Association | Qatar Football Association | ||
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | ||
FIFA code | QAT | ||
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Biggest win | |||
Qatar 13–0 Bhutan (Doha, Qatar; 8 November 2007) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Qatar 1–9 Australia (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 7 March 2023) | |||
FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1981 ) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (1981) | ||
AFC U-19 Championship | |||
Appearances | 14 (first in 1980 ) | ||
Best result | Champions (2014) |
The Qatar national under-20 football team is the national youth team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association. Qatar's U-20 national team played an important role in the development of football in Qatar and gave it one of its first shining moments on the global stage when the youth squad finished second in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia.
In response to the recently established World Youth Championship, Qatar established its national youth team in 1976. However, they were unable to qualify for the first two World Youth Championships in 1977 in Tunisia and in 1979 in Japan. [1]
In the 1980 AFC Youth Championship which was held in Thailand, the Qatar U20 team finished as runners-up after losing to South Korea in the final. This granted them a spot in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was hosted in Australia. Under the supervision of Brazilian coach Evaristo de Macedo, the championships proved to be a success. Facing Brazil in the quarter-finals, they were able to secure a 3–2 victory by utilizing the offside trap. They went on to face England in the semi-finals, where they earned a 2–1 victory after a fine performance by their goalkeeper. [1]
The team finished second after losing 0–4 to West Germany in the final on a wet pitch which was unfavorable to the Qataris as they were not used to playing in such conditions. [1] As a result of achieving runners-up position, each Qatari player received 100,000 Qatari riyals, a Mercedes Benz, and a bungalow. The population of Qataris was only 120,000 at the time of this achievement. [2]
Qatar earned its second international U-20 World Cup appearance in 1995 as hosts. While Nigeria was preparing to host the 1995 edition, an Ebola epidemic broke out in west Africa, and as a result, FIFA decided to award the hosting rights to Qatar with only twenty days remaining till the start of the championships. [1]
Qatar's youth team won the AFC U-19 Championship for the first time in its history after defeating DPR Korea 1–0 in the final of the 2014 edition which took place in Myanmar. [3] Advancing undefeated from a group which included DPR Korea and Iraq, they defeated China 4–2 in the quarter-finals, and earned a 3–2 victory after extra time against the hosts in the semi-finals. In the finals, the Qataris would be victorious against DPR Korea for a second time in the tournament, with super sub Akram Afif scoring the only goal of the match in the second half. The entire squad was composed of Aspire Academy students. As a result of Aspire's HOPE Project (Holistic Overseas Player Experience), most of the squad were European-based. [4]
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1980 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
1982 | did not qualify | ||||||
1985 | |||||||
1986 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
1988 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
1990 | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
1992 | Round 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
1994 | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
1996 | Round 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
1998 | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2000 | did not qualify | ||||||
2002 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
2004 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
2006 | did not qualify | ||||||
2008 | |||||||
2010 | |||||||
2012 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2014 | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
2016 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2018 | Semifinals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 |
2023 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Total | 15/21 | 62 | 28 | 9 | 25 | 98 | 98 |
Host nation(s) / Year | Round |
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1977 to 1979 | did not enter |
1981 | Runners-up |
1983 to 1993 | did not enter |
1995 | Group stage |
1997 to 2013 | did not qualify |
2015 | Group stage |
2017 | did not qualify |
2019 | Group stage |
2023 | did not qualify |
2025 | TBD |
23 February 2023 Friendly | Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Qatar | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
17:00 (UTC+4) | Al-Zubaidi 3', 50' | Report | 27' | Stadium: The Sevens Stadium |
1 March 2023 2023 AFC U-20 GS | Qatar | 0–1 | Iran | Istiqlol Stadium, Fergana |
19:00 | Report | Attendance: 6,120 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea) |
4 March 2023 2023 AFC U-20 GS | Vietnam | 2–1 | Qatar | Istiqlol Stadium, Fergana |
19:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Akhrol Risqullaev (Uzbekistan) |
7 March 2023 2023 AFC U-20 GS | Qatar | 1–9 | Australia | JAR Stadium, Tashkent |
15:00 |
| Report |
| Attendance: 123 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia) |
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