The Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) regrets to announce the decision to withdraw from the AFC eAsian Cup 2023.

The HKFA learned on 29 January that the Konami's eFootball™ 2024 gaming application adopted by the AFC eAsian Cup 2023 is unable to correctly display our team name of "Hong Kong, China". Upon days of negotiation with the organiser, no satisfactory solution could be found to resolve the issue. As such, based on the guidelines and advice from the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, we have informed AFC our decision to withdraw from the AFC eAsian Cup 2023.