Fifth Asia-Oceania Musical Cup

Fifth AOMC
Tournament details
Dates	August 17 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Philippines (1st title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Tajikistan
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	279 (12.68 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tajikistan (33 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Afghanistan	2	2	#4	Winners ranking (#4)
Australia	3	3	#4	Group stage (#3, #4)
China	4	4	#4	Runner-up (#2)
India	5	5	#4	Champion (#1, #2)
Iran	2	1	#3	Group stage (#3)
Japan	3	3	#4	Champion (#4)
Lebanon	4	4	#4	Runner-up (#3)
New Zealand	4	4	#4	Winners ranking (#2)
Pakistan	5	5	#4	Champion (#3)
Philippines	5	5	#4	Winners ranking (#4)
South Korea	3	3	#4	Third place (#3, #4)
Syria	3	2	#4	Group stage (#2, #4)
Tahiti	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Taiwan	4	1	#3	Fourth place (#2)
Tajikistan	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Thailand	5	5	#4	Runner-up (#1)
Uzbekistan	1	1	–	Newcomer
Vietnam	4	4	#4	Fourth place (#4)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the Asia-Oceania Cup ranking at the point, 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 World Cup Ranking (After the nineteenth cup), and finally, population.

Pot 1 Top 6 teams		Pot 2 Top 12 teams		Pot 3 Top 18 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
India	#1	Thailand	#7	Australia	#19
Pakistan	#2	Vietnam	#8	Syria	#20
South Korea	#3	Taiwan	#9	Iran	#23
China	#4	Philippines	#11	Tajikistan	#25
Lebanon	#5	New Zealand	#13	Tahiti	#26
Japan	#6	Afghanistan	#16	Uzbekistan	Debut

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Lebanon	Pakistan	China	Japan	India	South Korea
Thailand	Afghanistan	Vietnam	Taiwan	New Zealand	Philippines
Syria	Tajikistan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Tahiti	Australia

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lebanon	2	1	1	0	12	10	2	4
Syria	2	1	0	0	10	11	-1	3
Thailand	2	0	1	1	11	12	-1	1


(Elias Rahbani - "Dance of Maria") Lebanon	6 – 6	Thailand (Lisa - "Lalisa")
(Armande Altaï - "Informulé") Syria	4 – 6	Lebanon (Morphosis - "Too Far")
(DJ Billybool - "Som Jag") Thailand	5 – 6	Syria (Tootard - "Syrian Blues")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tajikistan	2	2	0	15	10	5	6
Pakistan	2	1	1	12	12	0	3
Afghanistan	0	0	2	8	13	-5	0


(The Ananda Shankar Experience - "Pluck") Pakistan	6 – 4	Afghanistan (District Unknown - "64")
(Khurmo Shirinova - "Paydot Kardam") Tajikistan	8 – 6	Pakistan (Rumer - "Slow")
(Aryana Sayeed - "Yaar-e-Bamyani") Afghanistan	4 – 7	Tajikistan (Abdoussatar Aboudllaev - "Devonah Shaw")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	1	1	0	12	11	1	4
Vietnam	2	0	2	0	11	11	0	2
Iran	2	0	1	1	10	11	-1	1


(Omnipotent Youth Society - "杀死那个石家庄人") China	6 – 6	Vietnam (The Banana - "There She Goes Again")
(Leila - "Misunderstood") Iran	5 – 6	China (Alice Longyu Gao - "Believe the Hype")
(Mona Evie - "Tâp Tô") Vietnam	5 – 5	Iran (Nima Khak - "All Ways")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Taiwan	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
Japan	2	0	1	1	13	14	-1	1


(Kyoto Jazz Massive - "Eclipse") Japan	6 – 7	Taiwan (Sunset Rollercoaster - "Let There Be Light Again")
(Trimmigrant - "Original Grass") Uzbekistan	7 – 7	Japan (Betcover!! - "幽霊")
(78 BPM - "Can I Touch It?") Taiwan	7 – 8	Uzbekistan (Otkhoda - "Темнота")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	14	11	3	6
India	2	1	1	12	13	-1	3
Tahiti	2	0	2	8	10	-2	0


(Asha Puthli - "Space Talk") India	7 – 9	New Zealand (The Bats - "North by North")
(Tubuai Choir - "Vahine Taihara") Tahiti	4 – 5	India (Sulk Station - "Bindya")
(Sea Mouse - "Rutherfords") New Zealand	5 – 4	Tahiti (Rurutu Choir - "Pure")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Philippines	2	2	0	14	10	4	6
Australia	2	1	1	12	13	-1	3
South Korea	2	0	2	12	15	-3	0


(Shadow Community - "Restless Song") South Korea	6 – 7	Philippines (PK Shellboy - "Addicted2 185bpm")
(Bad//Dreems - "Cuffed & Collared") Australia	8 – 6	South Korea (Kwon Eun Bi - "Glitch")
(Tarsius - "Maskara") Philippines	7 – 4	Australia (Rob Dougan - "Furious Angels")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Tajikistan	2	2	0	15	10	5	6
F	Philippines	2	2	0	14	10	4	6
E	New Zealand	2	2	0	14	11	3	6
A	Lebanon	2	1	1	12	10	2	4
D	Uzbekistan	2	1	1	15	14	1	4
C	China	2	1	1	12	11	1	4

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Tajikistan	8 (8)

New Zealand	8 (9)
		New Zealand	7

		Philippines	9
Philippines	8

Lebanon	7
		Third place



		Tajikistan	10

		Lebanon	8

Semifinals

Tajikistan	(8) 7–7 (9)	New Zealand
"Be Not Afraid" by Davron Mananov		"The Barrel" by Aldous Harding

Philippines	8–7	Lebanon
"Kanlinugan" by Moki McFly		"Galbi" by Soapkill

Third place match

Tajikistan	10–8	Lebanon
"Standing Between Two Walls" by Manizha		"Hal" by Yasmine Hamdan

Final

New Zealand	7–9	Philippines
"Gotta Get Thru This" by Daniel Bedingfield		"Ating Alamin" by Dhictah

Results

5th Asia-Oceania Music Cup Champion
Philippines (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Philippines	F	4	4	0	0	31	24	7	12
2	New Zealand	E	4	2	1	1	28	27	1	7
Third-place play-off
3	Tajikistan	B	4	3	1	0	33	25	8	10
4	Lebanon	A	4	1	1	2	27	28	-1	4
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Uzbekistan	D	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
6	China	C	2	1	1	0	12	11	1	4
Group stage eliminations
7	Taiwan	D	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
8	Pakistan	B	2	1	0	1	12	12	0	3
9	Syria	A	2	1	0	0	10	11	-1	3
10	India	E	2	1	0	1	12	13	-1	3
11	Australia	F	2	1	0	1	12	13	-1	3
12	Vietnam	C	2	0	2	0	11	11	0	2
13	Japan	D	2	0	1	1	13	14	-1	1
14	Thailand	A	2	0	1	1	11	12	-1	1
15	Iran	C	2	0	1	1	10	11	-1	1
16	Tahiti	E	2	0	0	2	8	10	-2	0
17	South Korea	F	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0
18	Afghanistan	B	0	0	0	2	8	13	-5	0