2020 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship would have been the 41st edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It will take place in Uzbekistan, which was appointed as the host by the AFC on 17 September 2019.[2] It was originally scheduled between 14 and 31 October 2020,[3] but the AFC announced on 10 September 2020 that the tournament would be postponed to early 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The AFC confirmed on 11 November 2020 that the tournament will be played between 3–20 March 2021.[5] The AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup with Uzbekistan.[6]

2020 AFC U-19 Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
Dates30 feb 2222 [1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

Originally, the top four teams of the tournament would qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the AFC representatives, besides Indonesia who qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2021 U-20 World Cup was subsequently cancelled, with hosting rights for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup still with Indonesia.[7]

This edition was expected to be the last to be played as an under-19 tournament, as the AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.[8]

Saudi Arabia are the defending champions.

Qualification
Main article: 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Qualification matches were played in November 2019.[9][10] Uzbekistan also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[11]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 UzbekistanHosts8thRunners-up (2008)
 IraqGroup A winners18thChampions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 QatarGroup B winners15thChampions (2014)
 TajikistanGroup C winners5thQuarter-finals (2016, 2018)
 IranGroup D winners21stChampions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
 BahrainGroup E winners10thRunners-up (1986)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup F winners15thChampions (1986, 1992, 2018)
 MalaysiaGroup G winners24thRunners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)
 AustraliaGroup H winners8thRunners-up (2010)
 South KoreaGroup I winners39thChampions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 JapanGroup J winners38thChampions (2016)
 IndonesiaGroup K winners18thChampions (1961)
 Laos1st best runners-up6thQuarter-finals (1970)
 Vietnam2nd best runners-up20th[note 1]Semi-finals (2016)
 Yemen3rd best runners-up7thGroup stage (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
 Cambodia5th best runners-up4thGroup stage (1963, 1972, 1974)

Venues

The tournament will be played in four venues:

Tashkent Namangan
Bunyodkor Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium Navbahor Central Stadium
Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 22,500
Olmaliq
AGMK Stadium
Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 18 June 2020, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[13][14] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Uzbekistan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[15]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 9.3):[15]

  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.

All times are local, UZT (UTC+5).[16]

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 TBC 2021 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 TBC 2021 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 TBC 2021 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBC 2021. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Indonesia v Cambodia
Report
Uzbekistan v Iran
Report
Iran v Indonesia
Report
Cambodia v Uzbekistan
Report
Uzbekistan v Indonesia
Report
Cambodia v Iran
Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBC 2021. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea v Bahrain
Report
Japan v Iraq
Report
Bahrain v Japan
Report
Iraq v South Korea
Report
South Korea v Japan
Report
Iraq v Bahrain
Report

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBC 2021. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saudi Arabia v Laos
Report
Australia v Vietnam
Report
Laos v Australia
Report
Vietnam v Saudi Arabia
Report
Saudi Arabia v Australia
Report
Vietnam v Laos
Report

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBC 2021. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Qatar v Yemen
Report
Tajikistan v Malaysia
Report
Yemen v Tajikistan
Report
Malaysia v Qatar
Report
Qatar v Tajikistan
Report
Malaysia v Yemen
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).[15]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
TBC – Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
 
 
Winners of Group A
 
TBC – Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
 
Runners-up of Group B
 
Winners of QF1
 
TBC – Olmaliq
 
Winners of QF3
 
Winners of Group C
 
TBC – Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
 
Runners-up of Group D
 
Winners of SF1
 
TBC – Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
 
Winners of SF2
 
Winners of Group B
 
TBC – Olmaliq
 
Runners-up of Group A
 
Winners of QF2
 
TBC – Olmaliq
 
Winners of QF4
 
Winners of Group D
 
 
Runners-up of Group C
 

Quarter-finals

The winners will qualify for 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Winners of Group BQF2Runners-up of Group A
Report
Winners of Group AQF1Runners-up of Group B
Report
Winners of Group CQF3Runners-up of Group D
Report
Winners of Group DQF4Runners-up of Group C
Report

World Cup play-offs

The World Cup play-offs will be played only if Indonesia reach the semi-finals, to determine the last AFC qualifier for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Play-off semi-finals
Losers of QF1PO1Losers of QF3
Report
Losers of QF2PO2Losers of QF4
Report

Play-off final

The winner will qualify for 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Winners of PO1vWinners of PO2
Report

Semi-finals
Winners of QF2SF2Winners of QF4
Report
Winners of QF1SF1Winners of QF3
Report

Final
Winners of SF1vWinners of SF2
Report

Winners


Awards


Goalscorers


Notes
  1. Between 1959 and 1974 Vietnam competed at AFC tournaments as South Vietnam. A separate North Vietnam state did not join FIFA and they mostly played against other communist and communist-sympathising countries.[12] The team's total appearances included eleven appearances as the South Vietnam national under-20 football team.

References
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  2. "Uzbekistan, Bahrain recommended as hosts for 2020 AFC U-19 & U-16 Championships". AFC. 17 September 2019.
  3. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2020". AFC. 9 May 2019.
  4. "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020.
  5. "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.
  6. Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021
  7. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
  9. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 9 May 2019.
  10. "الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة القدم يقرر منح السلطنة حق استضافة مباريات المجموعة الأولى من التصفيات الآسيوية لمنتخبات الشباب بدلا من العراق". Twitter (in Arabic). OFA. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  11. "Uzbekistan 2020 cast finalised". AFC. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  12. S. W. Pope; John Nauright (17 December 2009). Routledge Companion to Sports History. Routledge. pp. 595–. ISBN 978-1-135-97813-6.
  13. "Stage set for 2020 AFC U-16 & U-19 Championship draws". AFC. 17 June 2020.
  14. "Stars of tomorrow learn opponents for Uzbekistan 2020". AFC. 18 June 2020.
  15. "AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  16. "Match Schedule". AFC.
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