Fourth Asia-Oceania Musical Cup

Fourth AOMC
Tournament details
Dates	July 14 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	316 (14.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	South Korea (35 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Afghanistan	1	1	–	Newcomer
Australia	2	2	#3	Group stage (#3)
China	3	3	#3	Runner up (#2)
Fiji	1	1	–	Newcomer
India	4	4	#3	Champion (#1, #2)
Indonesia	4	4	#3	Quarter-finals (#1)
Israel	1	1	–	Newcomer
Japan	2	2	#3	Group stage (#3)
Lebanon	3	3	#3	Runner-up (#3)
Malaysia	3	3	#3	Group stage (#2, #3)
New Zealand	3	3	#3	Winners ranking (#2)
Pakistan	4	4	#3	Champion (#3)
Philippines	4	4	#3	Quarter-finals (#1)
Singapore	3	3	#3	Fourth place (#3)
South Korea	2	2	#3	Third place (#3)
Syria	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Thailand	4	4	#3	Runner up (#1)
Vietnam	3	3	#3	Winners ranking (#3)

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 fifteenth 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 Asia-Oceania Cup ranking, and finally, population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Japan (#6 W) Australia (#7 W) South Korea (#14 W) New Zealand (#27 W) India (#30 W) China (#41 W)	Philippines (#42 W) Lebanon (#43 W) Thailand (#61 W) Pakistan (#62 W) Singapore (#64 W) Israel (#68 W)	Indonesia (#70 W) Afghanistan (#73 W) Vietnam (#11) Malaysia (#15) Syria (#20) Fiji (Debut)

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
India	Australia	New Zealand	South Korea	Japan	China
Lebanon	Israel	Thailand	Singapore	Pakistan	Philippines
Syria	Vietnam	Afghanistan	Fiji	Indonesia	Malaysia

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	2	0	15	9	6	6
Lebanon	1	1	1	13	14	-1	3
Syria	1	0	2	9	14	-5	0


(Skyharbor - "Evolution") India	8 – 6	Lebanon (Elias Rahbani - "Dance of Maria")
(Omar Souleyman - "Ya Bnayya") Syria	3 – 7	India (White Town - "Another Lover")
(Morphosis - "Too Far") Lebanon	7 – 6	Syria (Eulen - "Morning Blood Requiem")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vietnam	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
Australia	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Israel	2	0	2	14	17	-3	0


(Wolfmother - "Victorious") Australia	9 – 7	Israel (Alon Mor - "Echoes Follow")
(Phung Khanh Linh - "Secret Sunday") Vietnam	8 – 6	Australia (Dead Can Dance - "Yulunga (Spirit Dance)")
(Charlie Megira - "Fear and Joy") Israel	7 – 8	Vietnam (Ytiet - "41")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	14	12	2	6
Thailand	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
New Zealand	2	0	1	1	13	14	-1	1


(The Chills - "Part Past Part Fiction") New Zealand	8 – 8	Thailand (DJ Billybool - "Som Jag")
(Ahmad Zahir - "Ba Khuda Tang Ast Delam") Afghanistan	6 – 5	New Zealand (Jawsh 685 - "Savage Love")
(Inspirative - "The Island Funeral") Thailand	7 – 8	Afghanistan (Farhot - "Yak Sher")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	19	15	4	6
Singapore	2	1	1	15	16	-1	3
Fiji	2	0	2	14	17	-3	0


(Yaya Kim - "Impulsions") South Korea	10 – 7	Singapore (Yeule - "Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty")
(Freq Nasty - "Boomin' Back Atcha") Fiji	8 – 9	South Korea (Mid-Air Thief - "Why")
(DJ Rap - "Spiritual Aura") Singapore	8 – 6	Fiji (Poseidon in Chains - "The Depths of Despair on Which We Drift")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	15	13	2	6
Indonesia	2	1	1	14	13	1	3
Pakistan	2	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Perfume - "One Room Disco") Japan	8 – 7	Pakistan (Arooj Aftab - "Mohabbat")
(Rich Brian - "Dat $tick") Indonesia	6 – 7	Japan (Rina Sawayama - "Hold the Girl")
(DripReport - "Skechers") Pakistan	6 – 8	Indonesia (Hindia - "Evaluasi")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Philippines	2	2	0	15	13	2	6
China	2	1	1	13	13	0	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	13	15	-2	0


(Organ Tapes - "Di Qiu") China	6 – 7	Philippines (APO Hiking Society - "When I Met You")
(Iqbal M. - "Jangan Cakap Saja") Malaysia	6 – 7	China (Hiperson - "Spring Breeze")
(Eraserheads - "Ang Huling El Bimbo") Philippines	8 – 7	Malaysia (Piri Reis - "Burden by Beauty")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	India	2	2	15	9	6	6
D	South Korea	2	2	19	15	4	6
B	Vietnam	2	2	16	13	3	6
E	Japan	2	2	15	13	2	6
F	Philippines	2	2	15	13	2	6
C	Afghanistan	2	2	14	12	2	6

Japan got qualified over Philippines due to the overall quality of both songs displayed previously.

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



India	8

Vietnam	6
		India	8 (7)

		Japan	8 (8)
South Korea	8

Japan	8+
		Third place



		Vietnam	7

		South Korea	8

Semifinals

India	8–6	Vietnam
"Tunak Tunak Tun" by Dahler Mendhi		"Tạ Tình" by Mỹ Huyền

South Korea	8–8+	Japan
"Glitch" by Kwon Eun Bi		"Always" by Jonah Yano

Third place match

Vietnam	7–8	South Korea
"Ô Mai" by Mona Evie		"Queen of Hearts" by Twice

Final

India	(7) 8–8 (8)	Japan
"Mumbay" by Sarathy Korwar TB: "Another Lover" by White Town		"Shield for Your Eyes, A Beast in the Well on Your Hand" by Melt-Banana TB: "One Room Disco" by Perfume

Results

4th Asia-Oceania Music Cup Champion
Japan (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Japan	E	4	2	2	0	31	29	2	8
2	India	A	4	3	1	0	31	23	8	10
Third-place play-off
3	South Korea	D	4	3	1	0	35	30	5	10
4	Vietnam	B	4	2	0	2	29	29	0	6
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Philippines	F	2	2	0	0	15	13	2	6
6	Afghanistan	C	2	2	0	0	14	12	2	6
Group stage eliminations
7	Indonesia	E	2	1	0	1	14	13	1	3
8	Australia	B	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
9	China	F	2	1	0	1	13	13	0	3
10	Singapore	D	2	1	0	1	15	16	-1	3
11	Lebanon	A	1	1	0	1	13	14	-1	3
12	Thailand	C	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
13	New Zealand	C	2	0	1	1	13	14	-1	1
14	Malaysia	F	2	0	0	2	13	15	-2	0
15	Fiji	D	2	0	0	2	14	17	-3	0
16	Israel	B	2	0	0	2	14	17	-3	0
17	Pakistan	E	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0
18	Syria	A	1	0	0	2	9	14	-5	0