2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesVietnam (Group A)
Chinese Taipei (Group B)
Kuwait (Group C)
Saudi Arabia (Group D)
Tajikistan (Group E)
Indonesia (Group F)
Laos (Group G)
Thailand (Group H)
Kyrgyzstan (Group I)
Qatar (Group J)
Dates21–29 September 2024[1]
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played80
Goals scored309 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Caelan Ryan (5 goals)
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The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-20 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.[1]

Draw

45 out of 47 AFC member associations entered the competition. China (as the hosts of the final tournament) did not participate; nor did Pakistan.

The draw was held on 13 June 2024.[2] The ten teams hosting the qualification groups were allocated to a separate pot, with other teams seeded according to their performance in the previous tournament and qualification process (overall ranking shown in parentheses).[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.  Uzbekistan (1)
  2.  Iraq (2)
  3.  Japan (3)
  4.  South Korea (4)
  5.  Australia (5)
  6.  Iran (6)
  7.  Jordan (8)
  8.  Vietnam (9) (H)
  9.  Indonesia (10) (H)
  10.  Tajikistan (10) (H)
  1.  Saudi Arabia (12) (H)
  2.  Syria (13)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (14) (H)
  4.  Oman (15)
  5.  Qatar (16) (H)
  6.  Thailand (17) (H)
  7.  Lebanon (18)
  8.  Yemen (19)
  9.  Mongolia (20)
  10.  Bahrain (21)
  1.  Chinese Taipei (22) (H)
  2.  Malaysia (23)
  3.  Bangladesh (24)
  4.  Palestine (25)
  5.  United Arab Emirates (26)
  6.  Philippines (27)
  7.  India (28)
  8.  Myanmar (29)
  9.  Timor-Leste (30)
  10.  Singapore (31)
  1.  Afghanistan (32)
  2.  Cambodia (33)
  3.  Kuwait (34) (H)
  4.  Turkmenistan (35)
  5.  Laos (36) (H)
  6.  Bhutan (37)
  7.  Hong Kong (38)
  8.  Sri Lanka (39)
  9.  Brunei (40)
  10.  Maldives (41)
  1.    Nepal (42)
  2.  Guam (43)
  3.  Northern Mariana Islands (44)
  4.  North Korea (NR)
  5.  Macau (NR)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts
  • NR: Non-ranked teams
  • Did not enter:  Pakistan

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[3]

Schedule

Round Groups A–E Groups F–J
Matchday 1 21 September 2024 25 September 2024
Matchday 2 23 September 2024 27 September 2024
Matchday 3 25 September 2024 29 September 2024
Matchday 4 27 September 2024 —
Matchday 5 29 September 2024

Groups

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.[4]

  The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

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):[3]
  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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Syria 4 4 0 0 16 1 +15 12 Final tournament
2  Vietnam (H) 4 3 0 1 12 2 +10 9
3  Bangladesh 4 1 1 2 5 11 −6 4
4  Guam 4 0 2 2 4 16 −12 2
5  Bhutan 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Guam 1–1 Bhutan
Suzuki 42' Report Tenzin 2'
Attendance: 338
Referee: Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)
Bangladesh 0–4 Syria
Report
  • Issa 5'
  • Knaj 12'
  • Dukhan 73'
  • Dahan 79'
Attendance: 198
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)
Guam 2–2 Bangladesh
  • Suzuki 75' (pen.)
  • Harmon 90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 325
Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)
Bhutan 0–5 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 5,616
Referee: Amir Arab (Iran)
Syria 1–0 Bhutan
Al-Kalou 68' Report
Attendance: 121
Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)
Vietnam 3–0 Guam
 Report
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
Syria 10–1 Guam
  • Dahan 1', 5', 58'
  • Knaj 15'
  • Al-Mustafa 22', 47', 71'
  • Ahmad Soufi 33'
  • Mahmoud Warda 77'
  • Al-Mihi 81'
 Report Gavin Baker 53'
Attendance: 116
Referee: Amir Arab (Iran)
Bangladesh 1–4 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)
Bhutan 1–2 Bangladesh
Sakib 71' (o.g.) Report
  • Muhammad Molla 3'
  • Moin 86'
Attendance: 185
Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)
Vietnam 0–1 Syria
Report Nguyễn Ngọc Chiến 76' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,569
Referee: Ahmad Alaeddin (Lebanon)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 4 4 0 0 21 1 +20 12 Final tournament
2  Cambodia 4 2 1 1 6 9 −3 7
3  Bahrain 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
4    Nepal 4 1 0 3 4 15 −11 3
5  Chinese Taipei (H) 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nepal   1–4 Cambodia
 Report
  • Vreak 3'
  • Thatthai 7'
  • Chanrith 61'
  • Sovannara 83'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mohammed Kanah (Syria)
Chinese Taipei 0–1 Bahrain
Report Al-Khalaf 80'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 450
Referee: Harish Kundu (India)
Cambodia 0–7 Uzbekistan
Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 48
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)
Nepal   3–1 Chinese Taipei
 Report
  • Yang Chao-jing 45+2'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 223
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)
Uzbekistan 6–0   Nepal
  • Saidnurullayev 24', 27'
  • Ibraimov 29'
  • Lazizbek Mirzaev 67'
  • Rejabaliev 87'
  • Haydarov 90'
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 52
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
Bahrain 0–1 Cambodia
Report Chanrith 68'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 96
Referee: Harish Kundu (India)
Bahrain 4–0   Nepal
  • Sami Bassam 27', 73'
  • Al-Khalaf 45+1'
  • Ali Hasan 83'
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 50
Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)
Chinese Taipei 1–3 Uzbekistan
Kao Kuan-yu 45+1' Report
  • Haydarov 23'
  • Khayrullaev 58', 77'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 453
Referee: Mohammed Kanah (Syria)
Uzbekistan 5–0 Bahrain
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 32
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
Cambodia 1–1 Chinese Taipei
  • Sovannara 36'
 Report
  • Chen Kuan-lin 10'
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 556
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Group C

  • All matches were held in Kuwait.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 18 2 +16 12 Final tournament
2  United Arab Emirates 4 2 1 1 17 5 +12 7
3  Kuwait (H) 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
4  Lebanon 4 1 0 3 11 8 +3 3
5  Northern Mariana Islands 4 0 0 4 0 37 −37 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Lebanon
  • Eid Al-Hammadi 45+6'
  • Khayat 46'
  • Bader 51'
 Report
  • Khawaja 90+2'
  • Kassas 90+3'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yahya Al Balushi (Oman)
Northern Mariana Islands 0–6 Kuwait
Report
  • Eid Al-Ruqbah 1'
  • Turki Al-Yousef 5', 49', 53'
  • Y. Al-Shammari 10', 17'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Zayniddin Alimov (Kyrgyzstan)
Northern Mariana Islands 0–13 United Arab Emirates
Report
  • Yousif Al-Marzooqi 11'
  • Hazim Abbas 17', 38'
  • Saif Al-Kaabi 29'
  • Eid Al-Hammadi 35', 39'
  • Bader 45+2'
  • Obaid Salem 50', 88', 90+2'
  • Ahmed Al-Shammari 64'
  • S. Nasser 66', 90'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
Kuwait 0–3 South Korea
Report
  • Kim Tae-won 45'
  • Kim Ho-jin 45+5'
  • Jin Jun-seo 71'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
South Korea 10–0 Northern Mariana Islands
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)
Lebanon 0–3 Kuwait
Report
  • Bandar Al-Barazi 4'
  • Osseili 72' (o.g.)
  • Y. Al-Shammari 82'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Muath Owfi (Palestine)
Lebanon 8–0 Northern Mariana Islands
  • Malek Fakieh 15', 17', 35'
  • Hassan Nasser 28', 90+2'
  • Karim Kassem 76'
  • Kassem Watfa 80'
  • Nehme 82'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Zayniddin Alimov (Kyrgyzstan)
United Arab Emirates 1–3 South Korea
Hazim Abbas 41' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
South Korea 2–1 Lebanon
  • Hong Seok-hyun 14'
  • Lee Chang-woo 22'
 Report El Hajj 90+6' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)
Kuwait 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Referee: Yahya Al-Balushi (Oman)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia (H) 4 3 1 0 10 0 +10 10 Final tournament
2  Australia 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 10
3  Afghanistan 4 1 1 2 1 6 −5 4
4  Palestine 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
5  Macau 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Macau 0–1 Afghanistan
Report
  • Hadafmand 54'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Meder Tayçiev (Kyrgyzstan)
Palestine 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Talal Haji 57'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)
Afghanistan 0–2 Australia
Report Jovanovic 84', 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)
Macau 1–1 Palestine
Lei Cheng Lam 45+2' Report B. Elhaj 16'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Wissam Rabie (Syria)
Australia 2–0 Macau
Kikianis 9', 50' Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Sayyodjon Zayniddinov (Tajikistan)
Saudi Arabia 4–0 Afghanistan
  • Talal Haji 56'
  • Thamer Al-Khaibri 76', 90+7'
  • Ali Al-Mahdawi 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)
Palestine 1–2 Australia
Suheib Ali 7' Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Wissam Rabie (Syria)
Saudi Arabia 5–0 Macau
  • Thamer Al-Khaibri 13' (pen.), 38', 53'
  • Ziyad Al-Ghamdi 80'
  • Awad Aman 83'
 Report
Attendance: 210
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)
Afghanistan 0–0 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Meder Tayçiev (Kyrgyzstan)
Australia 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Referee: Sayyodjon Zayniddinov (Tajikistan)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 10 Final tournament
2  Oman 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
3  Tajikistan (H) 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6
4  Malaysia 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Malaysia 2–1 Oman
  • Moses Raj 30'
  • Haykal 66' (pen.)
 Report
  • Majid Al-Farsi 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: R. Venkatesh (India)
North Korea 4–0 Sri Lanka
  • Ri Jong-dok 33', 64', 77'
  • Choe Kuk 46'
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)
North Korea 0–0 Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 35
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Sri Lanka 0–3 Tajikistan
Report
  • Boboev 2'
  • Gafurov 45+2', 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,345
Referee: Torphong Somsing (Thailand)
Oman 5–0 Sri Lanka
  • Al-Manwari 12'
  • Muhannad Al-Saadi 18'
  • Yousef Al-Shabibi 34', 37'
  • Faisal Al-Hadidi 56'
 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Torphong Somsing (Thailand)
Tajikistan 0–2 North Korea
Report
  • Choe Kuk 26'
  • Ra Mu-ryong 90+1'
Attendance: 2,784
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
Oman 0–1 North Korea
Report Ri Jong-dok 80'
Attendance: 15
Referee: R. Venkatesh (India)
Malaysia 0–1 Tajikistan
Report Khushvakhtov 90+5'
Attendance: 225
Referee: Mohamed Javiz (Maldives)
Sri Lanka 1–1 Malaysia
Harish 87' Report Amir Farhan 32'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Tajikistan 1–3 Oman
Khamidov 11' Report
  • Yousef Al-Shabibi 14'
  • Hamad Al-Mukhaini 67'
  • Al-Manwari 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,721
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Final tournament
2  Yemen 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3  Timor-Leste 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4  Maldives 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Yemen 3–1 Timor-Leste
  • Abdulaziz Masnoum 29', 57'
  • Al-Khadher 74'
 Report Alexandro Bahkito 69'
Attendance: 180
Referee: Choi Hyun-jae (South Korea)
Indonesia 4–0 Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)
Maldives 0–3 Yemen
Report
  • Adel Qasem 8'
  • Anwar Al-Turaiqi 41'
  • Mohammed Al-Awami 90'
Attendance: 214
Referee: Mohamad Issa (Lebanon)
Timor-Leste 1–3 Indonesia
  • Luís Figo 66'
 Report
Attendance: 2,761
Referee: Saud Al-Samhan (Kuwait)
Timor-Leste 4–1 Maldives
  • Bahkito 40'
  • Canavaro 44'
  • Ali 61' (o.g.)
  • Luís Figo 73'
 Report Hassan 64'
Attendance: 296
Referee: Mohamed Khaled (Bahrain)
Indonesia 1–1 Yemen
Raven 45+1' Report Al Khadher 45+3'
Attendance: 7,015
Referee: Resul Mämmedow (Turkmenistan)

Group G

  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Final tournament
2  India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Laos (H) 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4  Mongolia 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mongolia 1–4 India
  • Uuganbat 44'
 Report
Attendance: 132
Referee: Wong Wai Lun (Hong Kong)
Iran 8–0 Laos
  • Bozorgianasl 8'
  • Amir Razzaghinia 29'
  • Barajeh 31', 88' (pen.)
  • Esmaeil Gholizadeh 35'
  • Taheri 40', 90+3' (pen.)
  • Kahrizi 63'
 Report
Attendance: 2,258
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
India 0–1 Iran
Report Mazraeh 87'
Attendance: 142
Referee: Asker Nadjafaliyev (Uzbekistan)
Laos 6–0 Mongolia
  • Hopchakkavan 5', 65'
  • Keohanam 13'
  • Phanthavong 55'
  • Panyavong 61'
  • Choummaly 78'
 Report
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)
Iran 8–0 Mongolia
  • Gholizadeh 24', 82'
  • Mazraeh 33'
  • Taheri 43' (pen.)
  • Barajeh 44'
  • Kahrizi 54'
  • Moredi 73' (pen.)
  • Sheikholeslami 89'
 Report
Attendance: 216
Referee: Wong Wai Lun (Hong Kong)
India 2–0 Laos
 Report
Attendance: 3,323
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Final tournament
2  Thailand (H) 3 2 0 1 18 1 +17 6
3  Philippines 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Brunei 3 0 0 3 0 32 −32 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iraq 15–0 Brunei
  • Mustafa Nawaf 15', 42', 45'
  • Sidad Haji 17', 33'
  • Jaafar 27', 29'
  • Amoori Faisal 39', pen.', 60'
  • Danish Firdaus 50' (o.g.)
  • Aymen Luay 56', 68', 87'
  • Halgurd Qais Jaafer 73'
  • Ahmed Jasim 85'
 Report
Attendance: 85
Referee: Crystal John (India)
Thailand 5–0 Philippines
  • Thanakrit 14'
  • Caelan Ryan 16', 23', 44'
  • Thanawut 74'
 Report
Attendance: 1,359
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Philippines 0–2 Iraq
Report
  • Amoori Faisal 9' (pen.)
  • Sidad Haji 62'
Attendance: 69
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)
Brunei 0–13 Thailand
Report
  • Siradanai 1'
  • Caelan Ryan 8', 10'
  • Phongsakorn 36'
  • Thanawut 37'
  • Thanyakon 40'
  • Wafiq Danish 43' (o.g.)
  • Chanothai 59' (pen.), 78'
  • Nathakorn 74', 80', 89'
  • Paripan 90+10'
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)
Philippines 4–0 Brunei
  • Otu Bisong 4'
  • Cyrelle Saut 50'
  • Bacchus Ekberg 51'
  • Trez Mariñas 89'
 Report
Attendance: 70
Referee: Mohammad Ghabayen (Jordan)
Iraq 1–0 Thailand
Jaafar 20' Report
Attendance: 2,177
Referee: Crystal John (India)

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Final tournament
2  Kyrgyzstan (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3  Turkmenistan 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan 2–0 Turkmenistan
Kanda 22', 48' Report
Attendance: 254
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Myanmar
  • Ermekov 17'
  • Madanov 38'
 Report
Attendance: 4,295
Referee: Ahmed Kadhim Gatea (Iraq)
Myanmar 0–6 Japan
Report
  • Hiroi 24', 64'
  • Nakagawa 31', 82', 83'
  • Nishihara 44'
Attendance: 253
Referee: Morteza Mansourian (Iran)
Turkmenistan 0–1 Kyrgyzstan
Report Almazbekov 62' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,373
Referee: Yaasin Hanafiah (Malaysia)
Myanmar 1–4 Turkmenistan
Saw Sae Ka Paw Say 14' Report
  • Esenov 17', 89' (pen.)
  • Garajayev 40'
  • Berenov 90+1'
Referee: Yaasin Hanafiah (Malaysia)
Japan 1–1 Kyrgyzstan
Kanda 50' Report Madanov 47'
Referee: Nivon Robesh (Sri Lanka)

Group J

  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Final tournament
2  Jordan 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Jordan 7–0 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)
Qatar 3–0 Singapore
 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)
Hong Kong 0–2 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
Singapore 0–2 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 125
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)
Jordan 2–3 Qatar
 Report
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
Singapore 0–2 Hong Kong
Report
  • Pinto 26'
  • Ho Tung Lam 48'
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not considered for this ranking.[5]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Yemen 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Final tournament
2 I  Kyrgyzstan 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7[a]
3 D  Australia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7[a]
4 H  Thailand 3 2 0 1 18 1 +17 6
5 J  Jordan 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
6 A  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
7 G  India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
8 B  Cambodia 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
9 C  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
10 E  Oman 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Teams equal second. Disciplinary points criterion: Kyrgyzstan –4, Australia –4.

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams, including the hosts China, qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 China Hosts 20th Champions (1985)
 Syria Group A winners 12th Champions (1994)
 Uzbekistan Group B winners 9th Champions (2023)
 South Korea Group C winners 40th Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 Saudi Arabia Group D winners 15th Champions (1986, 1992, 2018)
 North Korea Group E winners 14th Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
 Indonesia Group F winners 20th Champions (1961)
 Iran Group G winners 22nd Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
 Iraq Group H winners 19th Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 Japan Group I winners 39th Champions (2016)
 Qatar Group J winners 16th Champions (2014)
 Yemen Best runners-up 8th Quarter-finals (1975)
 Kyrgyzstan 2nd-best runners-up 3rd Group stage (2006, 2023)
 Australia 3rd-best runners-up 9th Runners-up (2010)
 Thailand 4th-best runners-up 34th Champions (1962, 1969)
 Jordan 5th-best runners-up 9th Fourth place (2006)

Goalscorers

There were 309 goals scored in 80 matches, for an average of 3.86 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Thailand Caelan Ryan

4 goals

3 goals

  • Indonesia Jens Raven
  • Iran Esmaeil Gholizadeh
  • Iran Kasra Taheri
  • Iran Yaghoob Barajeh
  • Iraq Amoori Faisal
  • Iraq Aymen Luay
  • Iraq Karrar Jaafar
  • Iraq Mustafa Nawaf
  • Iraq Sidad Haji
  • Japan Hagumu Nakagawa
  • Japan Soma Kanda
  • Jordan Odeh Fakhoury
  • Saudi Arabia Thamer Al-Khaibari
  • Kuwait Yousef Al-Shammari
  • Kuwait Turki Al-Yousef
  • Lebanon Ali Fakieh
  • Oman Yousuf Ali Al-Shabibi
  • Qatar Mohamed Khaled Gouda
  • Syria Mohammad Al-Mustafa
  • Thailand Nathakorn Rattanasuwan
  • United Arab Emirates Eid Al-Hammadi
  • United Arab Emirates Hazim Abaas
  • United Arab Emirates Obaid Salem
  • Uzbekistan Nurlan Ibraimov

2 goals

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Esmatullah Hadafmand
  • Australia Alexander Badolato
  • Australia Rhys Youlley
  • Bangladesh Asadul Molla
  • Bangladesh Mirajul Islam
  • Bangladesh Piash Ahmed Nova
  • Bahrain Ali Ahmed Hasan
  • Bhutan Kinzang Tenzin
  • Cambodia Phan Vreak
  • Cambodia Phoeuk Thatthai
  • Guam Curtis Harmon
  • Guam Gavin Baker
  • Hong Kong Anthony Pinto
  • Hong Kong Ho Tung Lam
  • Indonesia Aditya Warman
  • Indonesia Figo Dennis
  • Indonesia Toni Firmansyah
  • Indonesia Muhammad Ragil
  • Indonesia Riski Afrisal
  • India Gwgwmsar Goyary
  • India Kelvin Singh Taorem
  • India Korou Singh Thingujam
  • India Thanglalsoun Gangte
  • Iran Abolfazl Moredi
  • Iran Ali Asghar Sheikholeslami
  • Iran Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia
  • Iran Farhan Bozorgianasl
  • Iraq Ahmed Jasim
  • Iraq Halgurd Qays
  • Japan Motoki Nishihara
  • Jordan Abdelrahman Al-Khdour
  • Jordan Anas Al-Khob
  • Jordan Omar Khader
  • Jordan Mohammad Taha
  • Jordan Mahmoud Khrouba
  • Kyrgyzstan Baibol Ermekov
  • Kyrgyzstan Yryskeldi Madanov
  • South Korea Baek Ga-on
  • South Korea Hong Seok-hyun
  • South Korea Jin Jun-seo
  • South Korea Kim Ho-jin
  • South Korea Kim Myung-jun
  • South Korea Lee Chang-woo
  • South Korea Lee Soo-ah
  • South Korea Shim Yeon-won
  • Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Mahdawi
  • Saudi Arabia Awad Muhsen
  • Saudi Arabia Ziyad Al-Ghamdi
  • Kuwait Bandar Al-Barazi
  • Kuwait Eid Al-Ruqbah
  • Laos Peter Phanthavong
  • Laos Phousomboun Panyavong
  • Laos Sayfon Keohanam
  • Laos Somvang Choummaly
  • Lebanon Anis Nehme
  • Lebanon Hassan Nasser
  • Lebanon Joe Khawaja
  • Lebanon Josef El Hajj
  • Lebanon Karim Kassem
  • Lebanon Kassem Watfa
  • Lebanon Mohamad Kassas
  • Macau Lei Cheng Lam
  • Malaysia Amir Farhan
  • Malaysia Haykal Danish
  • Malaysia Moses Raj
  • Maldives Muzdhan Hassan
  • Mongolia Temulen Uuganbat
  • Myanmar Saw Sae Ka Paw Say
  • Oman Majid Al-Farsi
  • Oman Fahad Al-Mukhaini
  • Oman Faisal Al-Hadidi
  • Oman Muhand Al-Saadi
  • Palestine Basim Elhaj
  • Palestine Suheibelias Ali
  • Philippines Bacchus Ekberg
  • Philippines Cyrelle Saut
  • Philippines Otu Banatao
  • Philippines Rodrigo Mariñas
  • North Korea Ra Mu-ryong
  • Sri Lanka Johnjimron Harish
  • Syria Ahmad Alkalou
  • Syria Wessam Dukhan
  • Syria Kawa Issa
  • Syria Abdulrahman Al-Mihi
  • Syria Esam Radman
  • Syria Mamdouh Warda
  • Thailand Paripan Wongsa
  • Thailand Phongsakorn Sangkasopha
  • Thailand Siradanai Phosri
  • Thailand Thanakrit Chotmuangpak
  • Thailand Thanyakon Swangsuk
  • Tajikistan Bilol Boboev
  • Tajikistan Dzhovidon Khushvakhtov
  • Tajikistan Mehrubon Khamidov
  • Turkmenistan Gurbangeldi Garajayev
  • Turkmenistan Gurbanmuhammet Esenov
  • Turkmenistan Magtymberdi Berenov
  • Timor-Leste Vabio Canavaro
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Kuan-lin
  • Chinese Taipei Kao Kuan-yu
  • Chinese Taipei Yang Chao-jing
  • United Arab Emirates Yousef Al-Marzouqi
  • United Arab Emirates Saif Al-Kaabi
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al-Shammari
  • United Arab Emirates Anthony Khayat
  • Uzbekistan Meyirbek Rejabaliev
  • Uzbekistan Daler Tukhsanov
  • Vietnam Lê Văn Quang Duyệt
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Bảo Long
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Đăng Dương
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Hoàng Khanh
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Lê Phát
  • Yemen Adel Qasem
  • Yemen Anwar Al Turaiqi
  • Yemen Mohammed Al Awami

1 own goal

  • Bangladesh Asadul Islam Sakib (against Bhutan)
  • Brunei Danish Firdaus (against Iraq)
  • Brunei Wafiq Danish (against Thailand)
  • Lebanon Mahdi Osseili (against Kuwait)
  • Maldives Mohamed Aiman Ali (against East Timor)
  • Northern Mariana Islands Monico Claridades (against South Korea)
  • Northern Mariana Islands Markus Toves (against South Korea)
  • Qatar Bassam Eid (against Jordan)
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Chiến (against Syria)

See also

References

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