2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates 18–26 March 2019[1]
Teams Maximum 47 (from 1 confederation)

The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification will be an international men's under-23 football competition which decide the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.

A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Thailand who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[3]

Format

In each group, teams play each other once at a centralized venue.

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 9.3).[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.

Groups

The matches are scheduled to be played between 18–26 March 2019.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in AFC U-23 Championship1
 ThailandHosts30 August 2018[2]2 (2016, 2018)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
TBD26 March 2019 (or earlier)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". 28 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "FA Thailand proposed as 2020 AFC U-23 Championship host". AFC. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Competition Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2020". AFC.
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