2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup

The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will be the 41st 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. This edition will be the first to be played as an under-20 tournament, as the AFC proposed to switch the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.[1] Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup".[2] On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that Uzbekistan would retain hosting rights for the 2023 edition after the cancellation of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
2023 yil U-20 Osiyo chempionati
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
DatesTBD
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the AFC representatives besides Indonesia who automatically qualified as host. If Indonesia manages to reach the semi-finals, them the losing quarter-finalist will qualify to the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Saudi Arabia are the title holders, having won the title in 2018.

Qualification
Main article: 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

Qualification matches are scheduled to be played between 10–18 September 2022.[4]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams including hosts Uzbekistan will qualify for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 UzbekistanHosts7thRunners-up (2008)
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup including host Indonesia.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Indonesia24 December 20201 (1979)
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

References
  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. "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
  4. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC. 24 February 2021.
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