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2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-20 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.[1]

2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesVietnam (Group A)
Chinese Taipei (Group B)
Kuwait (Group C)
Saudi Arabia (Group D)
Tajikistan (Group E)
Indonesia (Group F)
Laos (Group G)
Thailand (Group H)
Kyrgyzstan (Group I)
Qatar (Group J)
Dates21–29 September 2024[1]
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played80
Goals scored309 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Caelan Ryan (5 goals)
← 2023
2027 →

Draw

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45 out of 47 AFC member associations entered the competition. China (as the hosts of the final tournament) did not participate; nor did Pakistan.

The draw was held on 13 June 2024.[2] The ten teams hosting the qualification groups were allocated to a separate pot, with other teams seeded according to their performance in the previous tournament and qualification process (overall ranking shown in parentheses).[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.   Uzbekistan (1)
  2.   Iraq (2)
  3.   Japan (3)
  4.   South Korea (4)
  5.   Australia (5)
  6.   Iran (6)
  7.   Jordan (8)
  8.   Vietnam (9) (H)
  9.   Indonesia (10) (H)
  10.   Tajikistan (10) (H)
  1.   Saudi Arabia (12) (H)
  2.   Syria (13)
  3.   Kyrgyzstan (14) (H)
  4.   Oman (15)
  5.   Qatar (16) (H)
  6.   Thailand (17) (H)
  7.   Lebanon (18)
  8.   Yemen (19)
  9.   Mongolia (20)
  10.   Bahrain (21)
  1.   Chinese Taipei (22) (H)
  2.   Malaysia (23)
  3.   Bangladesh (24)
  4.   Palestine (25)
  5.   United Arab Emirates (26)
  6.   Philippines (27)
  7.   India (28)
  8.   Myanmar (29)
  9.   East Timor (30)
  10.   Singapore (31)
  1.   Afghanistan (32)
  2.   Cambodia (33)
  3.   Kuwait (34) (H)
  4.   Turkmenistan (35)
  5.   Laos (36) (H)
  6.   Bhutan (37)
  7.   Hong Kong (38)
  8.   Sri Lanka (39)
  9.   Brunei (40)
  10.   Maldives (41)
  1.     Nepal (42)
  2.   Guam (43)
  3.   Northern Mariana Islands (44)
  4.   North Korea (NR)
  5.   Macau (NR)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts
  • NR: Non-ranked teams
  • Did not enter:   Pakistan

Player eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[3]

Schedule

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Round Groups A–E Groups F–J
Matchday 1 21 September 2024 25 September 2024
Matchday 2 23 September 2024 27 September 2024
Matchday 3 25 September 2024 29 September 2024
Matchday 4 27 September 2024 —
Matchday 5 29 September 2024

Groups

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In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.[4]

  The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[3]
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Syria 4 4 0 0 16 1 +15 12 Final tournament
2   Vietnam (H) 4 3 0 1 12 2 +10 9
3   Bangladesh 4 1 1 2 5 11 −6 4
4   Guam 4 0 2 2 4 16 −12 2
5   Bhutan 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Guam  1–1  Bhutan
Suzuki   42' Report Tenzin   2'
Attendance: 338
Referee: Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)
Bangladesh  0–4  Syria
Report
Attendance: 198
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)
Guam  2–2  Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 325
Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)
Bhutan  0–5  Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 5,616
Referee: Amir Arab (Iran)
Syria  1–0  Bhutan
Alkalou   69' Report
Attendance: 121
Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)
Vietnam  3–0  Guam
 Report
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
Syria  10–1  Guam
 Report Baker   53'
Attendance: 116
Referee: Amir Arab (Iran)
Bangladesh  1–4  Vietnam
Nova   41' Report
Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)
Bhutan  1–2  Bangladesh
Sakib   70' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 185
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
Vietnam  0–1  Syria
Report Nguyễn Ngọc Chiến   78' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,569
Referee: Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan 4 4 0 0 21 1 +20 12 Final tournament
2   Cambodia 4 2 1 1 6 9 −3 7
3   Bahrain 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
4     Nepal 4 1 0 3 4 15 −11 3
5   Chinese Taipei (H) 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nepal    1–4  Cambodia
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mohammed Kanah (Syria)
Chinese Taipei  0–1  Bahrain
Report Al-Khalaf   80'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 450
Referee: Harish Kundu (India)
Cambodia  0–7  Uzbekistan
Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 48
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)
Nepal    3–1  Chinese Taipei
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 223
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)
Uzbekistan  6–0    Nepal
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 52
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
Bahrain  0–1  Cambodia
Report Chanrith   68'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 96
Referee: Harish Kundu (India)
Bahrain  4–0    Nepal
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 50
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)
Chinese Taipei  1–3  Uzbekistan
Kao Kuan-yu   45+1' Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 453
Referee: Mohammed Kanah (Syria)
Uzbekistan  5–0  Bahrain
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 32
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
Cambodia  1–1  Chinese Taipei
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 556
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Group C

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  • All matches were held in Kuwait.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 4 4 0 0 18 2 +16 12 Final tournament
2   United Arab Emirates 4 2 1 1 17 5 +12 7
3   Kuwait (H) 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
4   Lebanon 4 1 0 3 11 8 +3 3
5   Northern Mariana Islands 4 0 0 4 0 37 −37 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates  3–2  Lebanon
  • Al-Hammadi   45+6'
  • Khayat   46'
  • Bader   51'
 Report
  • Khawaja   90+2'
  • Kassas   90+3'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yahya Al Balushi (Oman)
Northern Mariana Islands  0–6  Kuwait
Report
  • Al-Ruqbah   1'
  • Al-Yousef   5', 48', 53'
  • Y. Al-Shammari   10', 17'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Zayniddin Alimov (Kyrgyzstan)
Northern Mariana Islands  0–13  United Arab Emirates
Report
  • Al-Marzouqi   12'
  • Abbas   17', 38'
  • Al-Kaabi   30'
  • Al-Hammadi   36', 40'
  • Bader   45+1'
  • Salem   51', 89', 90+2'
  • A. Al-Shammari   65'
  • S. Nasser   67', 90'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
Kuwait  0–3  South Korea
Report
  • Kim Tae-won   45+1'
  • Kim Ho-jin   45+5'
  • Jin Jun-seo   72'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
South Korea  10–0  Northern Mariana Islands
  • Kim Myung-jun   3'
  • Lee Soo-ah   16'
  • Baek Ga-on   18'
  • Toves   40' (o.g.)
  • Kim Gyeol   45'
  • Claridades   50' (o.g.)
  • Baek Min-gyu   51', 88'
  • Shim Yeon-won   54'
  • Yoon Do-yong   87'
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)
Lebanon  0–3  Kuwait
Report
  • Al-Barazi   4'
  • Osseili   72' (o.g.)
  • Y. Al-Shammari   82'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
Lebanon  8–0  Northern Mariana Islands
  • Fakieh   15', 17', 35'
  • H. Nasser   28', 90+2'
  • Kassem   76'
  • Watfa   80'
  • Nehme   82'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Zayniddin Alimov (Kyrgyzstan)
United Arab Emirates  1–3  South Korea
Abbas   41' Report
  • Kim Tae-won   26'
  • Kim Gyeol   60'
  • Yoon Do-yong   90+2'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
South Korea  2–1  Lebanon
  • Hong Seok-hyun   15'
  • Lee Chang-woo   23'
 Report El Hajj   90+6'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)
Kuwait  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Referee: Yahya Al-Balushi (Oman)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia (H) 4 3 1 0 10 0 +10 10 Final tournament
2   Australia 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
3   Afghanistan 4 1 1 2 1 6 −5 4
4   Palestine 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
5   Macau 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Macau  0–1  Afghanistan
Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Meder Tayçiev (Kyrgyzstan)
Palestine  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Haji   57'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)
Afghanistan  0–2  Australia
Report Jovanovic   84', 90+3'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)
Macau  1–1  Palestine
Lei Cheng Lam   45+2' Report Elhaj   16'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Wissam Rabie (Syria)
Australia  2–0  Macau
Kikianis   9', 50' Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Sayyodjon Zayniddinov (Tajikistan)
Saudi Arabia  4–0  Afghanistan
 Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)
Palestine  1–2  Australia
Ali   7' Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Wissam Rabie (Syria)
Saudi Arabia  5–0  Macau
 Report
Attendance: 210
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)
Afghanistan  0–0  Palestine
Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Meder Tayçiev (Kyrgyzstan)
Australia  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Report
Referee: Sayyodjon Zayniddinov (Tajikistan)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   North Korea 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 10 Final tournament
2   Oman 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
3   Tajikistan (H) 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6
4   Malaysia 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
5   Sri Lanka 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Malaysia  2–1  Oman
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: R. Venkatesh (India)
North Korea  4–0  Sri Lanka
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)
North Korea  0–0  Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 35
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Sri Lanka  0–3  Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Torphong Somsing (Thailand)
Oman  5–0  Sri Lanka
 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Torphong Somsing (Thailand)
Tajikistan  0–2  North Korea
Report
Attendance: 2,784
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
Oman  0–1  North Korea
Report Ri Jong-dok   80'
Attendance: 15
Referee: R. Venkatesh (India)
Malaysia  0–1  Tajikistan
Report Khushvakhtov   90+5'
Attendance: 225
Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)
Sri Lanka  1–1  Malaysia
Harish   88' Report Amir   32'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Tajikistan  1–3  Oman
Khamidov   11' Report
Attendance: 2,721
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Indonesia (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Final tournament
2   Yemen 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3   East Timor 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4   Maldives 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Yemen  3–1  East Timor
 Report Bahkito   69'
Attendance: 180
Referee: Choi Hyun-jae (South Korea)
Indonesia  4–0  Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)
Maldives  0–3  Yemen
Report
Attendance: 214
Referee: Mohamad Issa (Lebanon)
East Timor  1–3  Indonesia
 Report
Attendance: 2,761
Referee: Saud Al-Samhan (Kuwait)
East Timor  4–1  Maldives
 Report Hassan   64'
Attendance: 296
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)
Indonesia  1–1  Yemen
Raven   45+1' Report Al Khadher   45+3'
Attendance: 7,015
Referee: Resul Mämmedow (Turkmenistan)

Group G

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  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Final tournament
2   India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3   Laos (H) 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4   Mongolia 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mongolia  1–4  India
 Report
Attendance: 132
Referee: Wong Wai Lun (Hong Kong)
Iran  8–0  Laos
 Report
Attendance: 2,258
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
India  0–1  Iran
Report Mazraeh   88'
Attendance: 142
Referee: Asker Nadjafaliyev (Uzbekistan)
Laos  6–0  Mongolia
 Report
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)
Iran  8–0  Mongolia
 Report
Attendance: 216
Referee: Wong Wai Lun (Hong Kong)
India  2–0  Laos
 Report
Attendance: 3,323
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iraq 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Final tournament
2   Thailand (H) 3 2 0 1 18 1 +17 6
3   Philippines 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4   Brunei 3 0 0 3 0 32 −32 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iraq  15–0  Brunei
 Report
Attendance: 85
Referee: Crystal John (India)
Thailand  5–0  Philippines
 Report
Attendance: 1,359
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Philippines  0–2  Iraq
Report
Attendance: 69
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)
Brunei  0–13  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)
Philippines  4–0  Brunei
 Report
Attendance: 70
Referee: Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)
Iraq  1–0  Thailand
Jaafar   20' Report
Attendance: 2,177
Referee: Crystal John (India)

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Final tournament
2   Kyrgyzstan (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3   Turkmenistan 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4   Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan  2–0  Turkmenistan
Kanda   22', 48' Report
Attendance: 254
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Kyrgyzstan  2–0  Myanmar
 Report
Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Ahmed Kadhim Gatea (Iraq)
Myanmar  0–6  Japan
Report
Attendance: 253
Referee: Morteza Mansourian (Iran)
Turkmenistan  0–1  Kyrgyzstan
Report Almazbekov   62' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,373
Referee: Yaasin Hanafiah (Malaysia)
Myanmar  1–4  Turkmenistan
Saw Sae Ka Paw Say   14' Report
Referee: Yaasin Hanafiah (Malaysia)
Japan  1–1  Kyrgyzstan
Kanda   50' Report Madanov   47'
Referee: Nivon Robesh (Sri Lanka)

Group J

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  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar (H) 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Final tournament
2   Jordan 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3   Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
4   Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Jordan  7–0  Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)
Qatar  3–0  Singapore
 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)
Hong Kong  0–2  Qatar
Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
Singapore  0–2  Jordan
Report
Attendance: 125
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)
Jordan  2–3  Qatar
 Report
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
Singapore  0–2  Hong Kong
Report
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not considered for this ranking.[5]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F   Yemen 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Final tournament
2 I   Kyrgyzstan 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7[a]
3 D   Australia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7[a]
4 H   Thailand 3 2 0 1 18 1 +17 6
5 J   Jordan 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
6 A   Vietnam 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
7 G   India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
8 B   Cambodia 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
9 C   United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
10 E   Oman 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Kyrgyzstan –4, Australia –4.

Qualified teams

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A total of 16 teams, including the hosts China, 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 Best runners-up 8th Quarter-finalists (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)

Goalscorers

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There were 309 goals scored in 80 matches, for an average of 3.86 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2024". AFC.
  2. ^ a b "Stage set for #AFCU17 and #AFCU20 Qualifiers draws". the-AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  4. ^ "Updated: AFC U17 and U20 Asian Cup Qualifier Draws set the stage for Asia's future stars to shine". Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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