AFC U-20 Asian Cup

football tournament

The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition has been held since 1959. Between 1959 and 1978 the tournament was held annually, since 1980 it has been held every two years.

Results change

Edition Year Host Final
Champions Score Runners-up
1 1959   Malaya   South Korea 3   Malaya
2 1960   Malaya   South Korea 4–0   Malaya
3 1962   Thailand   Thailand 2–1   South Korea
4 1965   Japan   Israel 5–0   Myanmar
5 1967   Thailand   Israel 3–0   Indonesia
6 1968   South Korea   Myanmar 4–0   Malaysia
7 1970   Philippines   Myanmar 3–0   Indonesia
8 1971   Japan   Israel 1–0   South Korea
9 1972   Thailand   Israel 1–0   South Korea
10 1973   Iran   Iran 2–0   Japan
11 1977   Iran   Iraq 4–3   Iran
12 1980   Thailand   South Korea 3   Qatar
13 1982   Thailand   South Korea 3   China PR
14 1985   United Arab Emirates   China PR 3   Saudi Arabia
15 1986   Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia 2–0   Bahrain
16 1988   Qatar   Iraq 1–1
(5–4 p)
  Syria
17 1990   Indonesia   South Korea 0–0
(4–3 p)
  North Korea
18 1992   United Arab Emirates   Saudi Arabia 2–0   South Korea
19 1994   Indonesia   Syria 2–1   Japan
20 1996   South Korea   South Korea 3–0   China PR
21 1998   Thailand   South Korea 2–1   Japan
22 2000   Iran   Iraq 2–1 (aet)   Japan
23 2002   Qatar   South Korea 1–0 (aet)   Japan
24 2004   Malaysia   South Korea 2–0   China PR
25 2006   India   North Korea 1–1 (aet)
(5–3 p)
  Japan
26 2008   Saudi Arabia   United Arab Emirates 2–1   Uzbekistan
27 2010   China   North Korea 3–2   Australia
28 2012   United Arab Emirates   South Korea 1–1
(4–1 p)
  Iraq
29 2014   Myanmar   Qatar 1–0   North Korea
30 2016   Bahrain   Japan 0–0 (aet)
(5–3 p)
  Saudi Arabia
31 2018   Indonesia   Saudi Arabia 2–1   South Korea
32 2023   Uzbekistan TBD TBD TBD
Notes
1 Title shared.
2 Third place shared.
3 Final tournaments in round-robin format.
4 No third place match played since 2008; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
5 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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