AFC U-20 Asian Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Founded	1959; 62 years ago
Region	AFC (Asia)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Saudi Arabia ; (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (12 titles)
	2020 AFC U-19 Championship

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 (without qualification); since 1980, it has been held every two years. The 1980 AFC Youth Championship had a qualification stage for first time.

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently, it consists of two stages, similar to the AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members and the final stage is contested between 16 teams. The most recent edition, the 40th, was held in Indonesia. The AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.^[1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup".^[2]

Format[]

History[]

Results[]

~~2020~~, 2023

1959, 1960, 1963, 2004

1964

2006

1966, 1970

1965, 1971

1990, 1994, 2018

1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1998

1973, 1977, 2000

1968, 1996

2010

1988, 2002

1975

1978

1985, 1992, 2012

1986, 2008

2014

2016

Host countries of the games as of 2020

Coordinate is based on the capital of the country.

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Host	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^[3] 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^[4]	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 (a.e.t.)	Japan	China PR	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Iran
32	2002	Qatar	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	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 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Japan	South Korea	2–0	Jordan
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists ⁴
Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Losing semi-finalists ⁴
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 (a.e.t.) (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 ^[5]
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.

Successful national teams[]

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists	Total (Top 4)
South Korea	12 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)	5 (1962, 1971, 1972, 1992, 2018)	6 (1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2006)	2 (1961, 1964)	2 (2008, 2010)	27
Myanmar	7 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970)	1 (1965)	2 (1967, 1971)	–	1 (2014)	11
Israel	6 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972)	–	1 (1968)	1 (1969)	–	8
Iraq	5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)	1 (2012)	1 (1982)	1 (1994)	–	8
Iran	4 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)	1 (1977)	2 (1969, 1972)	1 (2000)	1 (2016)	9
North Korea	3 (1976, 2006, 2010)	2 (1990, 2014)	3 (1975, 1978, 1986)	–	–	8
Saudi Arabia	3 (1986, 1992, 2018)	2 (1985, 2016)	2 (1998, 2002)	1 (1973)	1 (2010)	9
Thailand	2 (1962, 1969)	–	4 (1961, 1963, 1966, 1994)	5 (1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1985)	–	11
Japan	1 (2016)	6 (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)	5 (1959, 1960, 1980, 1992, 2004)	4 (1970, 1971, 1977, 1996)	1 (2018)	17
China PR	1 (1985)	3 (1982, 1996, 2004)	1 (2000)	–	–	5
Indonesia	1 (1961)	2 (1967, 1970)	1 (1962)	2 (1960, 1964)	–	6
Qatar	1 (2014)	1 (1980)	1 (1988)	2 (1986, 1990)	1 (2018)	6
Syria	1 (1994)	1 (1988)	1 (1990)	1 (2004)	–	4
United Arab Emirates	1 (2008)	–	2 (1985, 1996)	3 (1982, 1988, 1992)	–	6
India	1 (1974)	–	–	–	–	1
Malaysia	–	3 (1959, 1960, 1968)	2 (1964, 1965)	1 (1962)	–	6
Bahrain	–	1 (1986)	1 (1977)	–	–	2
Uzbekistan	–	1 (2008)	–	1 (2002)	2 (2012, 2014)	4
Australia	–	1 (2010)	–	–	2 (2008, 2012)	3
Kuwait	–	–	2 (1975, 1978)	–	–	2
Hong Kong	–	–	1 (1963)	2 (1959, 1965)	–	3
Chinese Taipei	–	–	1 (1966)	–	–	1
Singapore	–	–	–	1 (1967)	–	1
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	1 (1998)	–	1
Jordan	–	–	–	1 (2006)	–	1
Vietnam	–	–	–	–	1 (2016)	1
Total (as of 2018)	49	31	39	29	12	160

Notes:

Bold Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Total (40 editions): 9 editions shared champions, 5 editions shared third place, and 6 editions with no third place match.

Medal summary[]

As of 2018 tournament


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	12	5	8	25
2	Myanmar	7	1	3	11
3	Israel	6	0	1	7
4	Iraq	5	1	1	7
5	Iran	4	1	3	8
6	North Korea	3	2	3	8
6	Saudi Arabia	3	2	3	8
8	Thailand	2	0	4	6
9	Japan	1	6	6	13
10	China PR	1	3	1	5
11	Indonesia	1	2	1	4
12	Qatar	1	1	2	4
13	Syria	1	1	1	3
14	United Arab Emirates	1	0	2	3
15	India	1	0	0	1
16	Malaysia	0	3	2	5
17	Australia	0	1	2	3
17	Uzbekistan	0	1	2	3
19	Bahrain	0	1	1	2
20	Kuwait	0	0	2	2
21	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 nations)		49	31	51	131

Participating nations[]

Legend:

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
DQ – Disqualified
•• – Qualified but withdrew
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
— Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
— Country did not exist or national team was inactive
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to FIFA

Nation	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	QF	GS
Australia
Bahrain	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	QF	×	3rd	QF
Bangladesh	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Brunei	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	GS	GS	×	×	×
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
China PR	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	QF	×	GS
Chinese Taipei	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Hong Kong	4th	×	×	GS	3rd	×	4th	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	×
India	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	×	×	QF	GS	GS	1st	GS	GS	QF	GS
Indonesia	×	4th	1st	3rd	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	GS	2nd	GS	QF	GS	×	GS	QF	×	QF
Iran	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	QF	QF	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	QF
Iraq	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1st	QF	1st	1st
Israel	×	×	×	×	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	QF	1st	1st	×	×	×	×	×	×
Japan	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	4th	4th	QF	2nd	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS
Kazakhstan
Kuwait	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	×	×	3rd	GS	×	3rd
Kyrgyzstan
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	QF	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	×	×	×	×
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Malaysia	2nd	2nd	GS	4th	GS	3rd	3rd	QF	GS	2nd	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS
Maldives	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Myanmar	6th	GS	1st	GS	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	QF	QF	GS	GS	QF	×	×
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
North Korea	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	1st	×	3rd
Oman	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Pakistan	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×
Palestine	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Philippines	9th	GS	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	R2	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	×	×	×
Qatar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	×	×	×	QF	QF
Singapore	7th	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS
South Korea	1st	1st	GS	2nd	1st	4th	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	×	3rd	QF	1st
							×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	×	×
Sri Lanka	8th	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	QF	×	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS
Syria	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×
Tajikistan
Thailand	5th	GS	3rd	1st	3rd	GS	GS	3rd	QF	R2	1st	GS	GS	4th	QF	4th	×	4th	×	×
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Uzbekistan
Vietnam	×	×	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×
Yemen	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS

Nation	1980	1982	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	Total
Afghanistan	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	DQ	•	×	•	•	×	•	3
Australia	Part of OFC													QF	SF	2nd	SF	GS	GS	QF	q	8
Bahrain	×	•	•	2nd	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	QF	•	q	10
Bangladesh	5th	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	0
Brunei	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	4
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	q	4
China PR	•	2nd	1st	•	GS	•	•	•	2nd	GS	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	•	18
Chinese Taipei	×	×	Part of OFC			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	10
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	0
Hong Kong	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	16
India	•	•	•	GS	×	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	•	QF	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	22
Indonesia	•	•	•	GS	×	GS	•	GS	•	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	×	QF	q	18
Iran	×	×	×	×	•	×	GS	×	GS	•	4th	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	SF	•	q	21
Iraq	×	3rd	•	•	1st	×	×	4th	×	GS	1st	•	QF	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	QF	GS	q	18
Israel	Part of OFC and later UEFA																					9
Japan	3rd	•	•	•	GS	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	QF	QF	QF	QF	1st	SF	q	38
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	4th	GS	GS	QF	•	•	GS	•	7
Kazakhstan							×	GS	•	4th	•	Part of UEFA										2
Kuwait	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	8
Kyrgyzstan							×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	1
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	6
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	2
	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	0
Malaysia	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	q	24
Maldives	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	0
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	0
Myanmar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	19
Nepal	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	4
New Zealand	OFC member						GS	OFC member														1
North Korea	×	DQ	×	3rd	GS	2nd	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	1st	QF	1st	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	13
Oman	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	2
Pakistan	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	3
Palestine	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	DQ	•	•	•	•	•	•	0
Philippines	•	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	13
Qatar	2nd	×	•	4th	3rd	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	1st	GS	SF	q	15
Saudi Arabia	×	•	2nd	1st	×	•	1st	×	•	3rd	•	3rd	•	QF	QF	SF	GS	•	2nd	1st	q	15
Singapore	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
South Korea	1st	1st	•	GS	GS	1st	2nd	GS	1st	1st	GS	1st	1st	3rd	SF	SF	1st	GS	GS	2nd	q	39
	×	•	•	×	•	×																1
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	10
Syria	×	•	•	•	2nd	3rd	•	1st	GS	•	•	QF	4th	•	GS	GS	QF	×	•	•	•	10
Tajikistan							×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	QF	QF	q	5
Thailand	4th	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	33
Timor-Leste														×	×	DQ	×	×	×	•	•	0
Turkmenistan							×	×	•	•	•	•	••	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	0
United Arab Emirates	×	4th	3rd	•	4th	•	4th	•	3rd	•	GS	QF	•	GS	1st	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	•	14
Uzbekistan							×	×	•	•	•	4th	QF	•	2nd	QF	SF	SF	QF	•	q	8
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	q	20
Yemen	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	•	q	7

All-time results[]

As of 2018 tournament

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	38	185	109	44	32	367	149	+218	358
2	Japan	37	168	70	29	69	293	232	+61	239
3	Myanmar	19	94	60	15	19	242	84	+158	195
4	Iran	20	88	53	17	18	183	69	+114	176
5	Thailand	33	138	52	24	62	229	214	+15	174
6	Saudi Arabia	14	69	42	13	14	144	75	+69	139
7	Iraq	17	75	39	19	17	151	75	+76	136
8	Israel¹	9	49	37	8	4	138	14	+124	119
9	Malaysia	23	88	35	13	41	159	161	−2	118
10	North Korea	13	65	31	15	19	98	61	+37	108
11	China PR	18	72	30	18	24	104	89	+15	108
12	Qatar	14	59	28	9	22	96	86	+10	93
13	Indonesia	17	70	26	13	31	114	121	−7	91
14	India	22	80	22	16	42	95	145	−50	82
15	Syria	10	44	22	8	14	70	46	+24	74
16	United Arab Emirates	14	56	18	15	23	83	80	+3	69
17	Hong Kong	16	60	20	9	31	96	132	−36	69
18	Vietnam²	19	66	17	13	36	70	138	−68	64
19	Uzbekistan	7	34	17	9	8	57	44	+13	60
20	Singapore	18	67	16	7	44	79	190	−111	55
21	Bahrain	9	37	14	10	13	47	44	+3	52
22	Australia	7	30	14	9	7	44	31	+13	51
23	Kuwait	8	36	12	15	9	49	44	+5	51
24	Chinese Taipei	10	35	5	6	24	30	98	−68	21
25	Jordan	7	25	4	6	15	22	52	−30	18
26	Philippines	13	45	5	3	37	32	161	−129	18
27	Laos	5	16	4	4	8	20	29	−9	16
28	Yemen³	7	24	4	3	17	19	45	−26	15
29	Sri Lanka	10	37	4	2	31	37	157	−120	14
30	Tajikistan	4	14	3	3	8	14	28	−14	12
31	Cambodia	3	11	3	1	7	14	26	−12	10
32	Pakistan	3	11	3	0	8	12	35	−23	9
33	Kazakhstan	2	10	2	2	6	15	25	−10	8
34	Bangladesh	6	21	1	5	15	10	53	−43	8
35	Lebanon	2	7	1	3	3	5	13	−8	6
36	Oman	2	7	0	3	4	3	15	−12	3
37	Nepal	4	12	1	0	11	6	47	−41	3
38	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	0	2	1	1	8	−7	2
39	Afghanistan	3	10	0	2	8	4	31	−27	2
40	New Zealand⁴	1	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0
41	Brunei	4	13	0	0	13	3	94	−91	0

¹ No longer an AFC member.
² Represented from 1959 to 1974.
³ Representing South Yemen in 1975 and North Yemen in 1978.
⁴ Not an AFC member: participated in tournament as part of intercontinental play-off to qualify for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances[]

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to AFC
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	Total
Australia	OFC member																R1	R1	R1					3
Bahrain						R1																		1
China PR				R1	QF						R1		R2		R2									5
Indonesia		R1																					Q	2
Iran		R1											R1								R1			3
Iraq		R1					QF						R1						4th					4
Japan		R1								QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2					R2	R2		10
Jordan																R1								1
Kazakhstan	Part of Soviet Union											R1		UEFA member										1
Malaysia											R1													1
Myanmar																				R1				1
North Korea																R1		R1		R1				3
Qatar			2nd							R1										R1		R1		4
Saudi Arabia					R1	R1	R1		R1			R1		R1				R2			R2	R1		9
South Korea		R1	R1	4th				QF	R1		R1	R1		R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF		R2	2nd		15
Syria							R1	QF		R1					R2									4
United Arab Emirates											R2			QF			QF							3
Uzbekistan	Part of Soviet Union													R1			R1		QF	QF				4
Vietnam																					R1			1

References[]

^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
^ "The Straits Times, 16 May 1966, Page 22". Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ "Newspapers – The Straits Times, 3 May 1970, Page 22, Myanmar rout Indons 3–0 in final". Retrieved 6 June 2013.
^ Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021

External links[]

[1] "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.

[2] "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.

[3] "The Straits Times, 16 May 1966, Page 22". Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[4] "Newspapers – The Straits Times, 3 May 1970, Page 22, Myanmar rout Indons 3–0 in final". Retrieved 6 June 2013.

[5] Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021

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