2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification|
| Host countries | Vietnam (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) |
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| Dates | 21–29 September 2024[1] |
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| Teams | 45 (from 1 confederation) |
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| Matches played | 80 |
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| Goals scored | 309 (3.86 per match) |
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| Top scorer(s) | Caelan Ryan (5 goals) |
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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]
Draw
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]
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Pot 2
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Pot 3
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Pot 4
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Pot 5
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
- NR: Non-ranked teams
- Did not enter:
Pakistan
Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[3]
Schedule
| Round
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Groups A–E
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Groups F–J
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| Matchday 1
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21 September 2024
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25 September 2024
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| Matchday 2
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23 September 2024
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27 September 2024
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| Matchday 3
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25 September 2024
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29 September 2024
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| Matchday 4
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27 September 2024
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| Matchday 5
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29 September 2024
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Groups
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
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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]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
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Group A
Group B
Group C
- All matches were held in Kuwait.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
- All matches were held in Laos.
- Times listed are UTC+7.
Group H
Group I
Group J
- All matches were held in Qatar.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
Ranking of second-placed teams
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]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
[5]Notes:
- ^ a b Teams equal second. Disciplinary points criterion: Kyrgyzstan –4, Australia –4.
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams, including the hosts China, qualified for the final tournament.
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Qualified as
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Appearance
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Previous best performance
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China |
Hosts |
20th |
Champions (1985)
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Syria |
Group A winners |
12th |
Champions (1994)
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Uzbekistan |
Group B winners |
9th |
Champions (2023)
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South Korea |
Group C winners |
40th |
Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
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Saudi Arabia |
Group D winners |
15th |
Champions (1986, 1992, 2018)
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North Korea |
Group E winners |
14th |
Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
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Indonesia |
Group F winners |
20th |
Champions (1961)
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Iran |
Group G winners |
22nd |
Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
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Iraq |
Group H winners |
19th |
Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
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Japan |
Group I winners |
39th |
Champions (2016)
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Qatar |
Group J winners |
16th |
Champions (2014)
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Yemen |
Best runners-up |
8th |
Quarter-finals (1975)
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Kyrgyzstan |
2nd-best runners-up |
3rd |
Group stage (2006, 2023)
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Australia |
3rd-best runners-up |
9th |
Runners-up (2010)
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Thailand |
4th-best runners-up |
34th |
Champions (1962, 1969)
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Jordan |
5th-best runners-up |
9th |
Fourth place (2006)
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Goalscorers
There were 309 goals scored in 80 matches, for an average of 3.86 goals per match.
5 goals
Caelan Ryan
4 goals
3 goals
Jens Raven
Esmaeil Gholizadeh
Kasra Taheri
Yaghoob Barajeh
Amoori Faisal
Aymen Luay
Karrar Jaafar
Mustafa Nawaf
Sidad Haji
Hagumu Nakagawa
Soma Kanda
Odeh Fakhoury
Thamer Al-Khaibari
Yousef Al-Shammari
Turki Al-Yousef
Ali Fakieh
Yousuf Ali Al-Shabibi
Mohamed Khaled Gouda
Mohammad Al-Mustafa
Nathakorn Rattanasuwan
Eid Al-Hammadi
Hazim Abaas
Obaid Salem
Nurlan Ibraimov
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Asadul Islam Sakib (against Bhutan)
Danish Firdaus (against Iraq)
Wafiq Danish (against Thailand)
Mahdi Osseili (against Kuwait)
Mohamed Aiman Ali (against East Timor)
Monico Claridades (against South Korea)
Markus Toves (against South Korea)
Bassam Eid (against Jordan)
Nguyễn Ngọc Chiến (against Syria)
See also
References
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