2020 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship will be the 41st edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It will take place in Uzbekistan, which was appointed as the host by the AFC on 17 September 2019,[1] between 14 and 31 October 2020.[2]

2020 AFC U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
Dates14–31 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the AFC representatives, besides Indonesia who qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts. If Indonesia are among the top four teams, three play-off matches will be played to decide the fifth-placed team which also qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

This edition will be the last to be played as an under-19 tournament, as the AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.[3]

Saudi Arabia are the defending champions.

Qualification
Main article: 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Qualification matches were played in November 2019.[4][5] Uzbekistan also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 UzbekistanHosts8thRunners-up (2008)
 IraqGroup A winners18thChampions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 QatarGroup B winners15thChampions (2014)
 TajikistanGroup C winners5thQuarter-finals (2016, 2018)
 IranGroup D winners21stChampions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
 BahrainGroup E winners10thRunners-up (1986)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup F winners15thChampions (1986, 1992, 2018)
 MalaysiaGroup G winners24thRunners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)
 AustraliaGroup H winners8thRunners-up (2010)
 South KoreaGroup I winners39thChampions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 JapanGroup J winners38thChampions (2016)
 IndonesiaGroup K winners18thChampions (1961)
 Laos1st best runners-up6thQuarter-finals (1970)
 Vietnam2nd best runners-up20th[note 1]Semi-finals (2016)
 Yemen3rd best runners-up7thGroup stage (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
 Cambodia5th best runners-up4thGroup stage (1963, 1972, 1974)

Venues

The tournament will be played in four venues:

Tashkent Namangan
Bunyodkor Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium Navbahor Central Stadium
Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 22,500
Olmaliq
AGMK Stadium
Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 18 June 2020, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[8][9] 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 the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Japan
  2.  Tajikistan
  3.  Australia
  4.  Indonesia
  1.  Malaysia
  2.  Iraq
  3.  Vietnam
  4.  Cambodia

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[10]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

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):[10]

  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.

All times are local, UZT (UTC+5).[11]

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 14–16 October 2020 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 17–19 October 2020 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 20–22 October 2020 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 14 October 2020. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Indonesia v Cambodia
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Uzbekistan v Iran
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Iran v Indonesia
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Cambodia v Uzbekistan
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Uzbekistan v Indonesia
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Cambodia v Iran

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 October 2020. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea v Bahrain
Japan v Iraq
Bahrain v Japan
Iraq v South Korea
South Korea v Japan
Iraq v Bahrain
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 October 2020. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saudi Arabia v Laos
Navbahor Central Stadium, Namangan
Australia v Vietnam
Navbahor Central Stadium, Namangan
Laos v Australia
Navbahor Central Stadium, Namangan
Vietnam v Saudi Arabia
Navbahor Central Stadium, Namangan
Saudi Arabia v Australia
Vietnam v Laos
Navbahor Central Stadium, Namangan

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 16 October 2020. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Qatar v Yemen
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
Tajikistan v Malaysia
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
Yemen v Tajikistan
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
Malaysia v Qatar
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
Qatar v Tajikistan
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Malaysia v Yemen
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).[10]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 October – Tashkent
 
 
Winners of Group A
 
28 October – Tashkent
 
Runners-up of Group B
 
Winners of QF1
 
25 October – Olmaliq
 
Winners of QF3
 
Winners of Group C
 
31 October – Tashkent
 
Runners-up of Group D
 
Winners of SF1
 
24 October – Tashkent
 
Winners of SF2
 
Winners of Group B
 
28 October – Olmaliq
 
Runners-up of Group A
 
Winners of QF2
 
25 October – Olmaliq
 
Winners of QF4
 
Winners of Group D
 
 
Runners-up of Group C
 

Quarter-finals

The winners will qualify for 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Winners of Group BQF2Runners-up of Group A
Winners of Group AQF1Runners-up of Group B
Winners of Group CQF3Runners-up of Group D
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
Winners of Group DQF4Runners-up of Group C
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq

World Cup play-offs

The World Cup play-offs will only be played if Indonesia reach the semi-finals, to determine the last AFC qualifier for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Play-off semi-finals
Losers of QF1PO1Losers of QF3
Losers of QF2PO2Losers of QF4
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq

Play-off final

The winner will qualify for 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Winners of PO1vWinners of PO2
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Semi-finals
Winners of QF2SF2Winners of QF4
AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
Winners of QF1SF1Winners of QF3

Final
Winners of SF1vWinners of SF2
Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent

Winners

Awards

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from AFC qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Indonesia who qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Indonesia24 October 2019[12]1 (1979)
24 October 2020
24 October 2020 (or 31 October 2020)
25 October 2020
25 October 2020
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Notes
  1. Between 1959 and 1974 Vietnam competed at AFC tournaments as South Vietnam. A separate North Vietnam state did not join FIFA and they mostly played against other communist and communist-sympathising countries.[7] The team's total appearances included eleven appearances as the South Vietnam national under-20 football team.

References
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  2. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2020". AFC. 9 May 2019.
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  6. "Uzbekistan 2020 cast finalised". AFC. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. S. W. Pope; John Nauright (17 December 2009). Routledge Companion to Sports History. Routledge. pp. 595–. ISBN 978-1-135-97813-6.
  8. "Stage set for 2020 AFC U-16 & U-19 Championship draws". AFC. 17 June 2020.
  9. "Stars of tomorrow learn opponents for Uzbekistan 2020". AFC. 18 June 2020.
  10. "Regulations AFC U-19 Championship 2020". AFC.
  11. "Match Schedule". AFC.
  12. "FIFA Council unanimously appoints China PR as hosts of new Club World Cup in 2021". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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