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AFC U23 Championship

2026Knockout stage
Cuartos de finalJordan U231-1(4-2)SemifinalesKorea Republic U231-0FinalChina PR U234-0

Group stage: 1.° of Group B · 3 J · 3 G · 10-0 · 9 pts

Grupo B · AFC U23 Championship

2025/26
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
10
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 1 of 16 in the competitionGoals2.67Shots on target per match · 1 of 16 in the competitionShots on target6.33Goals per 100 shots · 3 of 16 in the competitionConversion23%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets83%Average share of the ball · 5 of 16 in the competitionPossession54%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 16 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 16 teams in AFC U23 Championship in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.671.º
Shots on target6.331.º
Conversion23%3.º
Clean sheets83%1.º
Possession54%5.º
Duels won49%12.º

Grupo D · Olympic Football Tournament

2024/25
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
7
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.75Shots on target per match · 12 of 16 in the competitionShots on target4.00Goals per 100 shots · 3 of 16 in the competitionConversion21%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets75%Average share of the ball · 6 of 16 in the competitionPossession52%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 16 in the competitionDuels won47%

Compared with the 16 teams in Olympic Football Tournament in 2024/25.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.754.º
Shots on target4.0012.º
Conversion21%3.º
Clean sheets75%1.º
Possession52%6.º
Duels won47%12.º

Grupo B · AFC U23 Championship

2023/24
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
3
Goals for
1
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 3 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.67Shots on target per match · 4 of 16 in the competitionShots on target5.33Goals per 100 shots · 9 of 16 in the competitionConversion14%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets67%Average share of the ball · 4 of 16 in the competitionPossession56%Duels won over duels contested · 10 of 16 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 16 teams in AFC U23 Championship in 2023/24.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.673.º
Shots on target5.334.º
Conversion14%9.º
Clean sheets67%3.º
Possession56%4.º
Duels won49%10.º

Grupo A · Olympic Football Tournament

2021/22
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
7
Goals for
1
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 7 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.33Shots on target per match · 8 of 16 in the competitionShots on target4.83Goals per 100 shots · 8 of 16 in the competitionConversion13%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets50%Average share of the ball · 10 of 16 in the competitionPossession47%Duels won over duels contested · 8 of 16 in the competitionDuels won50%

Compared with the 16 teams in Olympic Football Tournament in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.337.º
Shots on target4.838.º
Conversion13%8.º
Clean sheets50%3.º
Possession47%10.º
Duels won50%8.º

Grupo D · AFC U23 Championship

2021/22
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
5
Goals for
1
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 3 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.83Shots on target per match · 8 of 16 in the competitionShots on target3.83Goals per 100 shots · 1 of 15 in the competitionConversion23%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 2 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets67%Average share of the ball · 8 of 16 in the competitionPossession51%Duels won over duels contested · 14 of 16 in the competitionDuels won46%

Compared with the 16 teams in AFC U23 Championship in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.833.º
Shots on target3.838.º
Conversion23%1.º
Clean sheets67%2.º
Possession51%8.º
Duels won46%14.º

Grupo B · AFC U23 Championship

2019/20
4.°
Position
3
Played
0
Won
3
Goals for
5
Goals against
1
Points
Goals scored per match · 5 of 16 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 7 of 16 in the competitionShots on target4.00Goals per 100 shots · 8 of 15 in the competitionConversion12%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 11 of 16 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 1 of 16 in the competitionPossession63%Duels won over duels contested · 6 of 16 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 16 teams in AFC U23 Championship in 2019/20.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 16 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.005.º
Shots on target4.007.º
Conversion12%8.º
Clean sheets0%11.º
Possession63%1.º
Duels won52%6.º

Grupo B · AFC U23 Championship

2017/18
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
5
Goals for
1
Goals against
9
Points

Grupo B · Olympic Football Tournament

2016/17
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
7
Goals for
7
Goals against
4
Points

Grupo B · Toulon Tournament

2015/16
4.°
Position
4
Played
1
Won
3
Goals for
5
Goals against
3
Points

Trends

2025/26
1.75
Scored
0.75
Conceded
75%
Clean sheets
50%
Over 2.5 goals
Last 6
When they score76-90'

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
18Rui ArakiGoalkeeperJapan181.94 m85 kgRight2025
12Tomoyasu HamasakiGoalkeeperJapan211.83 m80 kg-2025
31Masataka KobayashiGoalkeeperJapan211.91 m87 kg-2025

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
18Rion IchiharaDefenderJapan211.87 m81 kgRight2025
16Kaito KoizumiDefenderJapan211.90 m80 kg-2025
44Soichiro MoriDefenderJapan191.81 m70 kgRight2025
3Shuto NaganoDefenderJapan201.82 m77 kg-2025
22Tariqkani OkabeDefenderJapan201.87 m77 kg-2025
35Kanta SekitomiDefenderJapan201.77 m75 kgLeft2025
39Kaito TsuchiyaFull backJapan201.81 m72 kgLeft2025
2Rei UmekiDefenderJapan211.73 m64 kgRight2025

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
30Shusuke FuruyaMidfielderJapan211.74 m70 kg-2025
20Sena IshibashiMidfielderJapan201.80 m72 kg-2025
18Nelson IshiwatariMidfielderJapan211.85 m71 kgRight2025
33Tokumo KawaiMidfielderJapan191.73 m65 kg-2025
18Haruta KumeMidfielderJapan211.73 m67 kg-2025
40Kosei OguraMidfielderJapan211.67 m66 kgRight2025
16Yuto OzekiMidfielderJapan211.78 m67 kgRight2025
23Ryunosuke SatoMidfielderJapan191.71 m65 kgRight2025
47Yudai ShimamotoMidfielderJapan191.80 m69 kg-2025
36Yumeki YokoyamaMidfielderJapan211.73 m68 kgRight2025

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
9Yutaka MichiwakiForwardJapan201.91 m78 kgRight2025
9Brian NwadikForwardJapan211.85 m77 kg-2025
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