2023 AFF U-23 Championship

2023 AFF U-23 Championship
AFF U-23 Championship Thailand 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	17–26 August
Teams	10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Vietnam (2nd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	47 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	14,925 (933 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alif Ikmalrizal ; Đinh Xuân Tiến ; (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Arkhan Fikri
Best goalkeeper	Quan Văn Chuẩn
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Last updated July 30, 2025

The 2023 AFF U-23 Championship was the 4th edition of the AFF U-23 Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament took place from 17 to 26 August in Rayong, Thailand.^[1] Vietnam are the defending champions, having won the 2022 edition ^[2]^[3] and successfully defended their title through a 6–5 victory on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time over Indonesia in the final, thus becoming the first team to win the tournament for a second time.^[4]

Qualified teams

There was no qualification phase. Singapore withdrew due to the country's under-23 team being subject to evaluation following the 2023 SEA Games.^[5] The following teams, all from member associations of the AFF, entered the tournament:^[1]

Team	Association	Appearance	Previous best performance
Brunei	FA Brunei Darussalam	2nd	Group stage (2022)
Cambodia	FF Cambodia	4th	Fourth place (2019)
Indonesia	FA Indonesia	2nd	Champions(2019)
Laos	Lao FF	3rd	Third place (2022)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	4th	Fourth place (2005)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	3rd	Third place (2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	4th	Group stage (2005, 2019, 2022)
Thailand	FA Thailand	3rd	Champions(2005)
Timor-Leste	FF Timor-Leste	4th	Third place (2022)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	3rd	Champions(2022)

Did not enter
Australia
Singapore

Draw

The draw for the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship was held on 29 May 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand and was streamed online in the competition's official YouTube channel.^[6]^[7] The seeding was based on the performance from the previous tournaments.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Thailand (H) Vietnam Timor-Leste	Malaysia Cambodia Philippines	Indonesia Laos Myanmar Brunei

Squads

A final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) must be registered one day before the first match of the tournament.

Match officials

Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi
Ngô Duy Lân
Souei Vongkham
Muhammad Usaid Jamal
Choi Hyun-jai
Songkran Bunmeekiart
Torpong Somsing
Hiroki Kasahara

Venues

Rayong
PTT Stadium	Rayong Province Stadium
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 7,500

Group stage

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Knockout stage
2	Cambodia	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Myanmar	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

17 August 2023

16:00

Cambodia	5–0	Brunei
Rotana 5', 50' Jefri 9' (o.g.) Chanrith 73' Pisey 90'	Report

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

17 August 2023