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.
Draw 46 out of 47 AFC member associations entered the competition. China, as the hosts, were automatically qualified for the final tournament and thus did not participate in qualification; Pakistan did not enter the competition at all.
The draw was held on 13 June 2024. 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).
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5
Notes
Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. (H): Qualification group hosts NR: Non-ranked teams Did not enter:
Player eligibility Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Schedule Round Groups A–E Groups F–JMatchday 121 September 202425 September 2024Matchday 223 September 202427 September 2024Matchday 325 September 202429 September 2024Matchday 427 September 2024 colspan="2" rowspan="2"Matchday 529 September 2024
Groups In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.
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):
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; 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); Drawing of lots.
Group A All matches were held in Vietnam. Times listed are UTC+7.
Group B All matches were held in Chinese Taipei. Times listed are UTC+8.
Group C All matches were held in Kuwait. Times listed are UTC+3.
Group D All matches were held in Saudi Arabia. Times listed are UTC+3.
Group E All matches were held in Tajikistan. Times listed are UTC+5.
Group F All matches were held in Indonesia. Times listed are UTC+7.
Group G All matches were held in Laos. Times listed are UTC+7.
Group H All matches were held in Thailand. Times listed are UTC+7.
Group I All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan. Times listed are UTC+6.
Group J All matches were held in Qatar. Times listed are UTC+3.
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.
Qualified teams A total of 16 teams, including the hosts China, qualified for the final tournament.
Team Qualified asAppearance Previous best performance 20th (1985) 12th (1994) 9th (2023) 40th (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012) 15th (1986, 1992, 2018) 14th (1976, 2006, 2010) 20th (1961) 22nd (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) 19th (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000) 39th (2016) 16th (2014) 8th (1975) 3rd (2006, 2023) 9th (2010) 34th (1962, 1969) 9th (2006)
Goalscorers
See also 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification
References
External links Official page