2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

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2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates12 February – 1 March
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
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The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will be the 42nd edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia.

On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that China would host the tournament.[1]

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the AFC representatives.

Uzbekistan are the title holders, having won the title in 2023.

Qualification

Main article: 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

Qualification matches were played between 21 and 29 September 2024.[2]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams, including hosts China, are qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 China Hosts 20th Champions (1985)
 Syria Group A winners 12th Champions (1994)
 Uzbekistan Group B winners 9th Champions (2023)
 South Korea Group C winners 40th Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 Saudi Arabia Group D winners 15th Champions (1986, 1992, 2018)
 North Korea Group E winners 14th Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
 Indonesia Group F winners 20th Champions (1961)
 Iran Group G winners 22nd Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
 Iraq Group H winners 19th Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 Japan Group I winners 39th Champions (2016)
 Qatar Group J winners 16th Champions (2014)
 Yemen 1st best runners-up 8th Quarter-finals (1975)
 Kyrgyzstan 2nd best runners-up 3rd Group stage (2006, 2023)
 Australia 3rd best runners-up 9th Runners-up (2010)
 Thailand 4th best runners-up 34th Champions (1962, 1969)
 Jordan 5th best runners-up 9th Fourth place (2006)

Venues

The competition will be held in four venues around Shenzhen.[3]

Shenzhen
Bao'an Longhua Guangming
Bao'an Stadium Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 2,364 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 500

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 7 November 2024 in Shenzhen, China. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  China (hosts)
  2.  Uzbekistan
  3.  Iraq
  4.  Japan


Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 12 February 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia v Kyrgyzstan
China v Qatar
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Qatar v Australia
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Kyrgyzstan v China
China v Australia
Kyrgyzstan v Qatar
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 13 February 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq v North Korea
Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Jordan v Saudi Arabia
North Korea v Jordan
Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Saudi Arabia v Iraq
Iraq v Jordan
Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Saudi Arabia v North Korea

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 13 February 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan v Yemen
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
Iran v Indonesia
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Yemen v Iran
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
Indonesia v Uzbekistan
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Uzbekistan v Iran
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
Indonesia v Yemen
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 14 February 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea v Syria
Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Japan v Thailand
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
Syria v Japan
Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Thailand v South Korea
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
Japan v South Korea
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen
Syria v Thailand
Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium, Shenzhen

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 February
 
 
Winners Group A
 
26 February
 
Runners-up Group B
 
Winner QF1
 
23 February
 
Winner QF2
 
Winners Group C
 
1 March
 
Runners-up Group D
 
Winner SF1
 
22 February
 
Winner SF2
 
Winners Group B
 
26 February
 
Runners-up Group A
 
Winner QF3
 
23 February
 
Winner QF4
 
Winners Group D
 
 
Runners-up Group C
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Winners Group BMatch 26Runners-up Group A
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Winners Group AMatch 25Runners-up Group B
Winners Group CMatch 27Runners-up Group D
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Winners Group DMatch 28Runners-up Group C
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen

Semi-finals

Winners Match 26Match 30Winners Match 28
Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium, Shenzhen
Winners Match 25Match 29Winners Match 27

Final

Winners Match 29Match 31Winners Match 30

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
2025
2025
2025
2025
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Pivotal reforms approved by AFC Competitions Committee". Asian Football Association. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). AFC. 15 May 2024.
  3. ^ "官方：2025年中国U20亚洲杯将在深圳举行" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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