Written by Greg Stock

Sources: Doug Butcher & John Punshon

The Asian Football Confederation held the Under 22 Championship finals in Oman in January of 2014. Australia were drawn in Group C with Kuwait, Iran and Japan.
Played: Sunday January 12 2014				Venue: Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman
Kuwait Under 22 Sufalmen Abdul Ghafoor, Ahmad Rashed, Fahad Al-Hajari, Abdulrahman Al-Enezi, Khaled Ebrahim, Ahmad Al-Dhefiri (Omar Al-Hebalter 85), Faisal Al-Harbi (Yousif Al-Rashadi 75), Sultan Al-Enezi, Shereedah Al-Shareedah, Adel Matar, Zaben Al-Enezi. Cautions: Ebrahim 34, Matar 50, Rashed 77, Al-Hajari 90+4	0	-	1	Australia Under 22 John Hall, Connor Chapman (Jason Gerla 61), Corey Brown, Scott Galloway, Stefan Ingo Mauk, Jakes Barker-Daish, Christopher Gilgor, Christopher Ikonomidis (Andrew Hook 82), Ryan Kitto, Dylan Tombides (Petroa Skapetis 61), Nicholas Ansell. Cautions: Ikonomidis 18, Chapman 36, Hall 82 Goal: Kitto 70
Referee: Ma Hing (People's Republic of China) Assistant Referees: Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) & Clymybakov Zamirbak (Kyrgyzstan) Attendance: 500 Coaches: Jorvan Viera (Kuwait), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
Played: Tuesday January 14 2014				Venue: Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman
Iran Under 22 Ali Reza Safar Beiranvand, Vahid Esmaeillbeigl, Shehyar Shirvand, Mohammad Amin Hajmohammadi, Ahmad Zendehooh, Mehdi Shiri (Fardin Abedini 62), Morteza Pouraliganji, Shahab Karami, Kaveh Razael, Behnam Berzay (Sayed Peyman Miri 71), Elean Pahlavan (Arsalan Motahari 84). Cautions: Hajmohammadi 38, Karami 78	0	-	1	Australia Under 22 Aaron Lennox, Curtis Good, Connor Chapman, Scott Galloway, Joshua Brillante, Ryan Edwards (Jake Barker-Daish 80), Reece Caira, Andrew Hoole, Adam Taggart (Stefan Ingo Mauk 86), Connor Pain, Petros Skapetis (Dylan Tombidis 90). Cautions: Chapman 23, Good 49 Goal: Skapetis 56
Referee: Kim Jong Kyeok (Korea Republic) Assistant Referees: Kwangyeoi (Korea Republic) & Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Attendance: 250 Coaches: Hurnan Alazeil (Iran), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
Played: Thursday January 16 2014				Venue: Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman
Japan Under 22 Daichi Sugimoto, Haoki Kawaguichi, Kyohei Yoshino, Takaharu Nishino, Ryosuke Yamanaka, Naomichi Ueda, Riki Harakawa (Shuto Kohno 68), Shinya Yajima (Hideki Ishige 56), Takuya Kida, Musashi Suzuki (Takuma Arano 75), Shoya Nakajima. Goals: Nakajima 18, 48 pen, Yajima 24, Brown Own Goal 45	4	-	0	Australia Under 22 Jack Duncan, Jason Gerla, Corey Brown, David Vrankovic, Stefan Ingo Mauk (Andrew Hoole 85), Jake Barker-Daish, Christopher Gilgor, Christopher Ikonomidis, Ryan Kitto, Dylan Tombides, Nicholas Ansell. Caution: Gilgor 47
Referee: Mohammad Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Assistant Referees: Mohamed Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) & Najah Rahem Rashid (Iraq) Attendance: 150 Coaches: Makoto Taguramori (Japan), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
The Olyroos qualified for the Quarter Finals of the AFC Under 22 Championship but were defeated 2-1 by Saudi Arabia.
Played: Monday January 20 2014				Venue: Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat, Oman
Saudi Arabia Under 22 Mohammad Al-Owala (Ahmad Al-Harbi 90), Hamad Al-Jayzani, Abdullah Khalid Al-Ammar (Saeed Al-Muwallad 72), Motaz Hawasawi, Abdullah Madu, Zakaria Al-Sudani, Msan Kohdary (Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim 71), Abduffattah Asiri, Abdullah Otayf, Saleh Al-Shehri. Cautions: Al-Sudani 62 Goals: Asiri 58, Al-Ammar 62	2	-	1	Australia Under 22 Aaron Lennox, Curtis Good, Connor Chapman, Scott Galloway, Joshua Brillante, Ryan Edwards, Reece Caira (Jason Garla 79), Andrew Hoole, Adam Taggart (Stefan Ingo Mauk 62), Connor Pain (Dylan Tombides 88), Petros Skapetis. Cautions: Caira 74, Good 90+4 Goal: Skapetis 77 pen
Referee: Ilda Jumpei (Japan) Assistant Referees: Karakami Satoshi (Japan) & Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) Attendance: 200 Coaches: Khalid Abdulrahman I Al-Koreni (Saudi Arabia), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
The Olyroos participated in a four nations tournament in Wuhan China and played three games against Brazil, China and Korea.
Played: Friday November 14 2014				Venue: Wuhan Sports Centre, Wuhan, China
Brazil Under 22 Jacsson Antonio Wichnowski, Fabio Henrique Tavares, Wallace Oliveiro dos Santos, Matheus Doris Macedo, Wendall Nascimento Borges, Danillo Barbosa sa Silva (Vinicius de Freitas Ribeiro), Lucas Evangelista Santana de Oliveira (Alef dos Santos Saldanha), Felipe Anderson Pereira Gomes (Felipe Augusto Carvalho Souza), Kelvin Mateus de Oliveira (Wellington Alves da Silva), Vinicius Vasconcelos Araujo, Felipe Gedoz de Conceicilo (Ryder Matos Santos). Red Card: Oliveiro dos Santos 89 Goals: Araujo 45, 66	2	-	2	Australia Under 22 Jack Duncan, Cameron Burgess, Corey Brown, James Donachie, Stefan Mauk (Steven Ugarlovic), Ryan Edwards, Jackson Irvine, Mustafa Amini, Corey Gamiero, Kwame Yeboah (Andrew Hoole), Connor Pain (Travis Cooper). Goals: Gameiro 21, Amini 90 pen
Coaches: Alexandre Tadeu Gallo (Brazil), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
Played: Sunday November 16 2014				Venue: Wuhan Sports Centre, Wuhan, China
People's Republic Of China Under 22 Zhang Yinuo, Yang Ting, Shi Ke, Wang Tong, Mi Hao Lun, Li Ang, Liao Lisheng (Xu Xin 46), Chang Fei Ya, Xie Peng Fei (Chen Hao 67), Wu Xing Hen (Yang Chao Cheng 76), Li Yuan Yi (Zeng Yi Feng 52). Cautions: Yang Ting, Chang Fei Ya Goals: Xie Peng Fei 11, Wa Xing Han 57, Cheng Fei Ya 74	3	-	1	Australia Under 22 aaron Lennox, Cameron Burgess, Riley Woodcock, Giancarlo Gallifuoco, Steve Ugarkovic, Stefan Mauk (Ryan Edwards 77), Andrew Hoole, Mustafa Amini, Shayne D'Cunha, Travis Cooper (Connor Pain 77), Jamie MacLaren. Cautions: Gallifuoco, Hoole, Edwards Goal: Cooper 22
Coaches: Fu Bo (China), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)
Played: Tuesday November 18 2014				Venue: Wuhan Sports Centre, Wuhan, China
Korea Republic Under 22 Gu Sung-Yun, Kang Yun-Koo, Song Ju-Hun, Jang Soon-Hyeok (Park Dong-Jin 45), Jeong Jee-Hyuk (Kim Jin-Hyuk 69), Kim Sun-Woo (Sin Il-Soo 85), Kim Seung-Joon, Song Ju-Han (Lee Myung-Jee 45), Lee Yeong-Jee, Lee Woo-Hyeok, Cho Suk-Jee (Sim Gwang-Uk 45).	0	-	1	Australia Under 22 John Hall, Corey Brown, James Donachie, Ryan Edwards, Jackson Irvine, Steven Ugarkovic (Jamie MacLaren 36), Giancarlo Gallifuoco, Shayne D'Cumha, Corey Gramiero, Kwame Yeboah, Connor Pain. Caution: Ugarkovic 36 Goal: MacLaren 38
Referee: Fu Ming (China) Assistant Referees: Zhang Fei & Zhang Chang (China) Attendance: 537 Coaches: Lee Kwang-Jong (China), Aurelio Vidmar (Australia)

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