2020 AFC U-23 Championship final explained

2020 AFC U-23 Championship Final
Event:2020 AFC U-23 Championship
Team1:South Korea
Team1association:
Team1score:1
Team2:Saudi Arabia
Team2score:0
Details:After extra time
Date:26 January 2020
Stadium:Rajamangala Stadium
City:Bangkok
Referee:Chris Beath (Australia)
Weather:Partly cloudy
28°C
Previous:2018
Next:2022

The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 26 January 2020 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, to determine the winners of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. The match was contested by South Korea and Saudi Arabia, the winners of the semi-finals.[1]

South Korea beat Saudi Arabia after extra time and took their first trophy in the contest.

Route to the final

South KoreaRoundSaudi Arabia
OpponentsResultGroup stageOpponentsResult
1–0Match 12–1
2–1Match 20–0
2–1Match 31–0
Group C WinnerFinal standingsGroup B Winner
OpponentsResultKnockout stageOpponentsResult
2–1Quarter-finals1–0
2–0Semi-finals1–0

Match

GK 1
RB 2
CB 5 Jeong Tae-wook
CB 4 Lee Sang-min (c)
LB 3 Kang Yoon-sung
DM 20Won Du-jae
DM 6 Kim Dong-hyun
CM 8
RF 7
CF 18Oh Se-hun
LF 13Kim Jin-ya
Substitutions:
FW 11
MF 10
FW 14
DF 15
Manager:
Kim Hak-bum
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GK 22Mohammed Al-Rubaie
RB 23
CB 3
CB 4 Hassan Al-Tambakti (c)
LB 13
RM 18
CM 20Mukhtar Ali
CM 14
LM 7 Abdulrahman Ghareeb
SS 15Hussain Al-Eisa
CF 9
Substitutions:
FW 12
FW 19
DF 5
MF 8
Manager:
Saad Al-Shehri
Match rules:
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, one substitution added if extra time.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The AFC. the-AFC.