South Korea are the defending champions of the AFC U-23 Asian Championship...
The 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the fifth edition of the biennial tournament. As the name suggests it is an age-group tournament and only players who are born after January 1, 1999, can take part.
It was previously known as the AFC U-23 Championship but from this edition, it will be known as the AFC U-23 Asian Cup. The qualification round of the main event is set to start on October 25. 42 teams will be participating in the qualification round.
23 teams from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, were drawn into five groups of four and there is another group which has three participants.