2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

The 2023 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 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.[1] It will be held as under-20 tournament for the first time after rebranding by AFC.[2][3]

2022 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countryTBD
Dates10–18 September 2022[1]
Teams46 (from 1 confederation)

Format changes

The AFC Executive Committee had approved several strategic recommendations put forward by the AFC Competitions Committee. One of which was the removal of zoning principles in the AFC's youth competitions.[4]

Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, 46 teams are currently eligible to enter the competition.

The draw is scheduled to be held in May 2022, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The teams are seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams).

  • The teams which indicate their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw will be drawn into separate groups.
1–9 10–18 19–27 28–36 37–46
  1.  Jordan (10)
  2.  China PR (11)
  3.  North Korea (12)
  4.  Malaysia (13)
  5.  Iraq (14)
  6.  Vietnam (15)
  7.  Chinese Taipei (16)
  8.  Cambodia (17)
  9.  Uzbekistan (18)
  1.  Iran (19)
  2.  Yemen (20)
  3.  Oman (21)
  4.  Bahrain (22)
  5.  Syria (23)
  6.  Bangladesh (24)
  7.  India (25)
  8.  Myanmar (26)
  9.  Lebanon (27)
  1.  Macau (28)
  2.  Hong Kong (29)
  3.  Mongolia (30)
  4.  Kyrgyzstan (31)
  5.  Palestine (32)
  6.  Laos (33)
  7.  Turkmenistan (34)
  8.  Singapore (35)
  9.  Timor-Leste (36)
  1.  Maldives (37)
  2.  Brunei (38)
  3.  Sri Lanka (39)
  4.    Nepal (40)
  5.  Afghanistan (NR)
  6.  Bhutan (NR)
  7.  Guam (NR)
  8.  Kuwait (NR)
  9.  Northern Mariana Islands (NR)
  10.  Philippines (NR)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts (* Oman replaced Iraq as group hosts after the draw)
  • (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
Might not enter
 Pakistan[5]

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 UzbekistanHosts7thRunners-up (2008)
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See also

References
  1. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC. 24 February 2021.
  2. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
  3. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  4. "AFC Executive Committee unveils dynamic enhancements to the AFC Club Competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 25 February 2022.
  5. "FIFA suspends Chad and Pakistan football associations". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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