Second Asia-Oceania Musical Cup

Second AOMC
Tournament details
Dates	April 18 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Pakistan
Fourth place	Taiwan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	328 (14.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)	India (35 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Bahrain	1	1	–	Newcomer
Cambodia	1	1	–	Newcomer
China	1	1	–	Newcomer
India	2	2	#1	Champion (#1)
Indonesia	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Lebanon	1	1	–	Newcomer
Malaysia	1	1	–	Newcomer
New Zealand	1	1	–	Newcomer
Papua New Guinea	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Pakistan	2	2	#1	Third place (#1)
Philippines	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Singapore	1	1	–	Newcomer
Syria	1	1	–	Newcomer
Tahiti	1	1	–	Newcomer
Taiwan	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Tajikistan	1	1	–	Newcomer
Thailand	2	2	#1	Runner up (#1)
Vietnam	1	1	–	Newcomer

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the twelfth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the previous cup, and finally, population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
New Zealand (#27) India (#33) Lebanon (#36) Philippines (#45) China (#46) Singapore (#50)	Thailand (2nd) Pakistan (3rd) Taiwan (5th) Indonesia (6th) Papua New Guinea (7th) Vietnam (9A)	Malaysia (19A) Syria (25A) Cambodia (27A) Tajikistan (30A) Bahrain (46A) Tahiti (8O)

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
New Zealand	Singapore	China	India	Lebanon	Philippines
Thailand	Taiwan	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam	Indonesia	Pakistan
Bahrain	Tahiti	Tajikistan	Cambodia	Malaysia	Syria

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	15	13	2	6
Bahrain	2	1	1	14	14	0	3
Thailand	2	0	2	12	14	-2	0


(Split Enz - "I Hope I Never") New Zealand	7 – 6	Thailand (Khana Bierbood - "Starshine")
(Osiris - "Struggle to Survive") Bahrain	7 – 8	New Zealand (Kimbra - "Replay")
(Khun Narin - "Phua Kao") Thailand	6 – 7	Bahrain (May Nasr - "Najwa's House")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Taiwan	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
Singapore	2	1	1	14	14	0	3
Tahiti	2	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Xhin - "Time Spiral") Singapore	6 – 8	Taiwan (No Party for Cao Dong - "Wayfarer")
(Kodak Cameo - "Caesar's Palace") Tahiti	6 – 8	Singapore (Sobs - "Girl")
(Cicada - "Birds and Moist Pine Needles") Taiwan	8 – 7	Tahiti (Mareva Galanter - "Bang Bang")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	15	16	-1	3
Tajikistan	2	0	2	14	16	-2	0


(Gong Gong Gong - "Ride Your Horse") China	8 – 6	Papua New Guinea (Aaron Choulai - "Nido Mindset")
(The Badakhshan Ensemble - "Maddoh") Tajikistan	6 – 7	China (Re-TROS - "Sounds for Celebration")
(Telek - "Midal") Papua New Guinea	9 – 8	Tajikistan (Abdoussatar Aboudllaev - "Devonah Shaw")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	0	18	14	4	6
Cambodia	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
Vietnam	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1


(Rina Mushonga - "Atalanta") India	9 – 7	Vietnam (Mona Evie - "Len Don")
(Drakkar - "Sarawan Chhan Penh Boromei") Cambodia	7 – 9	India (Rupa - "East West Shuffle")
(Hai Sam - "That's All") Vietnam	8 – 8	Cambodia (Yol Aularong - "Ride Cyclo")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lebanon	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Malaysia	2	1	0	1	13	14	-1	3
Indonesia	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1


(Issam Hajai - "Khobs") Lebanon	8 – 8	Indonesia (Taco - "Puttin' on the Ritz")
(Wanton Witch - "Walking on Moirai") Malaysia	6 – 8	Lebanon (Soap Kills - "Herzan")
(Yanti Bersaudara - "Lembur Kuring") Indonesia	6 – 7	Malaysia (Hujan - "Muda")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	17	14	3	6
Philippines	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
Syria	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1


(Moscow Olympics - "Still") Philippines	7 – 8	Pakistan (UNHXLY - "Oberon")
(Bedouine - "One of These Days") Syria	8 – 8	Philippines (Tom's Story - "Anchors")
(Entity Paradigm - "Waqt") Pakistan	9 – 7	Syria (Maya Youssef - "Queen of the Night")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
D	India	2	2	0	18	14	4	6
F	Pakistan	2	2	0	17	14	3	6
B	Taiwan	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
C	China	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
A	New Zealand	2	2	0	15	13	2	6
E	Lebanon	2	1	1	16	14	2	4

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



India	7 (9)

Taiwan	7 (8)
		India	10

		China	8
Pakistan	7

China	8
		Third place



		Taiwan	7

		Pakistan	8

Semifinals

India	(9) 7–7 (8)	Taiwan
"Cold/Mess" by Prateek Kuhad TB: "East West Shuffle" by Rupa		"Witches" by Elephant Gym TB: "Wayfarer" by No Party for Cao Dong

Pakistan	7–8	China
"Aitebar" by Vital Signs		"Da Qi" by Zhou Xun

Third place match

Taiwan	7–8	Pakistan
"Tornado" by Jay Chou		"Choro" by Natasha Noorani

Final

India	10–8	China
"Wanted" by White Town		"紅豆" by Faye Wong

Results

2nd Asia-Oceania Music Cup Champion
India (2nd Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	India	D	4	3	1	0	35	29	6	10
2	China	C	4	3	0	1	31	29	3	9
Third-place play-off
3	Pakistan	F	4	3	0	1	32	29	3	9
4	Taiwan	B	4	2	1	1	30	28	2	7
Group stage eliminations
5	New Zealand	A	2	2	0	0	15	13	2	6
6	Lebanon	E	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
7	Singapore	B	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
8	Bahrain	A	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
9	Papua New Guinea	C	2	1	0	1	15	16	-1	3
10	Malaysia	E	2	1	0	1	13	14	-1	3
11	Philippines	F	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
12	Indonesia	E	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
13	Cambodia	D	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
14	Vietnam	D	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
15	Syria	F	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
16	Tajikistan	C	2	0	0	2	14	16	-2	0
17	Thailand	A	2	0	0	2	12	14	-2	0
18	Tahiti	B	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0