2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | China |
Dates | 6–23 February |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will be 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.[1]
A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the AFC representatives.
Uzbekistan are the title holders, having won the title in 2023.
Qualification
[edit]Qualification matches will be played between 21 and 29 September 2024.[2]
Qualified teams
[edit]A total of 16 teams including hosts China will qualify for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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China | Hosts | 20th | Champions (1985) |
Syria | Group A winners | 12th | Champions (1994) |
Uzbekistan | Group B winners | 9th | Champions (2023) |
South Korea | Group C winners | 40th | Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012) |
North Korea | Group E winners | 14th | Champions (1976, 2006, 2010) |
Indonesia | Group F winners | 19th | Champions (1961) |
Iran | Group G winners | 22nd | Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
[edit]The following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Chile qualified automatically as host.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pivotal reforms approved by AFC Competitions Committee". Asian Football Association. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). AFC. 15 May 2024.