners Iraq.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, quarter-finalists and knockout stage bracket





Quarter-final ties: https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... s___2.html

Besides the coveted trophy, the top three teams will qualify for the Paris Olympics with the fourth-placed side to face African side Guinea in a playoff for a possible fourth slot at the 2024 Games.

Thursday

Qatar v Japan
Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium (Doha)
Kick-off: 17:00 (UTC+3)

Korea Republic v Indonesia
Venue: Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium (Doha)
Kick-off: 20:30 (UTC+3)

Friday

Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium (Doha)
Kick-off: 17:00 (UTC+3)

Iraq v Vietnam
Venue: Al Janoub Stadium (Al Wakrah)
Kick-off: 20:30 (UTC+3)

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, quarter-final result, 25 April

Qatar 2-4 Japan (after extra time, 2-2 after 90 minutes)

Japan advanced to the semi-finals, and will play Iraq or Vietnam.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... pan_2.html

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Cue the @Firnen comment about Qatar at least not tainting the Olympic flag, or something.

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AFC U23 Asian Cup, quarter-final result, 25 April

Korea Republic 2-2 (10-11 pen) Indonesia (after extra time, 2-2 after 90 minutes)

Indonesia advanced to the semi-finals, and will play Uzbekistan or Saudi Arabia.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... drama.html

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So after 12 rounds of penalties, Korea Republic, who have qualified for every Olympics since Seoul 1988, were eliminated, meaning their streak of Olympic qualification ends at 9. This is the all-time longest streak of Olympic qualification in the men's football tournament. Egypt also "qualified" 9 straight times between 1920 and 1960, but they did not actually play in 1956 due to boycott.

The current longest Olympic qualifying streak is owned by Japan at 7, and they can extend it to 8 if they qualify for Paris. The only team with a current streak of more than 2 in the men's football tournament is Argentina, which have qualified for 3 straight in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Indonesia now have three "chances" (semi-finals, 3rd place match, play-off vs Guinea) to qualify for their 2nd Olympics, after Melbourne 1956, where they received a bye in the round of 16 after their opponents South Vietnam withdrew, and then in the quarter-finals, played the Soviet Union to a 0-0 draw after extra time, but lost the replay 0-4, meaning they technically finished 5th in that Olympics as the other losing quarter-finalists all lost straight away.

And of course, there may still be a Korean at the Olympics if Indonesia actually make it to Paris, as they are managed by Shin Tae-young, who is also the head coach of the Indonesia senior team, who earlier this year reached the Asian Cup round of 16, and are currently 2nd in their WCQ group with a good chance of advancing to the final qualifying round. Shin himself played for Korea Republic at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and were their head coach at the 2016 Rio Olympics. While he never played at the World Cup, he was the Korean manager at the 2018 World Cup, when they beat defending champions Germany 2-0 but still went out in the group stage.