AFC U-23 Asian Cup
The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship and AFC U-23 Championship, is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. Each edition of the tournament that is in a year divisible by four is linked to the qualification process for the Olympic Games, whereby the top two teams in the tournament qualify directly.
The first edition was initially set to be held in 2013 and its qualification matches in 2014, but the finals tournament was postponed to be played in January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. In 2016 the tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship". The tournament was rebranded as the "AFC U-23 Asian Cup" in 2021.
In July 2023, the AFC announced that each non-Olympic edition of the tournament would be hosted by the same association hosting the next AFC Asian Cup. However, on 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the tournament will be held quadrennially from 2028, effectively discontinued the non-Olympic qualifiers’ editions from 2030.
Format
The overview of the competition format in the 2016 tournament was as follows:- 16 teams competed in the final tournament, including the hosts which were automatically qualified.
- Teams were seeded by the result of 2013 AFC U-22 Championship.
- The tournament was held in 18 days.
- 3 or 4 stadiums in at most 2 cities were needed to host the tournament.
Teams reaching the top four
Overall team records
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Point |
| 1 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 77 | |
| 2 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 77 | |
| 3 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 62 | |
| 4 | 7 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 62 | |
| 5 | 7 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 54 | |
| 6 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 42 | |
| 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 37 | –2 | 40 | |
| 8 | 7 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 35 | |
| 9 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 32 | |
| 10 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 24 | |
| 11 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 20 | |
| 12 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | |
| 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 15 | |
| 14 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 15 | |
| 15 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 13 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 19 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 4 | |
| 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 4 | |
| 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
;Legend- – Champions
- – Runners-up
- – Third place
- – Fourth place
- QF – Quarter-finals
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified
- — Hosts
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter
- × – Withdrew before qualification / Banned
| Teams |  Oman |