Organising body | AFC |
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Founded | 1959 |
Region | Asia (including Australia) |
Number of teams | 16 |
Current champions | Uzbekistan (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | South Korea (12 titles) |
2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup |
The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The competition has been held since 1959. Between 1959 and 1978, the tournament was held annually (without qualification); since 1980, it has been held every two years. The 1980 AFC Youth Championship had a qualification stage for first time.
The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently, it consists of two stages, similar to the AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members and the final stage is contested between 16 teams. The most recent edition, the 41st, was held in Uzbekistan. The AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023. [1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup". [2]
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Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists | Total (Top 4) |
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South Korea | 12 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012) | 5 (1962, 1971, 1972, 1992, 2018) | 6 (1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2006) | 1 (1964) | 3 (2008, 2010, 2023) | 27 |
Myanmar | 7 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970) | 1 (1965) | 2 (1967, 1971) | – | 1 (2014) | 11 |
Israel | 6 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972) | – | 1 (1968) | 1 (1969) | – | 8 |
Iraq | 5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000) | 2 (2012, 2023) | 1 (1982) | 1 (1994) | – | 9 |
Iran | 4 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) | 1 (1977) | 2 (1969, 1972) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2016) | 9 |
North Korea | 3 (1976, 2006, 2010) | 2 (1990, 2014) | 3 (1975, 1978, 1986) | – | – | 8 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 (1986, 1992, 2018) | 2 (1985, 2016) | 2 (1998, 2002) | 1 (1973) | 1 (2010) | 9 |
Thailand | 2 (1962, 1969) | – | 4 (1961, 1963, 1966, 1994) | 5 (1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1985) | – | 11 |
Japan | 1 (2016) | 6 (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006) | 5 (1959, 1960, 1980, 1992, 2004) | 4 (1970, 1971, 1977, 1996) | 2 (2018, 2023) | 18 |
China | 1 (1985) | 3 (1982, 1996, 2004) | 1 (2000) | – | – | 5 |
Indonesia | 1 (1961) | 2 (1967, 1970) | 1 (1962) | 1 (1960) | – | 5 |
Qatar | 1 (2014) | 1 (1980) | 1 (1988) | 2 (1986, 1990) | 1 (2018) | 6 |
Syria | 1 (1994) | 1 (1988) | 1 (1990) | 1 (2004) | – | 4 |
Uzbekistan | 1 (2023) | 1 (2008) | – | 1 (2002) | 2 (2012, 2014) | 5 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 (2008) | – | 2 (1985, 1996) | 3 (1982, 1988, 1992) | – | 6 |
India | 1 (1974) | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Malaysia | – | 3 (1959, 1960, 1968) | 2 (1964, 1965) | 1 (1962) | – | 6 |
Bahrain | – | 1 (1986) | 1 (1977) | – | – | 2 |
Australia | – | 1 (2010) | – | – | 2 (2008, 2012) | 3 |
Kuwait | – | – | 2 (1975, 1978) | – | – | 2 |
Hong Kong | – | – | 1 (1963) | 2 (1959, 1965) | – | 3 |
Chinese Taipei | – | – | 1 (1966) | – | – | 1 |
Vietnam | – | – | – | 1 (1961) | 1 (2016) | 2 |
Singapore | – | – | – | 1 (1967) | – | 1 |
Kazakhstan | – | – | – | 1 (1998) | – | 1 |
Jordan | – | – | – | 1 (2006) | – | 1 |
Total (as of 2023) | 50 | 32 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 164 |
Notes:
Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Fair play award |
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1978 | Haris Mohammed [6] | Haris Mohammed [6] | 7 | Unknown |
1980 | Choi Soon-ho [7] | Choi Soon-ho [8] | 4 | Unknown |
1996 | Kim Do-kyun [9] | Wang Peng [9] | 6 | Unknown |
1998 | Lee Dong-gook [10] | Lee Dong-gook [10] | 5 | Unknown |
2002 | Kim Dong-hyun [11] | Unknown | South Korea [11] | |
2004 | Park Chu-young [12] | Park Chu-young [12] | 6 | Unknown |
2006 | Kim Kum-il | Shim Young-sung | 5 | North Korea |
2008 | Ahmed Khalil | Ahmed Khalil Kensuke Nagai | 4 | Uzbekistan |
2010 | Jong Il-gwan | Kerem Bulut | 7 | Unknown |
2012 | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem | Igor Sergeev | 7 | Iraq |
2014 | Ahmed Moein | Ahmed Al Saadi | 5 | North Korea |
2016 | Ritsu Dōan | Sami Al-Najei | 4 | Japan |
2018 | Turki Al-Ammar | Abdulrasheed Umaru | 7 | Saudi Arabia |
2023 | Abbosbek Fayzullaev | Naoki Kumata | 5 | Unknown |
Nation | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
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Afghanistan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | QF | GS |
Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | QF | × | 3rd | QF |
Bangladesh | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS |
Bhutan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Brunei | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | × | GS | GS | × | × | × |
Cambodia | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | × | × | × | × |
China | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | × | GS |
Chinese Taipei | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | × | × | × | × |
Guam | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Hong Kong | 4th | × | × | GS | 3rd | × | 4th | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | GS | × |
India | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | × | × | QF | GS | GS | 1st | GS | GS | QF | GS |
Indonesia | × | 4th | 1st | 3rd | × | × | × | × | 2nd | × | GS | 2nd | GS | QF | GS | × | GS | QF | × | QF |
Iran | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 3rd | QF | QF | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | QF |
Iraq | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st |
Israel | × | × | × | × | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | QF | 1st | 1st | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Japan | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 4th | 4th | QF | 2nd | QF | GS | GS | 4th | GS |
Jordan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS |
Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kuwait | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | × | × | × | 3rd | GS | × | 3rd |
Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | QF | × | GS | × | GS | × | × | × | × |
Lebanon | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | × | × | × | × | × |
Macau | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Malaysia | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 4th | GS | 3rd | 3rd | QF | GS | 2nd | QF | GS | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS |
Maldives | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Mongolia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Myanmar | 6th | GS | 1st | GS | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | QF | QF | GS | GS | QF | × | × |
Nepal | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | × | × | × | × |
North Korea | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 3rd | 1st | × | 3rd |
Oman | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Pakistan | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | × |
Palestine | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Philippines | 9th | GS | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | R2 | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | × | × | × |
Qatar | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Saudi Arabia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | × | × | × | QF | QF |
Singapore | 7th | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS |
South Korea | 1st | 1st | GS | 2nd | 1st | 4th | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | × | 3rd | QF | 1st |
South Yemen | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | × | × | × | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 8th | × | GS | × | GS | × | × | GS | QF | × | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | GS |
Syria | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × |
Tajikistan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thailand | 5th | GS | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | GS | GS | 3rd | QF | R2 | 1st | GS | GS | 4th | QF | 4th | × | 4th | × | × |
East Timor | ||||||||||||||||||||
Turkmenistan | ||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |
Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | × | × | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | QF | GS | QF | GS | GS | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × |
Yemen | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS |
Nation | 1980 | 1982 | 1985 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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Afghanistan | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | DQ | • | × | • | • | × | • | 3 | |
Australia | Part of OFC | QF | SF | 2nd | SF | GS | GS | QF | QF | 8 | |||||||||||||
Bahrain | × | • | • | 2nd | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | QF | • | • | 9 | |
Bangladesh | 5th | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |
Bhutan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | 0 | |
Brunei | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 4 | |
Cambodia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 3 | |
China | • | 2nd | 1st | • | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | GS | 3rd | QF | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | GS | QF | GS | GS | QF | Q | 19 |
Chinese Taipei | × | × | Part of OFC | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 10 | |||
Guam | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | 0 | |
Hong Kong | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | 16 | |
India | • | • | • | GS | × | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22 | |
Indonesia | • | • | • | GS | × | GS | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | × | QF | GS | 19 | |
Iran | × | × | × | × | • | × | GS | × | GS | • | 4th | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | SF | • | QF | 21 | |
Iraq | × | 3rd | • | • | 1st | × | × | 4th | × | GS | 1st | • | QF | QF | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | QF | GS | 2nd | 18 | |
Israel | Part of OFC and later UEFA | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 3rd | • | • | • | GS | GS | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | QF | 1st | SF | SF | 38 | |
Jordan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | 4th | GS | GS | QF | • | • | GS | QF | 8 | |
Kazakhstan | × | GS | • | 4th | • | Part of UEFA | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Kuwait | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | × | • | 8 | |
Kyrgyzstan | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | × | • | × | × | • | • | GS | 2 | |||||||
Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |
Lebanon | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Macau | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 0 | |
Malaysia | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 23 | |
Maldives | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | |
Mongolia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 0 | |
Myanmar | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | SF | • | • | • | 19 | |
Nepal | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 4 | |
New Zealand | OFC member | GS | OFC member | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
North Korea | × | DQ | × | 3rd | GS | 2nd | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | 1st | QF | 1st | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | × | 13 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Not member of AFC | × | × | × | • | × | • | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Oman | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | 3 | |
Pakistan | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | 3 | |
Palestine | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | DQ | • | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | |
Philippines | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | 13 | |
Qatar | 2nd | × | • | 4th | 3rd | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | QF | • | • | • | GS | 1st | GS | SF | GS | 15 | |
Saudi Arabia | × | • | 2nd | 1st | × | • | 1st | × | • | 3rd | • | 3rd | • | QF | QF | SF | GS | • | 2nd | 1st | GS | 15 | |
Singapore | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |
South Korea | 1st | 1st | • | GS | GS | 1st | 2nd | GS | 1st | 1st | GS | 1st | 1st | 3rd | SF | SF | 1st | GS | GS | 2nd | SF | 39 | |
South Yemen | × | • | • | × | • | × | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Sri Lanka | × | × | × | GS | × | • | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | 10 | |
Syria | × | • | • | • | 2nd | 3rd | • | 1st | GS | • | • | QF | 4th | • | GS | GS | QF | × | • | • | GS | 11 | |
Tajikistan | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | QF | QF | GS | 5 | |||||||
Thailand | 4th | • | 4th | • | • | • | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | QF | • | 33 | |
East Timor | × | × | DQ | × | × | × | • | • | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Turkmenistan | × | × | • | • | • | • | •• | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | × | 4th | 3rd | • | 4th | • | 4th | • | 3rd | • | GS | QF | • | GS | 1st | QF | GS | QF | GS | GS | • | 14 | |
Uzbekistan | × | × | • | • | • | 4th | QF | • | 2nd | QF | SF | SF | QF | • | 1st | 8 | |||||||
Vietnam | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | GS | 20 | |
Yemen | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | 6 | |
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | South Korea | 39 | 190 | 112 | 46 | 32 | 376 | 150 | +226 | 382 |
2 | Japan | 38 | 173 | 74 | 30 | 69 | 304 | 236 | +68 | 252 |
3 | Myanmar | 19 | 94 | 60 | 15 | 19 | 242 | 84 | +158 | 195 |
4 | Iran | 21 | 92 | 55 | 17 | 20 | 189 | 74 | +115 | 182 |
5 | Thailand | 33 | 138 | 52 | 24 | 62 | 227 | 214 | +13 | 180 |
6 | Iraq | 18 | 81 | 41 | 21 | 19 | 156 | 80 | +76 | 144 |
7 | Saudi Arabia | 15 | 72 | 43 | 13 | 16 | 146 | 79 | +67 | 142 |
8 | Israel 1 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 138 | 14 | +124 | 119 |
9 | Malaysia | 23 | 88 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 159 | 161 | −2 | 118 |
10 | China | 19 | 76 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 109 | 95 | +14 | 112 |
11 | North Korea | 13 | 65 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 98 | 61 | +37 | 108 |
12 | Indonesia | 18 | 73 | 27 | 14 | 32 | 115 | 123 | −8 | 95 |
13 | Qatar | 15 | 62 | 28 | 9 | 25 | 98 | 98 | 0 | 93 |
14 | India | 22 | 80 | 22 | 16 | 42 | 95 | 145 | −50 | 82 |
15 | Syria | 11 | 47 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 75 |
16 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 72 |
17 | Vietnam 2 | 20 | 69 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 74 | 142 | −68 | 70 |
18 | United Arab Emirates | 14 | 56 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 83 | 80 | +3 | 69 |
19 | Hong Kong | 16 | 60 | 20 | 9 | 31 | 96 | 132 | −36 | 69 |
20 | Australia | 8 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 58 |
21 | Singapore | 18 | 67 | 16 | 7 | 44 | 79 | 190 | −111 | 55 |
22 | Bahrain | 9 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 52 |
23 | Kuwait | 8 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 51 |
24 | Jordan | 8 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 22 |
25 | Chinese Taipei | 10 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 98 | −68 | 21 |
26 | Philippines | 13 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 32 | 161 | −129 | 18 |
27 | Laos | 5 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 16 |
28 | Tajikistan | 5 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 16 |
29 | Yemen 3 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 15 |
30 | Sri Lanka | 10 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 35 | 152 | −117 | 14 |
31 | Cambodia | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 10 |
32 | Pakistan | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 35 | −23 | 9 |
33 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 8 |
34 | Bangladesh | 6 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 53 | −43 | 8 |
35 | Lebanon | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 6 |
36 | Oman | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 4 |
37 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 |
38 | Nepal | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 47 | −41 | 3 |
39 | Afghanistan | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 2 |
40 | New Zealand 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
41 | Brunei | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 94 | −91 | 0 |
1 No longer an AFC member.
2 Represented South Vietnam from 1959 to 1974.
3 Representing South Yemen in 1975 and North Yemen in 1978.
4 Not an AFC member: participated in tournament as part of intercontinental play-off to qualify for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Team | 1977 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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Australia | OFC member | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
China | R1 | QF | R1 | R2 | R2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Iran | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Iraq | R1 | QF | R1 | 4th | R1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Japan | R1 | QF | QF | 2nd | R1 | QF | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R1 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Jordan | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | R1 | UEFA member | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Malaysia | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Myanmar | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
North Korea | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Qatar | 2nd | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
South Korea | R1 | R1 | 4th | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | QF | R2 | 2nd | 4th | 16 | ||||||||
Syria | R1 | QF | R1 | R2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | R2 | QF | QF | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | R2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | R1 | 1 |
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