2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

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2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countryTBD
Dates21–29 September 2024 [1]
Teams47 (expected) (from 1 confederation)
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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]

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Draw

All 47 AFC member associations are expected to enter the competition. A further restriction will also be applied, with several teams will be serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.

The teams will be 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). The following restrictions are also applied:

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5
  1. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (1)
  2. Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (2)
  3. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (3)
  4. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (4)
  5. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (5)
  6. Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (6)
  7. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (7)
  8. Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan (8)
  9. Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (9)
  1. Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (10)
  2. Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (11)
  3. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (12)
  4. Flag of Syria.svg  Syria (13)
  5. Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan (14)
  6. Flag of Oman.svg  Oman (15)
  7. Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (16)
  8. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (17)
  9. Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon (18)
  1. Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen (19)
  2. Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia (20)
  3. Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain (21)
  4. Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei (22)
  5. Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (23)
  6. Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (24)
  7. Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (25)
  8. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates (26)
  9. Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (27)
  1. Flag of India.svg  India (28)
  2. Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (29)
  3. Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor (30)
  4. Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (31)
  5. Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan (32)
  6. Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia (33)
  7. Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan (34)
  8. Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (35)
  9. Flag of Laos.svg  Laos (36)
  1. Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan (37)
  2. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (38)
  3. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (39)
  4. Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives (40)
  5. Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei (41)
  6. Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal (42)
  7. Flag of Guam.svg  Guam (43)
  8. Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands (44)
  9. Flag of Macau.svg  Macau (NR)
  10. Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (NR)
  11. Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (NR)
Notes

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament. [2]

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. [3]

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): [2]

  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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "AFC Competitions Calendar 2024". AFC.
  2. 1 2 "AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  3. ↑ "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. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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