| Organising body | AFC |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Region | Asia |
| Current champions |  Japan (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Iran Japan (1 title each) |
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The AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, is the premier youth futsal competition off the Asian Football Confederation It was first held in 2017 and played biennially. [1] From 2021, the tournament to be rebranded "AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup". [2]
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| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| 1 | 2017 Details |  Thailand |  Iran | 2–0 |  Iraq |  Thailand | 8–1 |  Uzbekistan | 21 | |||
| 2 | 2019 Details | Iran |  Japan | 3–1 |  Afghanistan | Iran | 9–1 |  Indonesia | 12 | |||
| — | 2021 Details | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 1 | Iran | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 33 |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 24 |
| 3 |  Iraq | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 24 |
| 4 | Japan | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 23 |
| 5 |  Afghanistan | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 18 |
| 6 |  Indonesia | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 17 |
| 7 |  Uzbekistan | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 13 |
| 8 |  Lebanon | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 |  Vietnam | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | –1 | 10 |
| 10 |  Mongolia | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 |  Malaysia | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 |
| 12 |  United Arab Emirates | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | –3 | 6 |
| 13 |  Hong Kong | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 25 | –13 | 6 |
| 14 |  Tajikistan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | –1 | 4 |
| 15 |  Bahrain | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | –15 | 3 |
| 16 |  Myanmar | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | –23 | 3 |
| 17 |  Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 26 | –14 | 2 |
| 18 |  China | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | –9 | 1 |
| 19 |  Qatar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 | –11 | 0 |
| 20 |  Chinese Taipei | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 32 | –21 | 0 |
| 21 |  Brunei | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 41 | –33 | 0 |
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total (Top 4) |
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| Iran | 1 (2017) | 1 (2019*) | 2 | ||
| Japan | 1 (2019) | 1 | |||
| Iraq | 1 (2017) | 1 | |||
 Afghanistan | 1 (2019) | 1 | |||
| Thailand | 1 (2017*) | 1 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 1 (2017) | 1 | |||
| Indonesia | 1 (2019) | 1 |
| Teams | 2017 | 2019 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | GS | 2nd | 2 |
 Bahrain | GS | • | 1 |
 Brunei | GS | x | 1 |
 China | GS | • | 1 |
 Chinese Taipei | GS | GS | 2 |
 Hong Kong | GS | GS | 2 |
 Indonesia | QF | 4th | 2 |
 Iran | 1st | 3rd | 2 |
 Iraq | 2nd | QF | 2 |
 Japan | QF | 1st | 2 |
 Kyrgyzstan | GS | GS | 2 |
 Lebanon | GS | QF | 2 |
 Malaysia | GS | • | 1 |
 Mongolia | QF | • | 1 |
 Myanmar | GS | • | 1 |
 Qatar | GS | x | 1 |
 Tajikistan | GS | GS | 2 |
 Thailand | 3rd | QF | 2 |
 United Arab Emirates | GS | • | 1 |
 Uzbekistan | 4th | • | 1 |
 Vietnam | GS | QF | 2 |
| Total | 21 | 12 |
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