| Tourney Name: | Asian U-20 Futsal Championship |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Other Titles: | 2019 مسابقات قهرمانی فوتسال زیر ۲۰ سال آسیا |
| Country: | Iran |
| City: | Tabriz |
| Dates: | 14–22 June[1] |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 20 |
| Goals: | 128 |
| Top Scorer: | Salar Aghapour |
| Player: | Masashi Osawa |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the second edition of the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for men's youth national futsal teams of Asia.
The tournament was hosted by Iran between 14 and 22 June 2019.[2] A total of 12 teams participated of tournament.[3] IR Iran were the defending champion but failed to defend the title after losing to Japan in the semi-final. Japan became the champions after beating Afghanistan in the final.
See main article: 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification.
Unlike the previous tournament where all teams entered the final tournament, qualifiers were held from 1 to 10 December 2018.[4] The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018.[5]
The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]
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The matches were played at the Shahid Poursharifi Arena in Tabriz.[2]
| Tabriz | |
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| Shahid Poursharifi Arena | |
| Capacity: 6,000 | |
The final draw was held on 11 April 2019, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[7] [8] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament, with the hosts automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
| width=30% | Pot 1 | width=30% | Pot 2 | width=40% | Pot 3 | |
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See main article: article.
Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).[3]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, IRDT (UTC+4:30).
| +Schedule | |||
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | |
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| Matchday 1 | 14 June 2019 | 3 v 1 | |
| Matchday 2 | 15 June 2019 | 2 v 3 | |
| Matchday 3 | 16 June 2019 | 1 v 2 |
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 15.1 and 16.1).[3]
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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: