The ASEAN U-23 Championship (formerly AFF U-23 Championship) is an international football competition contested by the national under-23 teams of the member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The inaugural edition was held in 2005.
Vietnam are the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won three titles. They are also the current champions, having beaten Indonesia 1–0 in the 2025 final.
Background In 2005, the first edition was held in Bangkok, Thailand as the AFF U-23 Youth Championship. A second edition of the tournament was set to take place in Palembang, Indonesia between 16 and 26 July 2011 but was cancelled due to the main stadium of Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, which was to be used for the tournament, still being under renovation.
In 2019, the tournament was then revived as the AFF U-22 Youth Championship with Phnom Penh, Cambodia as the host where it also served as a preparatory tournament for the Southeast Asian Games and AFC U-23 Asian Cup football tournament.
Results YearHostsFinalLosing semi-finalists(or third place match)WinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place12005DetailsThailand3–01–1 8–2011IndonesiaCancelledCancelled22019DetailsCambodia2–11–0832022DetailsCambodia1–0 and 942023DetailsThailand0–0 0–01052025DetailsIndonesia 1–03–110
Performance by countries TeamWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place3 (2022, 2023, 2025)1 (2019)1 (2005)2 (2019, 2022)2 (2023, 2025)1 (2019)2 (2023, 2025) 1 (2005) 1 (2005) 1 (2022) 1 (2022) 2 (2005, 2023) 1 (2019) 1 (2025)
Comprehensive team results by tournament Legend
– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place GS – Group stage q – Qualified/Entered/Participated for the next tournament
– Hosts • – Did not qualify × – Did not enter × – Withdrew before qualification / banned
Team 2005(8) 2019(8) 2022(9) 2023(10) 2025(10) Total × × × x 0 × × GS GS GS 3 GS 4th GS GS GS 5 × 1st × 2nd 2nd 3 GS × 3rd GS GS 44th GS GS 4th GS 53rd GS × GS GS 4 GS GS GS GS 4th 52nd × GS × x 21st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 5 GS GS 3rd GS GS 5 × 3rd 1st 1st 1st 4
All-time ranking table
RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGAGDPtsBest finish152314545212+4047align=left style="background:gold" 24171331336+2842align=left style="background:gold" 3314752239+1426align=left style="background:gold" 45176562426–223align=left style="background-color:#9acdff" 55165382024–418align=left style="background-color:#9acdff" 64133642619+715align=left style="background:#c96" 751642102028–814align=left style="background-color:#9acdff" 85143381434–2012align=left style="background:#c96" 94103251319–611align=left style="background:#c96" 10273041021–119align=left style="background:silver" 1139009440–360align=left
Awards Overalls Year Best player Top scorer(s) Goals Best goalkeeper Fair play award2005Not awardedNot awarded 2019 Marinus Wanewar Saringkan Promsupa Trần Danh Trung 3 2022 Bounphachan Bounkong Teerasak Poeiphimai 3 Hul Kimhuy 2023 Arkhan Fikri Alif Ikmalrizal Đinh Xuân Tiến 3 Quan Văn Chuẩn 2025 Nguyễn Đình Bắc Jens Raven 8 Muhammad Ardiansyah
Winning coaches Year Team Coach2005 Charnwit Polcheewin2019 Indra Sjafri2022 Đinh Thế Nam2023 Hoàng Anh Tuấn2025 Kim Sang-sik
Notes
See also AFC U-23 Asian Cup ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship ASEAN U-16 Boys' Championship
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