2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Year:2025
Country:Vietnam (Group A)
Country2:Chinese Taipei (Group B)
Country3:Kuwait (Group C)
Country4:Saudi Arabia (Group D)
Country5:Tajikistan (Group E)
Country6:Indonesia (Group F)
Country7:Laos (Group G)
Country8:Thailand (Group H)
Country9:Kyrgyzstan (Group I)
Country10:Qatar (Group J)
Dates:21–29 September 2024[1]
Num Teams:47 (expected)
Confederations:1
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2027

The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification is an international men's under-20 football competition which will be held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.[1]

Draw

45 out of 47 AFC member associations are expected to enter the competition. China as host of the final tournament will not participate.

The draw was held on 13 June 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 16:00 (GMT+08:00).[2]

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). A further draw principle was applied where the 10 teams who will serve as qualification group hosts were allocated to a hosts pot reflective of their original seeding, and were required to be drawn into separate groups.[2]

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Player eligibility

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

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.[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):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches will be played between 21 and 29 September 2024.

Group A-E! colspan="2"
Group F-J
DateMatchesDateMatches
Matchday 121 September 20243 v 2
5 v 4		25 September 20241 v 4
2 v 3
Matchday 223 September 20244 v 1
5 v 3		27 September 20244 v 2
3 v 1
Matchday 325 September 20241 v 5
2 v 4		29 September 20241 v 2
3 v 4
Matchday 427 September 20242 v 5
3 v 1		colspan="2" rowspan="2"
Matchday 529 September 20244 v 3
1 v 2

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Group I

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Group J

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups will not be considered for this ranking.

Qualified teams

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

TeamQualified asdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performance
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TBD 1st
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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2024. AFC.
  2. Web site: Stage set for #AFCU17 and #AFCU20 Qualifiers draws . the-AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 11 July 2024. 10 June 2024.
  3. Web site: AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 Competition Regulations. Asian Football Confederation.
  4. Web site: Updated: AFC U17 and U20 Asian Cup Qualifier Draws set the stage for Asia's future stars to shine. Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2022. 24 May 2022.

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