2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup#Final

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = AFC U-20 Asian Cup

| other_titles = 2025年亚足联U-20亚洲杯

| year = 2025

| image = File:AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2025 logo.png

| size = 250px

| caption =

| country = China

| dates = 12 February – 1 March

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 1

| venues = 4

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|20|AUS}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbu|20|KSA}}

| matches = 31

| goals = 93

| attendance = {{#expr: 655 + 5152 + 1072 + 7944 + 8743 + 267 + 266 + 472 + 603 + 827 + 310 + 412 + 179 + 356 + 225 + 510 + 252 + 236 + 363 + 184 + 468 + 165 + 310 + 277 + 6058 + 1109 + 1826 + 259 + 408 + 1363 + 3355}}

| top_scorer = {{nowrap|{{fbuicon|20|KOR}} Kim Tae-won
{{fbuicon|20|UZB}} Mukhammadali Urinboev
(4 goals each)}}

| player = {{fbuicon|20|AUS}} Alexander Badolato

| goalkeeper = {{fbuicon|20|KSA}} Hamed Al-Shanqiti

| fair_play = {{fbu|20|AUS}}

| prevseason = 2023

| nextseason = 2027

| updated =

}}

The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup was 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/cfed/news/pivotal_reforms_approved_by_afc_competitions_committee.html|title=Pivotal reforms approved by AFC Competitions Committee|website=the-AFC.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=24 May 2024|access-date=24 May 2024}}

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

Uzbekistan were the title holders, having won the title in 2023. They were eliminated on penalties by South Korea in the quarter-finals. Australia clinched their first major youth title since joining the AFC, overcoming three-time winners Saudi Arabia on penalties.

Qualification

{{main|2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification}}

Qualification matches were played between 21 and 29 September 2024.{{cite web|url=https://assets.the-afc.com/downloads/calendars/AFC-Calendar-(Jul-2024-Jun-2025)-upd-15Jan2025.pdf|title=AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025) |website=the-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=15 January 2025|accessdate=20 February 2025}}

=Qualified teams=

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

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! Team

! Qualified as

! data-sort-type="number"|Appearance

! Previous best performance

{{fbu|20|CHN}}{{sort|*|Hosts}}20th{{sort|02|Champions}} (1985)
{{fbu|20|SYR}}{{sort|A|Group A winners}}12th{{sort|02|Champions}} (1994)
{{fbu|20|UZB}}{{sort|B|Group B winners}}9th{{sort|02|Champions}} (2023)
{{fbu|20|KOR}}{{sort|C|Group C winners}}40th{{sort|01|Champions}} (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
{{fbu|20|KSA}}{{sort|D|Group D winners}}15th{{sort|01|Champions}} (1986, 1992, 2018)
{{fbu|20|PRK}}{{sort|E|Group E winners}}14th{{sort|01|Champions}} (1976, 2006, 2010)
{{fbu|20|IDN}}{{sort|F|Group F winners}}20th{{sort|01|Champions}} (1961)
{{fbu|20|IRN}}{{sort|G|Group G winners}}22nd{{sort|01|Champions}} (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
{{fbu|20|IRQ}}{{sort|H|Group H winners}}19th{{sort|01|Champions}} (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
{{fbu|20|JPN}}{{sort|I|Group I winners}}39th{{sort|01|Champions}} (2016)
{{fbu|20|QAT}}{{sort|J|Group J winners}}16th{{sort|01|Champions}} (2014)
{{fbu|20|YEM}}1st {{sort|Z1|best runners-up}}8th{{sort|06|Quarter-finals}} (1975)
{{fbu|20|KGZ}}2nd {{sort|Z2|best runners-up}}3rd{{sort|14|Group stage}} (2006, 2023)
{{fbu|20|AUS}}3rd {{sort|Z3|best runners-up}}9th{{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2010)
{{fbu|20|THA}}4th {{sort|Z4|best runners-up}}34th{{sort|01|Champions}} (1962, 1969)
{{fbu|20|JOR}}5th {{sort|Z5|best runners-up}}9th{{sort|04|Fourth place}} (2006)

Venues

The competition was held in four venues around Shenzhen.{{cite web|url=https://dongqiudi.com/article/4665291.html|title=官方:2025年中国U20亚洲杯将在深圳举行|work=Dongqiudi|date=7 November 2024|access-date=7 November 2024|language=zh}}

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colspan=4|Shenzhen
Bao'an

!colspan=2|Guangming

!Longhua

Bao'an Stadium

| Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium

| Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1

| Longhua Cultural and Sports Center

Capacity: 40,000

| Capacity: 10,000

| Capacity: 500

| Capacity: 2,364

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|

|

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{{location map~|China|lat=22.3229|long=114.0335|label=Shenzhen|position=top}}

}}

Match officials

The tournament implemented video assistant referees (VAR), a first in the tournament's history, starting from the semi-finals onwards.{{cite web|title=#AFCU20 - S-finals: 5 things to look out for|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_u20_asian_cup.html/news/afcu20-s-finals-5-things-to-look-out-for|website=the-AFC.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|access-date=25 February 2025|date=25 February 2025}}

;Referees

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  • {{fbaicon|AUS}} Alex King
  • {{fbaicon|BHR}} Ammar Mahfoodh
  • {{fbaicon|CHN}} Shen Yinhao
  • {{fbaicon|IDN}} Thoriq Alkatiri
  • {{fbaicon|IRQ}} Zaid Thamer Mohammed
  • {{fbaicon|JPN}} Hiroki Kasahara
  • {{fbaicon|KUW}} Abdullah Jamali
  • {{fbaicon|OMA}} Qasim Al-Hatmi
  • {{fbaicon|QAT}} Abdulhadi Al-Rowaily
  • {{fbaicon|KOR}} Choi Hyun-jai
  • {{fbaicon|UAE}} Ahmed Eisa Darwish
  • {{fbaicon|UZB}} Asker Nadjafaliev

{{colend}}

;Assistant referees

{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}

  • {{fbaicon|AUS}} James Lindsay
  • {{fbaicon|BHR}} Mohamed Salman
  • {{fbaicon|CHN}} Guo Jingtao
  • {{fbaicon|CHN}} Luo Zheng
  • {{fbaicon|HKG}} So Kai Man
  • {{fbaicon|IDN}} Bangbang Syamsudar
  • {{fbaicon|IRQ}} Hayder Ubaydee
  • {{fbaicon|JPN}} Takagi Takumi
  • {{fbaicon|KUW}} Ali Jraq
  • {{fbaicon|OMA}} Nasser Al-Busaidi
  • {{fbaicon|QAT}} Khaled Khalaf
  • {{fbaicon|KOR}} Cheon Jin-hee
  • {{fbaicon|TJK}} Ismoil Nuraliev
  • {{fbaicon|THA}} Kijsathit Pattarapong
  • {{fbaicon|UAE}} Yasser Al-Murshidi
  • {{fbaicon|UZB}} Ruslan Serazitdinov

{{colend}}

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.{{cite web |title=#AFCU20 draw to unveil China 2025 showdowns |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_u20_asian_cup.html/news/afcu20-draw-to-unveil-china-2025-showdowns |website=the-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=1 November 2024}}

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width=25%|Pot 1

!width=25%|Pot 2

!width=25%|Pot 3

!width=25%|Pot 4

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|{{fbu|20|CHN}} (hosts)

|{{fbu|20|UZB}}

|{{fbu|20|IRQ}}

|{{fbu|20|JPN}}

}}

|valign=top|{{ordered list|start=5

|{{fbu|20|KOR}}

|{{fbu|20|AUS}}

|{{fbu|20|IRN}}

|{{fbu|20|JOR}}

}}

|valign=top|{{ordered list|start=9

|{{fbu|20|IDN}}

|{{fbu|20|KSA}}

|{{fbu|20|SYR}}

|{{fbu|20|KGZ}}

}}

|valign=top|{{ordered list|start=13

|{{fbu|20|QAT}}

|{{fbu|20|THA}}

|{{fbu|20|YEM}}

|{{fbu|20|PRK}}

}}

Squads

{{main article|2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup squads}}

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 and on or before 31 December 2009 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.

Group stage

{{anchor|Tiebreakers}}

;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 tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:{{cite web|url=https://assets.the-afc.com/downloads/tournament-regulations/AFC-U20-Asian-Cup%E2%84%A2-2025-Competition-Regulations.pdf|date=1 March 2024|accessdate=20 February 2025|title=Competition Regulations AFC U-20 Asian Cup™ 2025|website=the-AFC.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation}}

  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 were 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 match times are in local time, (UTC+8)

=Group A=

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|win_KGZ=0 |draw_KGZ=0 |loss_KGZ=3 |gf_KGZ=3 |ga_KGZ=14

|win_QAT=1 |draw_QAT=0 |loss_QAT=2 |gf_QAT=6 |ga_QAT=5

|team_order=AUS, CHN, QAT, KGZ

|class_rules=Tiebreakers

|res_col_header=Q

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|team2 = {{fbu|20|KGZ}}

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|attendance = 655

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|attendance = 5,152

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|attendance = 1,072

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|attendance = 267

|referee = Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

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=Group B=

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|name_KSA={{fbu|20|KSA}}

|name_PRK={{fbu|20|PRK}}

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|win_PRK=0 |draw_PRK=1 |loss_PRK=2 |gf_PRK=3 |ga_PRK=5

|team_order=KSA, IRQ, JOR, PRK

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|attendance = 472

|referee = Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

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|attendance = 827

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|attendance = 310

|referee = Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

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|attendance = 412

|referee = Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

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=Group C=

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|referee = Shen Yinhao (China)

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|referee = Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

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|attendance = 252

|referee = Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

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|attendance = 236

|referee = Abdulhadi Al-Rowaily (Qatar)

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=Group D=

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Knockout stage

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

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|26 February|{{fbu|20|AUS}}|2|{{fbu|20|JPN}}|0

|26 February|{{fbu|20|KSA}} {{pso}}|0 (3)|{{fbu|20|KOR}}|0 (2)

|1 March|{{fbu|20|AUS}} {{pso}}|1 (5)|{{fbu|20|KSA}}|1 (4)

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=Quarter-finals=

All four winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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|attendance = 1,109

|referee = Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

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|referee = Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

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|goals2 =

|stadium = Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1, Shenzhen

|attendance = 259

|referee = Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

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=Semi-finals=

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|aet = y

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|attendance = 408

|referee = Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

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|stadium = Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen

|attendance = 1,363

|referee = Abdulhadi Al-Rowaily (Qatar)

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=Final=

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|goals1 = Agosti {{goal|24}}

|goals2 = Haji {{goal|45+2}}

|penaltyscore = 5–4

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|penalties2 =

|stadium = Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen

|attendance = 3,355

|referee = Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

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Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers|goals=93|matches=31

| 4 goals=

| 3 goals=

| 2 goals=

| 1 goals=

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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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

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Team

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1

{{fbu|20|KSA}}22 February 20259 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2017, 2019)
{{fbu|20|AUS}}22 February 202515 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013)
{{fbu|20|JPN}}23 February 202511 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2023)
{{fbu|20|KOR}}23 February 202516 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)

:

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

Notes

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References

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