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.

ResultsEdit

Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1959   Malaya   South Korea 3   Malaya   Japan 3   Hong Kong
2 1960   Malaya   South Korea 4–0   Malaya   Japan 3–2   Indonesia
3 1961   Thailand   Indonesia
  Myanmar
0–0
1
  Thailand 2–1   South Korea
4 1962   Thailand   Thailand 2–1   South Korea   Indonesia 3–0   Malaya
5 1963   Malaya   South Korea
  Myanmar
2–2
1
  Thailand
  Hong Kong
2–2
2
6 1964   South Vietnam   Myanmar
  Israel
0–0
1
  Malaysia 5–1   South Korea
7 1965   Japan   Israel 5–0   Myanmar   Malaysia 4–1   Hong Kong
8 1966   Philippines   Israel
  Myanmar
1–1
1
  Republic of China
  Thailand
0–0
2
9 1967   Thailand   Israel 3–0   Indonesia   Myanmar 4–0   Singapore
10 1968   South Korea   Myanmar 4–0   Malaysia   South Korea
  Israel
0–0
2
11 1969   Thailand   Myanmar
  Thailand
2–2
1
  Iran 2–1   Israel
12 1970   Philippines   Myanmar 3–0   Indonesia   South Korea 5–0   Japan
13 1971   Japan   Israel 1–0   South Korea   Myanmar 2–0   Japan
14 1972   Thailand   Israel 1–0   South Korea   Iran 3–0   Thailand
15 1973   Iran   Iran 2–0   Japan   South Korea 3–0   Saudi Arabia
16 1974   Thailand   India
  Iran
2–2
1
  South Korea 2–1   Thailand
17 1975   Kuwait   Iraq
  Iran
0–0
1
  Kuwait
  North Korea
2–2
2
18 1976   Thailand   Iran
  North Korea
0–0
1
  South Korea 2–1   Thailand
19 1977   Iran   Iraq 4–3   Iran   Bahrain 3–1   Japan
20 1978   Bangladesh   Iraq
  South Korea
1–1
1
  North Korea
  Kuwait
1–1
2
21 1980   Thailand   South Korea 3   Qatar   Japan 3   Thailand
22 1982   Thailand   South Korea 3   China PR   Iraq 3   United Arab Emirates
23 1985   United Arab Emirates   China PR 3   Saudi Arabia   United Arab Emirates 3   Thailand
24 1986   Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia 2–0   Bahrain   North Korea 1–0   Qatar
25 1988   Qatar   Iraq 1–1
(5–4 p)
  Syria   Qatar 2–0   United Arab Emirates
26 1990   Indonesia   South Korea 0–0
(4–3 p)
  North Korea   Syria 1–0   Qatar
27 1992   United Arab Emirates   Saudi Arabia 2–0   South Korea   Japan 3–0   United Arab Emirates
28 1994   Indonesia   Syria 2–1   Japan   Thailand 1–1
(3–2 p)
 
Iraq
29 1996   South Korea   South Korea 3–0   China PR   United Arab Emirates 2–2
(4–3 p)
  Japan
30 1998   Thailand   South Korea 2–1   Japan   Saudi Arabia 3–1   Kazakhstan
31 2000   Iran   Iraq 2–1 (aet)   Japan   China PR 2–2 (aet)
(8–7 p)
  Iran
32 2002   Qatar   South Korea 1–0 (aet)   Japan   Saudi Arabia 4–0   Uzbekistan
33 2004   Malaysia   South Korea 2–0   China PR   Japan 1–1
(4–3 p)
  Syria
34 2006   India   North Korea 1–1 (aet)
(5–3 p)
  Japan   South Korea 2–0   Jordan
Edition Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists 4
Champions Score Runners-up
35 2008   Saudi Arabia   United Arab Emirates 2–1   Uzbekistan   Australia and   South Korea
36 2010   China   North Korea 3–2   Australia   South Korea and   Saudi Arabia
37 2012   United Arab Emirates   South Korea 1–1
(4–1 p)
  Iraq   Australia and   Uzbekistan
38 2014   Myanmar   Qatar 1–0   North Korea   Myanmar and   Uzbekistan
39 2016   Bahrain   Japan 0–0 (aet)
(5–3 p)
  Saudi Arabia   Iran and   Vietnam
40 2018   Indonesia   Saudi Arabia 2–1   South Korea   Japan and   Qatar
415 2020   Uzbekistan Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [1]
42 2023   Uzbekistan TBD TBD TBD TBD and 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.

ReferencesEdit

  1. Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021