AFC U-20 Asian Cup

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TheAFC U-20 Asian Cup,formerly known as theAFC Youth ChampionshipandAFC U-19 Championship,is a biennial internationalassociation footballcompetition organised by theAsian Football Confederation(AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia that also serves as a qualification tournament for theFIFA U-20 World Cup.The competition has been held since1959.Between 1959 and1978,the tournament was held annually (without qualification); since1980,it has been held every two years. The1980 AFC Youth Championshiphad a qualification stage for first time.

AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded1959;65 years ago(1959)
RegionAsia (including Australia)
Number of teams16
Current championsUzbekistan
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)South Korea
(12 titles)
2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently, it consists of two stages, similar to the AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members and the final stage is contested between 16 teams. Themost recent edition,the 41st, was held inUzbekistan.The AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.[1]Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup".[2]

Format

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History

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Results

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  • Coordinate is based on the capital of the country.
Tournament names
  • 1959–2006: AFC Youth Championship
  • 2008–2020: AFC U-19 Championship
  • 2023–present: AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Edition Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1959 Malaya
South Korea
3
Malaya

Japan
3
Hong Kong
2 1960 Malaya
South Korea
4–0
Malaya

Japan
3–2
Indonesia
3 1961 Thailand
Indonesia


Burma
0–0
1

Thailand
2–1
South Vietnam
4 1962 Thailand
Thailand
2–1
South Korea

Indonesia
3–0
Malaya
5 1963 Malaya
South Korea


Burma
2–2
1

Thailand

Hong Kong
2–2
2
6 1964 South Vietnam
Burma


Israel
0–0
1

Malaysia
5–1
South Korea
7 1965 Japan
Israel
5–0
Burma

Malaysia
4–1
Hong Kong
8 1966 Philippines
Israel


Burma
1–1
1

Republic of China[3]

Thailand
0–0
2
9 1967 Thailand
Israel
3–0
Indonesia

Burma
4–0
Singapore
10 1968 South Korea
Burma
4–0
Malaysia

South Korea

Israel
0–0
2
11 1969 Thailand
Burma


Thailand
2–2
1

Iran
2–1
Israel
12 1970 Philippines
Burma
3–0
Indonesia[4]

South Korea
5–0
Japan
13 1971 Japan
Israel
1–0
South Korea

Burma
2–0
Japan
14 1972 Thailand
Israel
1–0
South Korea

Iran
3–0
Thailand
15 1973 Iran
Iran
2–0
Japan

South Korea
3–0
Saudi Arabia
16 1974 Thailand
India


Iran
2–2
1

South Korea
2–1
Thailand
17 1975 Kuwait
Iraq


Iran
0–0
1

Kuwait

North Korea
2–2
2
18 1976 Thailand
Iran


North Korea
0–0
1

South Korea
2–1
Thailand
19 1977 Iran
Iraq
4–3
Iran

Bahrain
3–1
Japan
20 1978 Bangladesh
Iraq


South Korea
1–1
1

North Korea

Kuwait
1–1
2
1979 China Canceled due to problems with the South Korean national team's entry into China
21 1980 Thailand
South Korea
3
Qatar

Japan
3
Thailand
22 1982 Thailand
South Korea
3
China

Iraq
3
United Arab Emirates
23 1985 United Arab Emirates
China
3
Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates
3
Thailand
24 1986 Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
2–0
Bahrain

North Korea
1–0
Qatar
25 1988 Qatar
Iraq
1–1
(5–4p)

Syria

Qatar
2–0
United Arab Emirates
26 1990 Indonesia
South Korea
0–0
(4–3p)

North Korea

Syria
1–0
Qatar
27 1992 United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
2–0
South Korea

Japan
3–0
United Arab Emirates
28 1994 Indonesia
Syria
2–1
Japan

Thailand
1–1
(3–2p)

Iraq
29 1996 South Korea
South Korea
3–0
China

United Arab Emirates
2–2
(4–3p)

Japan
30 1998 Thailand
South Korea
2–1
Japan

Saudi Arabia
3–1
Kazakhstan
31 2000 Iran
Iraq
2–1(a.e.t.)
Japan

China
2–2(a.e.t.)
(6–5p)

Iran
32 2002 Qatar
South Korea
1–0(a.e.t.)
Japan

Saudi Arabia
4–0
Uzbekistan
33 2004 Malaysia
South Korea
2–0
China

Japan
1–1
(4–3p)

Syria
34 2006 India
North Korea
1–1(a.e.t.)
(5–3p)

Japan

South Korea
2–0
Jordan
Edition Year Hosts Final Losing semi-finalists4
Champions Score Runners-up
35 2008 Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
2–1
Uzbekistan
AustraliaandSouth Korea
36 2010 China
North Korea
3–2
Australia
Saudi ArabiaandSouth Korea
37 2012 United Arab Emirates
South Korea
1–1
(4–1p)

Iraq
AustraliaandUzbekistan
38 2014 Myanmar
Qatar
1–0
North Korea
MyanmarandUzbekistan
39 2016 Bahrain
Japan
0–0(a.e.t.)
(5–3p)

Saudi Arabia
IranandVietnam
40 2018 Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
2–1
South Korea
JapanandQatar
2020 Uzbekistan Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic[5]
41 2023 Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
1–0
Iraq
JapanandSouth Korea
42 2025 China


Notes
1Title shared.
2Third place shared.
3Final tournaments in round-robin format.
4No third place match played since 2008; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Successful national teams

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Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finalists Total
(Top 4)
South Korea 12 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990,1996,1998, 2002, 2004, 2012) 5 (1962, 1971, 1972, 1992, 2018) 6 (1968,1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2006) 1 (1964) 3 (2008, 2010, 2023) 27
Myanmar 7 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970) 1 (1965) 2 (1967, 1971) 1 (2014) 11
Israel 6 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972) 1 (1968) 1 (1969) 8
Iraq 5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000) 2 (2012, 2023) 1 (1982) 1 (1994) 9
Iran 4 (1973,1974, 1975, 1976) 1 (1977) 2 (1969, 1972) 1 (2000) 1 (2016) 9
North Korea 3 (1976, 2006, 2010) 2 (1990, 2014) 3 (1975, 1978, 1986) 8
Saudi Arabia 3 (1986,1992, 2018) 2 (1985, 2016) 2 (1998, 2002) 1 (1973) 1 (2010) 9
Thailand 2 (1962,1969) 4 (1961,1963, 1966, 1994) 5 (1972,1974,1976,1980,1985) 11
Japan 1 (2016) 6 (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006) 5 (1959, 1960, 1980, 1992, 2004) 4 (1970,1971,1977, 1996) 2 (2018, 2023) 18
China 1 (1985) 3 (1982, 1996, 2004) 1 (2000) 5
Indonesia 1 (1961) 2 (1967, 1970) 1 (1962) 1 (1960) 5
Qatar 1 (2014) 1 (1980) 1 (1988) 2 (1986, 1990) 1 (2018) 6
Syria 1 (1994) 1 (1988) 1 (1990) 1 (2004) 4
Uzbekistan 1 (2023) 1 (2008) 1 (2002) 2 (2012, 2014) 5
United Arab Emirates 1 (2008) 2 (1985,1996) 3 (1982, 1988,1992) 6
India 1 (1974) 1
Malaysia 3 (1959,1960,1968) 2 (1964, 1965) 1 (1962) 6
Bahrain 1 (1986) 1 (1977) 2
Australia 1 (2010) 2 (2008, 2012) 3
Kuwait 2 (1975,1978) 2
Hong Kong 1 (1963) 2 (1959, 1965) 3
Chinese Taipei 1 (1966) 1
Vietnam
1 (1961) 1 (2016) 2
Singapore 1 (1967) 1
Kazakhstan 1 (1998) 1
Jordan 1 (2006) 1
Total (as of 2023) 50 32 39 29 14 164

Notes:

  • Bold Italicindicates hosts for that year.
  • Total (41 editions): 9 editions shared champions, 5 editions shared third place, and 6 editions with no third place match.

Records and statistics

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Awards

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Tournament Most Valuable Player Top goalscorer(s) Goals Fair play award
1978 Haris Mohammed[6] Haris Mohammed[6] 7 Unknown
1980 Choi Soon-ho[7] Choi Soon-ho[8] 4 Unknown
1996 Kim Do-kyun[9] Wang Peng[9] 6 Unknown
1998 Lee Dong-gook[10] Lee Dong-gook[10] 5 Unknown
2002 Kim Dong-hyun[11] Unknown South Korea[11]
2004 Park Chu-young[12] Park Chu-young[12] 6 Unknown
2006 Kim Kum-il Shim Young-sung 5 North Korea
2008 Ahmed Khalil Ahmed Khalil
Kensuke Nagai
4 Uzbekistan
2010 Jong Il-gwan Kerem Bulut 7 Unknown
2012 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Igor Sergeev 7 Iraq
2014 Ahmed Moein Ahmed Al Saadi 5 North Korea
2016 Ritsu Dōan Sami Al-Najei 4 Japan
2018 Turki Al-Ammar Abdulrasheed Umaru 7 Saudi Arabia
2023 Abbosbek Fayzullaev Naoki Kumata 5 Unknown

Participating nations

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Legend:
  • 1st– Champions
  • 2nd– Runners-up
  • 3rd– Third place
  • 4th– Fourth place
  • SF– Semi-finalists
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  • DQ– Disqualified
  • ••– Qualified but withdrew
  • – Did not qualify
  • ×– Did not enter
  • ×– Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • — Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
  • — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  • – Hosts
  • – Not affiliated to FIFA
Nation
1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978
Afghanistan × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS × QF GS
Australia
Bahrain × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS × QF × 3rd QF
Bangladesh × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS × GS GS
Bhutan × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Brunei × × × × × × × × × × × GS × GS × GS GS × × ×
Cambodia × × × × GS × × × × × × × × GS × GS × × × ×
China × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × QF QF × GS
Chinese Taipei × × GS × × × × 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS × GS × × × ×
Guam × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Hong Kong 4th × × GS 3rd × 4th QF GS GS GS QF GS GS GS QF QF GS GS ×
India × × × × GS GS GS QF QF GS × × QF GS GS 1st GS GS QF GS
Indonesia × 4th 1st 3rd × × × × 2nd × GS 2nd GS QF GS × GS QF × QF
Iran × × × × × × × × × × 3rd QF QF 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd QF
Iraq × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 1st QF 1st 1st
Israel × × × × × 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th QF 1st 1st × × × × × ×
Japan 3rd 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS QF 4th 4th QF 2nd QF GS GS 4th GS
Jordan × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS GS
Kazakhstan
Kuwait × × × × × × × × × × × × QF × × × 3rd GS × 3rd
Kyrgyzstan
Laos × × × × × × × × × × GS QF × GS × GS × × × ×
Lebanon × × × × × × × × × × × × × × QF × × × × ×
Macau × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Malaysia 2nd 2nd GS 4th GS 3rd 3rd QF GS 2nd QF GS QF GS GS QF GS GS GS GS
Maldives × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Mongolia × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Myanmar 6th GS 1st GS 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd QF QF GS GS QF × ×
Nepal × × × × × × × × × × × × GS GS × GS × × × ×
North Korea × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 3rd 1st × 3rd
Oman × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Pakistan × × × GS × × × × × × × × × × GS × × × × ×
Palestine × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Philippines 9th GS × × GS × GS GS GS R2 GS GS GS GS × GS GS × × ×
Qatar × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Saudi Arabia × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 4th × × × QF QF
Singapore 7th GS GS GS GS × × GS 4th GS GS GS GS QF QF QF GS GS GS GS
South Korea 1st 1st GS 2nd 1st 4th GS QF GS 3rd QF 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd × 3rd QF 1st
South Yemen × × × × × × × × × × QF × × ×
Sri Lanka 8th × GS × GS × × GS QF × GS GS × × × × × GS × GS
Syria × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS × × ×
Tajikistan
Thailand 5th GS 3rd 1st 3rd GS GS 3rd QF R2 1st GS GS 4th QF 4th × 4th × ×
East Timor
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Uzbekistan
Vietnam × × 4th GS GS GS GS × QF GS QF GS GS × × GS × × × ×
Yemen × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS
Nation
1980

1982

1985

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2023

2025
Total
Afghanistan × × × × × × × × × × × × DQ × × 3
Australia Part ofOFC QF SF 2nd SF GS GS QF QF 8
Bahrain × 2nd GS GS GS QF 9
Bangladesh 5th × × × GS GS × 6
Bhutan × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
Brunei × × × × × × × × × × 4
Cambodia × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 3
China 2nd 1st GS 2nd GS 3rd QF 2nd QF QF QF GS QF GS GS QF Q 19
Chinese Taipei × × Part ofOFC GS 10
Guam × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
Hong Kong × × × × × 16
India GS × GS GS × GS GS QF GS GS 22
Indonesia GS × GS GS × GS GS × QF GS 19
Iran × × × × × GS × GS 4th GS GS GS GS QF GS SF QF 21
Iraq × 3rd 1st × × 4th × GS 1st QF QF GS GS 2nd GS QF GS 2nd 18
Israel Part ofOFCand laterUEFA 9
Japan 3rd GS GS 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd QF QF QF QF 1st SF SF 38
Jordan × × × × × × × × × 4th GS GS QF GS QF 8
Kazakhstan × GS 4th Part ofUEFA 2
Kuwait × × GS GS GS GS × 8
Kyrgyzstan × × GS × × × GS 2
Laos × × × × × × × × × GS 5
Lebanon × × × × × × × × GS × 2
Macau × × × × × 0
Malaysia × × QF GS GS 23
Maldives × × × × × 0
Mongolia × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
Myanmar × × × × × × × × × × SF 19
Nepal × × × GS × 4
New Zealand OFCmember GS OFCmember 1
North Korea × DQ × 3rd GS 2nd × × × × × × 1st QF 1st GS 2nd GS GS × 13
Northern Mariana Islands Not member ofAFC × × × × 0
Oman × × × GS GS GS 3
Pakistan × × GS × × × × 3
Palestine × × × × × × × × × × × DQ 0
Philippines × × × × × × × × 13
Qatar 2nd × 4th 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS GS QF GS 1st GS SF GS 15
Saudi Arabia × 2nd 1st × 1st × 3rd 3rd QF QF SF GS 2nd 1st GS 15
Singapore × × 18
South Korea 1st 1st GS GS 1st 2nd GS 1st 1st GS 1st 1st 3rd SF SF 1st GS GS 2nd SF 39
South Yemen × × × 1
Sri Lanka × × × GS × × × × × × 10
Syria × 2nd 3rd 1st GS QF 4th GS GS QF × GS 11
Tajikistan × × GS GS QF QF GS 5
Thailand 4th 4th GS 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS QF GS QF 33
East Timor × × DQ × × × 0
Turkmenistan × × •• × 0
United Arab Emirates × 4th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd GS QF GS 1st QF GS QF GS GS 14
Uzbekistan × × 4th QF 2nd QF SF SF QF 1st 8
Vietnam × × × × × × × × GS GS GS GS GS GS SF GS GS 20
Yemen × × × × × × GS GS GS GS GS 6

Summary (1959–2023)

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Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1 South Korea 39 190 112 46 32 376 150 +226 382
2 Japan 38 173 74 30 69 304 236 +68 252
3 Myanmar 19 94 60 15 19 242 84 +158 195
4 Iran 21 92 55 17 20 189 74 +115 182
5 Thailand 33 138 52 24 62 227 214 +13 180
6 Iraq 18 81 41 21 19 156 80 +76 144
7 Saudi Arabia 15 72 43 13 16 146 79 +67 142
9 Malaysia 23 88 35 13 41 159 161 −2 118
10 China 19 76 31 19 26 109 95 +14 112
11 North Korea 13 65 31 15 19 98 61 +37 108
12 Indonesia 18 73 27 14 32 115 123 −8 95
13 Qatar 15 62 28 9 25 98 99 −1 93
14 India 22 80 22 16 42 95 145 −50 82
15 Syria 11 47 22 9 16 71 50 +21 75
16 Uzbekistan 8 40 20 12 8 62 45 +17 72
17 Vietnam2 20 69 19 13 37 74 142 −68 70
18 United Arab Emirates 14 56 18 15 23 83 80 +3 69
19 Hong Kong 16 60 20 9 31 96 132 −36 69
20 Australia 8 34 16 10 8 57 36 +21 58
21 Singapore 18 67 16 7 44 79 190 −111 55
22 Bahrain 9 37 14 10 13 47 44 +3 52
23 Kuwait 8 36 12 15 9 49 44 +5 51
24 Jordan 8 29 5 7 17 24 56 −32 22
25 Chinese Taipei 10 35 5 6 24 30 98 −68 21
26 Philippines 13 46 5 3 38 32 161 −129 18
27 Laos 5 16 4 4 8 20 29 −9 16
28 Tajikistan 5 17 4 4 9 15 30 −15 16
29 Yemen3 7 24 4 3 17 19 45 −26 15
30 Sri Lanka 10 36 4 2 30 35 152 −117 14
31 Cambodia 3 11 3 1 7 14 26 −12 10
32 Pakistan 3 11 3 0 8 12 35 −23 9
33 Kazakhstan 2 10 2 2 6 15 25 −10 8
34 Bangladesh 6 21 1 5 15 10 53 −43 8
35 Lebanon 2 7 1 3 3 5 13 −8 6
36 Oman 3 10 0 4 6 3 20 −17 4
37 Kyrgyzstan 2 6 0 3 3 2 13 −11 3
38 Nepal 4 12 1 0 11 6 47 −41 3
39 Afghanistan 3 10 0 2 8 4 31 −27 2
40 New Zealand4 1 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0
41 Brunei 4 13 0 0 13 3 94 −91 0

1No longer an AFC member.
2Represented South Vietnam from 1959 to 1974.
3Representing South Yemen in 1975 and North Yemen in 1978.
4Not an AFC member: participated in tournament as part of intercontinental play-off to qualify for the1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

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Legend
  • 1st– Champions
  • 2nd– Runners-up
  • 3rd– Third place
  • 4th– Fourth place
  • QF– Quarter-finals
  • R2– Round 2
  • R1– Round 1
  • – Hosts
  • – Not affiliated to AFC
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
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1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2023

2025
Total
Australia OFCmember R1 R1 R1 3
Bahrain R1 1
China R1 QF R1 R2 R2 5
Indonesia R1 1
Iran R1 R1 R1 3
Iraq R1 QF R1 4th R1 5
Japan R1 QF QF 2nd R1 QF R2 R2 R2 R2 R1 11
Jordan R1 1
Kazakhstan Part ofSoviet Union R1 UEFAmember 1
Malaysia R1 1
Myanmar R1 1
North Korea R1 R1 R1 3
Qatar 2nd R1 R1 R1 4
Saudi Arabia R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R1 9
South Korea R1 R1 4th QF R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 QF R2 QF R2 2nd 4th 16
Syria R1 QF R1 R2 4
United Arab Emirates R2 QF QF 3
Uzbekistan Part ofSoviet Union R1 R1 QF QF R2 5
Vietnam R1 1

See also

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References

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  2. ^"AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups".AFC. 2 October 2020.
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