The AFC U-20 Asian Cup , formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup . The competition has been held since 1959 . Between 1959 and 1978 , the tournament was held annually (without qualification); since 1980 , it has been held every two years. The 1980 AFC Youth Championship had a qualification stage for first time.
13-555: 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. The most recent edition , the 41st, was held in Uzbekistan . The AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023. Moreover,
26-402: A loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: All match times are in local time, UZT ( UTC+5 ), as listed by AFC. In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. Winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup . The following awards were given at
39-576: Is the standard time in Uzbekistan ; it is 5 hours ahead of UTC , UTC+05:00 . The standard time uses no daylight saving time , though there has been constant debate whether to adopt it in order to increase leisure time. After the breakup of the Soviet Union there were two time zones in Uzbekistan. In the Soviet era most time zones were daylight time in the winter and double daylight time in
52-417: The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the AFC representatives besides Indonesia who automatically qualified as hosts. However, Indonesia was removed from hosting the tournament on 29 March 2023 and thus could not participate. Subsequently, FIFA awarded Argentina the rights to organize the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in place of the original hosts Indonesia . Saudi Arabia were the title holders, having won
65-620: The conclusion of the tournament: There were 69 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.23 goals per match. 5 goals 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal 1 own goal A player or team official is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: The following suspensions were served during the tournament: The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina . Time in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan time
78-417: The draw. Players born on or after 1 January 2003 and on or before 31 December 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for
91-502: The previous edition. Kyrgyzstan qualified for the first time since 2006 , Syria returned to the tournament since 2012 , and Oman returned after the 2014 edition. The matches are being played on four venues at two cities across Uzbekistan . AFC has uploaded pictures of the new AFC U20 Asian Cup 2023 on their social media pages on 18 March 2023. In February 2023, AFC announced a total of 13 referees (including one woman) and 15 assistant referees (including two women) appointed for
104-401: The summer. The western part of the country observed Samarkand Time 5 or 6 hours ahead of UTC. The eastern part observed Tashkent Time 6 or 7 hours ahead of UTC. In 1991 the clocks did not move forward in the spring to maintain single daylight time only in the summer. That fall a unified time zone was adopted 5 hours ahead of UTC. This standards - or measurement -related article is
117-578: The title in 2018 , but were eliminated from the group stage and thus failed to defend the title. Uzbekistan won the first-ever title after a 1–0 win over Iraq in the final. Qualification matches were played between 10 and 18 September 2022. A total of 16 teams including hosts Uzbekistan qualified for the final tournament. Countries that initially qualified for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship but missed out this edition included Bahrain , Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia , and Yemen . China and Jordan marked their return after initially failed to qualify in
130-494: The tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup". On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that Uzbekistan would retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition after the cancellation of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic . A total of 16 teams are playing in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament, Japan, Iraq, South Korea and Uzbekistan, qualified for
143-458: The tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup". Notes: No longer an AFC member. Represented South Vietnam from 1959 to 1974. Representing South Yemen in 1975 and North Yemen in 1978. Not an AFC member: participated in tournament as part of intercontinental play-off to qualify for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship . 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
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#1732797680722156-482: The tournament. Referees Assistant referees The draw of the final tournament was held on 26 October 2022, 12:00 UZT ( UTC+5 ), in Tashkent , Uzbekistan. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification , with the hosts Uzbekistan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in
169-684: Was the 41st 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. This edition is the first to be played as an under-20 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023. Moreover,
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