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2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Vietnam (Group A) Chinese Taipei (Group B) Kuwait (Group C) Saudi Arabia (Group D) Tajikistan (Group E) Indonesia (Group F) Laos (Group G) Thailand (Group H) Kyrgyzstan (Group I) Qatar (Group J)
Dates	21–29 September 2024[1]
Teams	45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	309 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Caelan Ryan (5 goals)
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The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-20 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.^[1]

45 out of 47 AFC member associations entered the competition. China (as host of the final tournament) did not participate; nor did Pakistan.

The draw was held on 13 June 2024.^[2] The ten teams hosting the qualification groups were allocated to a separate pot, with other teams seeded according to their performance in the previous tournament and qualification process (overall ranking shown in parentheses).^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Uzbekistan (1)  Iraq (2)  Japan (3)  South Korea (4)  Australia (5)  Iran (6)  Jordan (8)  Vietnam (9) (H)  Indonesia (10) (H)  Tajikistan (10) (H)	Saudi Arabia (12) (H)  Syria (13)  Kyrgyzstan (14) (H)  Oman (15)  Qatar (16) (H)  Thailand (17) (H)  Lebanon (18)  Yemen (19)  Mongolia (20)  Bahrain (21)	Chinese Taipei (22) (H)  Malaysia (23)  Bangladesh (24)  Palestine (25)  United Arab Emirates (26)  Philippines (27)  India (28)  Myanmar (29)  East Timor (30)  Singapore (31)	Afghanistan (32)  Cambodia (33)  Kuwait (34) (H)  Turkmenistan (35)  Laos (36) (H)  Bhutan (37)  Hong Kong (38)  Sri Lanka (39)  Brunei (40)  Maldives (41)	Nepal (42)  Guam (43)  Northern Mariana Islands (44)  North Korea (NR)  Macau (NR)

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (H): Qualification group hosts
• NR: Non-ranked teams
• Did not enter:  Pakistan

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.^[3]

Round	Groups A–E	Groups F–J
Matchday 1	21 September 2024	25 September 2024
Matchday 2	23 September 2024	27 September 2024
Matchday 3	25 September 2024	29 September 2024
Matchday 4	27 September 2024	—
Matchday 5	29 September 2024

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.^[4]

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[3] Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.

• All matches were held in Vietnam.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	4	4	0	0	16	1	+15	12	Final tournament
2	Vietnam (H)	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10	9
3	Bangladesh	4	1	1	2	5	11	−6	4
4	Guam	4	0	2	2	4	16	−12	2
5	Bhutan	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

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• All matches were held in Chinese Taipei.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	4	4	0	0	21	1	+20	12	Final tournament
2	Cambodia	4	2	1	1	6	9	−3	7
3	Bahrain	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
4	Nepal	4	1	0	3	4	15	−11	3
5	Chinese Taipei (H)	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

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• All matches were held in Kuwait.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	18	2	+16	12	Final tournament
2	United Arab Emirates	4	2	1	1	17	5	+12	7
3	Kuwait (H)	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	7
4	Lebanon	4	1	0	3	11	8	+3	3
5	Northern Mariana Islands	4	0	0	4	0	37	−37	0

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• All matches were held in Saudi Arabia.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia (H)	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10	10	Final tournament
2	Australia	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10
3	Afghanistan	4	1	1	2	1	6	−5	4
4	Palestine	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	2
5	Macau	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1

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• All matches were held in Tajikistan.
• Times listed are UTC+5.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	10	Final tournament
2	Oman	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
3	Tajikistan (H)	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
4	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	1	3	1	13	−12	1

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• All matches were held in Indonesia.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Yemen	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
3	East Timor	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Maldives	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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• All matches were held in Laos.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Final tournament
2	India	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Laos (H)	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

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• All matches were held in Thailand.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Final tournament
2	Thailand (H)	3	2	0	1	18	1	+17	6
3	Philippines	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Brunei	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

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• All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan.
• Times listed are UTC+6.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Final tournament
2	Kyrgyzstan (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Turkmenistan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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• All matches were held in Qatar.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Final tournament
2	Jordan	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not considered for this ranking.^[5]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Yemen	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Final tournament
2	I	Kyrgyzstan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7[a]
3	D	Australia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7[a]
4	H	Thailand	3	2	0	1	18	1	+17	6
5	J	Jordan	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
6	A	Vietnam	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
7	G	India	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
8	B	Cambodia	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
9	C	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
10	E	Oman	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3

A total of 16 teams including hosts China qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
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)
Saudi Arabia	Group D winners	15th	Champions (1986, 1992, 2018)
North Korea	Group E winners	14th	Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
Indonesia	Group F winners	20th	Champions (1961)
Iran	Group G winners	22nd	Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Iraq	Group H winners	19th	Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
Japan	Group I winners	39th	Champions (2016)
Qatar	Group J winners	16th	Champions (2014)
Yemen	1st best runners-up	8th	Quarter-finals (1975)
Kyrgyzstan	2nd best runners-up	3rd	Group stage (2006, 2023)
Australia	3rd best runners-up	9th	Runners-up (2010)
Thailand	4th best runners-up	34th	Champions (1962, 1969)
Jordan	5th best runners-up	9th	Fourth place (2006)

There were 309 goals scored in 80 matches, for an average of 3.86 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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