2020 AFC U-19 Championship

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2020 AFC U-19 Championship
2020 yil U-19 Osiyo chempionati
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
DatesCancelled [1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
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The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship would have been the 41st edition of the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It was scheduled to take place in Uzbekistan, who had been appointed as the host by the AFC on 17 September 2019. [2] It was originally scheduled to run between 14 and 31 October 2020, [3] but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] [5]

Contents

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. [1]

Originally, the top four teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the AFC representatives, plus Indonesia who qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2021 U-20 World Cup was also cancelled, with hosting rights for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup still kept with Indonesia. [6]

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. [7]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions.

Qualification

Qualification matches were played in November 2019. [8] [9] 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. [10]

TeamQualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Hosts8thRunners-up (2008)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Group A winners18thChampions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Group B winners15thChampions (2014)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Group C winners5thQuarter-finals (2016, 2018)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Group D winners21stChampions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Group E winners10thRunners-up (1986)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Group F winners15thChampions (1986, 1992, 2018)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Group G winners24thRunners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group H winners8thRunners-up (2010)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Group I winners39thChampions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Group J winners38thChampions (2016)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Group K winners18thChampions (1961)
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 1st best runners-up 6thQuarter-finals (1970)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2nd best runners-up 20th [note 1] Semi-finals (2016)
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 3rd best runners-up 7thGroup stage (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 5th best runners-up 4thGroup stage (1963, 1972, 1974)

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. [12] [13] 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
  2. Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
  3. Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
  4. Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Final Draw
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Group AFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Group BFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Group CFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Group DFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen

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. [11] The team's total appearances included eleven appearances as the South Vietnam national under-20 football team.

References

  1. 1 2 "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  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. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018.
  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. ↑ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Uzbekistan 2020 cast finalised". AFC. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  11. ↑ S. W. Pope; John Nauright (17 December 2009). Routledge Companion to Sports History. Routledge. pp. 595–. ISBN   978-1-135-97813-6.
  12. ↑ "Stage set for 2020 AFC U-16 & U-19 Championship draws". AFC. 17 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Stars of tomorrow learn opponents for Uzbekistan 2020". AFC. 18 June 2020.
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