2018 AFC U-23 Championship

• {{CHN}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/other/2016-04-28/501097.html|title=关于承办2018年亚足联U-23锦标赛决赛的意见征求函|publisher=Chinese Football Association|date=28 April 2016|language=zh|access-date=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022059/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/other/2016-04-28/501097.html|archive-date=25 October 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

{{Main|2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification}}

The qualifiers were held from 15 to 23 July 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2017.pdf|title=AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017 (UPDATED) Updated as of 12 April 2016|publisher=The-AFC.com|date=12 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410021447/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2017.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2017|url-status=dead}} China also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-u-23-championship-2018/2018-afc-u-23-championship-stage-set-for-enticing-finals|title=2018 AFC U-23 Championship: Stage set for enticing Finals|publisher=AFC|date=24 July 2017}}

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The competition was played in four venues in four cities, all in the province of Jiangsu.

The draw of the final tournament was held on 24 October 2017, 16:00 CST (UTC+8), at the Traders Fudu Hotel in Changzhou.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-u-23-championship-2018/groups-to-be-revealed-as-china-readies-for-afc-u-23-championship-draw|title=Groups to be revealed as China readies for AFC U-23 Championship Draw|publisher=AFC|date=23 October 2017}} The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-u-23-championship-2018/groups-revealed-in-changzhou|title=AFC U-23 Championship China 2018 groups revealed in Changzhou|publisher=AFC|date=24 October 2017}} The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJxe7Z3LMcw|title=2018 AFC U-23 Championship Draw|publisher=YouTube|date=24 October 2017}}

The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Additional assistant referees were used in this tournament.{{cite web |title=Refereeing Technical Report |url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-u23-championship-refereeing-technical-report |access-date=20 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155927/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-u23-championship-refereeing-technical-report |archive-date=15 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}

;Referees

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• {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Beath
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Green
• {{flagicon|BHR}} Nawaf Shukralla
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Fu Ming
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Ma Ning
• {{flagicon|HKG}} Liu Kwok Man
• {{flagicon|IRN}} Alireza Faghani
• {{flagicon|IRQ}} Ali Sabah
• {{flagicon|IRQ}} Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuji Sato
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Jumpei Iida
• {{flagicon|JOR}} Adham Makhadmeh
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Dong-jin
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Ko Hyung-jin
• {{flagicon|OMA}} Ahmed Al-Kaf
• {{flagicon|QAT}} Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
• {{flagicon|QAT}} Khamis Al-Marri
• {{flagicon|KSA}} Fahad Al-Mirdasi
• {{flagicon|KSA}} Turki Al-Khudhayr
• {{flagicon|SIN}} Muhammad Taqi
• {{flagicon|SRI}} Hettikamkanamge Perera
• {{flagicon|UAE}} Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed
• {{flagicon|UZB}} Ravshan Irmatov
• {{flagicon|UZB}} Valentin Kovalenko

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;Assistant referees

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• {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Cream
• {{flagicon|BHR}} Ebrahim Saleh
• {{flagicon|BHR}} Yaser Tulefat
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Cao Yi
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Huo Weiming
• {{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammadreza Mansouri
• {{flagicon|IRN}} Reza Sokhandan
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Yagi Akane
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Toru Sagara
• {{flagicon|JOR}} Ahmad Al-Roalle
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Yoon Kwang-yeol
• {{flagicon|KGZ}} Sergei Grishchenko
• {{flagicon|MAS}} Mohd Yusri Mohamad
• {{flagicon|OMA}} Abu Bakar Al-Amri
• {{flagicon|QAT}} Saud Al-Maqaleh
• {{flagicon|QAT}} Taleb Al-Marri
• {{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Abakry
• {{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Shalawi
• {{flagicon|SIN}} Ronnie Koh Min Kiat
• {{flagicon|SRI}} Palitha Hemathunga
• {{flagicon|UAE}} Mohamed Al-Hammadi
• {{flagicon|UAE}} Hasan Al-Mahri
• {{flagicon|UZB}} Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
• {{flagicon|UZB}} Jakhongir Saidov

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;Support referees

• {{flagicon|JPN}} Minoru Tōjō
• {{flagicon|UZB}} Ilgiz Tantashev

;Support assistant referees

• {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Ahmad Ali
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Trung Hậu

{{Main|2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads}}

Players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2).{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-u-23-championship-2018-competition-regulations-34136|publisher=AFC|title=Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2018|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143807/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-u-23-championship-2018-competition-regulations-34136|archive-date=15 February 2018|archive-format=PDF|url-status=dead}}

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

;Tiebreakers

{{anchor|Tiebreakers}}

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

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|team2 = {{fbu|23|AUS}}

|goals1 =

• Nguyễn Quang Hải {{goal|72}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan

|attendance = 2,362

|referee = Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/965388 Live Report]
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}}

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|time = 19:30

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|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|KOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan

|attendance = 685

|referee = Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/965389 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12640 Stats Report]

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|17|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|KOR}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|23|AUS}}

|goals1 =

• Lee Keun-ho {{goal|18||65}}
• Han Seung-gyu {{goal|44}}

|goals2 =

• Cowburn {{goal|72}}
• Buhagiar {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan

|attendance = 678

|referee = Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/965390 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12641 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|17|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|SYR|1980}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|VIE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changshu Stadium, Changshu

|attendance = 400

|referee = Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/965391 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12642 Stats Report]

}}

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).

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|RD1=Quarter-finals

|RD2=Semi-finals

|RD3=Final

|Consol=Third place match

|19 January – Changzhou|{{fbu|23|QAT}}|3|{{fbu|23|PLE}}|2

|20 January – Changshu|{{fbu|23|IRQ}}|3 (3)|{{fbu|23|VIE}} {{pso}}|3 (5)

|19 January – Jiangyin|{{fbu|23|JPN}}|0|{{fbu|23|UZB}}|4

|20 January – Kunshan|{{fbu|23|KOR}}|2|{{fbu|23|MAS}}|1

|23 January – Changzhou|{{fbu|23|QAT}}|2 (3)|{{fbu|23|VIE}} {{pso}}|2 (4)

|23 January – Kunshan|{{fbu|23|UZB}} {{aet}}|4|{{fbu|23|KOR}}|1

|27 January – Changzhou|{{fbu|23|VIE}}|1|{{fbu|23|UZB}} {{aet}}|2

|26 January – Kunshan|{{fbu|23|QAT}}|1|{{fbu|23|KOR}}|0

}}

{{Football box

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|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|JPN}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbu|23|UZB}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Sidikov {{goal|31}}
• Khamdamov {{goal|34}}
• Yakhshiboev {{goal|39||47}}

|stadium = Jiangyin Stadium, Jiangyin

|attendance = 380

|referee = Fu Ming (China)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970064 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12644 Stats Report]

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|QAT}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|23|PLE}}

|goals1 =

• Almoez Ali {{goal|32||34}}
• Hashim Ali {{goal|53}}

|goals2 =

• Dabbagh {{goal|60}}
• Darwish {{goal|87}}

|stadium = Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Changzhou

|attendance = 226

|referee = Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970065 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12643 Stats Report]

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|20|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|KOR}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|23|MAS}}

|goals1 =

• Cho Jae-wan {{goal|1}}
• Han Seung-gyu {{goal|85}}

|goals2 =

• Thanabalan {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan

|attendance = 738

|referee = Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970066 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12646 Stats Report]

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|20|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|IRQ}}

|score = 3–3

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|23|VIE}}

|goals1 =

• Hussein {{goal|29|pen.|94}}
• Mhawi {{goal|116}}

|goals2 =

• Nguyễn Công Phượng {{goal|12}}
• Phan Văn Đức {{goal|108}}
• Hà Đức Chinh {{goal|112}}

|penaltyscore = 3–5

|penalties1 =

• Resan {{penmiss}}
• Hussein {{pengoal}}
• Mhawi {{pengoal}}
• Attwan {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 =

• {{pengoal}} Vũ Văn Thanh
• {{pengoal}} Nguyễn Quang Hải
• {{pengoal}} Lương Xuân Trường
• {{pengoal}} Hà Đức Chinh
• {{pengoal}} Bùi Tiến Dũng II

|stadium = Changshu Stadium, Changshu

|attendance = 980

|referee = Chris Beath (Australia)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970067 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12645 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|23|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|QAT}}

|score = 2–2

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|23|VIE}}

|goals1 =

• Afif {{goal|39|pen.}}
• Almoez Ali {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

• Nguyễn Quang Hải {{goal|69||88}}

|penaltyscore = 3–4

|penalties1 =

• Afif {{pengoal}}
• Moein {{penmiss}}
• Al-Shammeri {{pengoal}}
• Almoez Ali {{pengoal}}
• Al-Brake {{penmiss}}

|penalties2 =

• {{penmiss}} Nguyễn Quang Hải
• {{pengoal}} Lương Xuân Trường
• {{pengoal}} Hà Đức Chinh
• {{pengoal}} Phan Văn Đức
• {{pengoal}} Vũ Văn Thanh

|stadium = Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Changzhou

|attendance = 630

|referee = Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970069 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12647 Stats Report]

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|23|df=y}}

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|UZB}}

|score = 4–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|23|KOR}}

|goals1 =

• Urinboev {{goal|33}}
• Ganiev {{goal|99}}
• Yakhshiboev {{goal|110}}
• Komilov {{goal|120+1}}

|goals2 =

• Hwang Hyun-soo {{goal|58}}

|stadium = Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan

|attendance = 367

|referee = Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970068 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12648 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|26|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|QAT}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|23|KOR}}

|goals1 =

• Afif {{goal|39}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan

|attendance = 168

|referee = Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970071 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12649 Stats Report]

}}

This was the first time ever that Vietnam and Uzbekistan met together in final. For Vietnam, this was their first appearance in an AFC final at any level.

{{main|2018 AFC U-23 Championship Final}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|27|df=y}}

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|VIE}}

|score = 1–2

| aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|23|UZB}}

|goals1 =

• Nguyễn Quang Hải {{goal|41}}

|goals2 =

• Ashurmatov {{goal|8}}
• Sidorov {{goal|120}}

|stadium = Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Changzhou

|attendance = 6,200

|referee = Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

|report = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/matches/2017/970070 Live Report]
[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12650 Stats Report]

}}

{{Winners-other|2018 AFC U-23 Championship|UZB|Uzbekistan|First}}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

{{Goalscorers|goals=82 |matches=32

|6 goals=

• {{fbuicon|23|QAT}} Almoez Ali

|5 goals=

• {{fbuicon|23|VIE}} Nguyễn Quang Hải

|3 goals=

• {{fbuicon|23|PLE}} Oday Dabbagh
• {{fbuicon|23|QAT}} Akram Afif
• {{fbuicon|23|KOR}} Lee Keun-ho
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Jasurbek Yakhshiboev

|2 goals=

• {{fbuicon|23|AUS}} George Blackwood
• {{fbuicon|23|IRQ}} Ayman Hussein
• {{fbuicon|23|IRQ}} Alaa Ali Mhawi
• {{fbuicon|23|JPN}} Ko Itakura
• {{fbuicon|23|JOR}} Baha' Faisal
• {{fbuicon|23|MAS}} Safawi Rasid
• {{fbuicon|23|PLE}} Mohamed Darwish
• {{fbuicon|23|KOR}} Han Seung-gyu

|1 goal=

• {{fbuicon|23|AUS}} Trent Buhagiar
• {{fbuicon|23|AUS}} Nick Cowburn
• {{fbuicon|23|AUS}} Bruce Kamau
• {{fbuicon|23|CHN}} Li Xiaoming
• {{fbuicon|23|CHN}} Wei Shihao
• {{fbuicon|23|CHN}} Yang Liyu
• {{fbuicon|23|CHN}} Yao Junsheng
• {{fbuicon|23|IRQ}} Hussein Ali
• {{fbuicon|23|IRQ}} Amjad Attwan
• {{fbuicon|23|IRQ}} Mohammed Jaffal
• {{fbuicon|23|IRQ}} Bashar Resan
• {{fbuicon|23|JPN}} Koji Miyoshi
• {{fbuicon|23|JPN}} Takahiro Yanagi
• {{fbuicon|23|JOR}} Ward Al-Barri
• {{fbuicon|23|MAS}} Danial Amier Norhisham
• {{fbuicon|23|MAS}} Thanabalan Nadarajah
• {{fbuicon|23|PRK}} Kim Yu-song
• {{fbuicon|23|PRK}} Ri Hun
• {{fbuicon|23|PLE}} Mohanad Fannoun
• {{fbuicon|23|PLE}} Shehab Qumbor
• {{fbuicon|23|PLE}} Mahmoud Yousef
• {{fbuicon|23|QAT}} Hashim Ali
• {{fbuicon|23|KSA}} Abdulelah Al-Amri
• {{fbuicon|23|KSA}} Rakan Al-Shamlan
• {{fbuicon|23|KOR}} Cho Jae-wan{{efn|name="u23afcgoalscorer"|Fastest goal in the tournament}}
• {{fbuicon|23|KOR}} Cho Young-wook
• {{fbuicon|23|KOR}} Hwang Hyun-soo
• {{fbuicon|23|THA}} Chenrop Samphaodi
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Khojiakbar Alijonov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Rustam Ashurmatov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Azizjon Ganiev
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Dostonbek Khamdamov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Akramjon Komilov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Javokhir Sidikov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Andrey Sidorov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Dostonbek Tursunov
• {{fbuicon|23|UZB}} Zabikhillo Urinboev
• {{fbuicon|23|VIE}} Hà Đức Chinh
• {{fbuicon|23|VIE}} Nguyễn Công Phượng
• {{fbuicon|23|VIE}} Phan Văn Đức

|1 own goal=

• {{fbuicon|23|AUS}} Thomas Deng (against Syria)
• {{fbuicon|23|PRK}} Kang Ju-hyok (against Japan)
• {{fbuicon|23|PLE}} Mohammed Rashid (against North Korea)

}}

• {{flag|Arab League}}: beIN Sports (MENA), Alkaas Sports Channels
• {{flag|Australia}}: Fox Sports Australia{{cite web|title=FOX SPORTS to broadcast Australian U23 matches LIVE & EXCLUSIVE|url=https://www.a-league.com.au/news/fox-sports-broadcast-australian-u23-matches-live-exclusive|language=en}}
• {{flag|China}}: CCTV,{{cite web|url=http://sports.cctv.com/epg/?channel=CCTV5&date=20180121|title=CCTV-5 Schedule|publisher=CCTV|access-date=2018-01-21|language=zh}}{{cite web|url=http://sports.cctv.com/epg/?channel=CCTV%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E8%B5%9B%E4%BA%8B&date=20180121|title=CCTV-5⁺ Schedule|publisher=CCTV|access-date=2018-01-21|language=zh}} PPTV,{{cite web|url=http://zhibo.pptv.com/list/sports_program/index.html|title=PP Sport Schedule|publisher=PPTV|access-date=2018-01-21|language=zh}} Guangdong Sports{{cite web|url=http://epg.gdtv.cn/?c=3&d=2018-01-15|title=Guangdong Sports Schedule|publisher=GDTV|access-date=2018-01-21|language=zh}}
• {{flag|ASEAN}}: Fox Sports Asia{{cite web|url=https://tv.foxsportsasia.com/?_ga=2.108752001.224794314.1516547401-1772518135.1516162836|title=The Official TV Listings for FOX Sports, FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports 3|publisher=Fox Sports|access-date=2018-01-21|archive-date=10 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910142328/https://tv.foxsportsasia.com/?_ga=2.108752001.224794314.1516547401-1772518135.1516162836|url-status=dead}}
• {{flag|South Korea}}: JTBC3 Fox Sports{{cite web|url=http://jtbc3foxsports.joins.com/program/program.html|title=JTBC3 Fox Sports Programs|publisher=JTBC3 Fox Sports|access-date=2018-01-21|language=ko}}{{Cite web |title=AFC joins forces with Korean cable broadcaster JTBC |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/afc_joins_forces_with_korean_cable_broadcaster_jtbc.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=the-AFC |language=en}}
• {{flag|Vietnam}}: VTV{{cite web|url=http://vtv.vn/bong-da-trong-nuoc/lich-truc-tiep-vck-u23-chau-a-2018-tren-vtv-20171229145946967.htm|title=Lịch TRỰC TIẾP VCK U23 châu Á 2018 trên VTV|publisher=VTV|date=2017-12-31|access-date=2018-01-26|language=vi}} (shared by Fox Sports Asia)

{{Notelist}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/|name=AFC U-23 Championship}}, the-AFC.com
• [http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/202 AFC U-23 Championship 2018], stats.the-AFC.com

{{AFC U-23 Championship}}

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