The 2026 ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship (officially the ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th edition of the ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for the men's under-19 national teams of Southeast Asia. A total of 11 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.
Indonesia are the defending champions, having defeated Thailand 1–0 in the 2024 final.
Venues The tournament will be held in three stadiums. Deli Serdang Medan North Sumatra Stadium Madya North Sumatra Stadium Teladan Stadium Capacity: 25,750 Capacity: 2,507 Capacity: 20,000
Participant teams There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 11 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament. Laos withdrew from the tournament.
TeamAssociationPrevious best performanceFootball Australia10thstyle="background:gold" (2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2019)FA Brunei DS12th (10 times)FF Cambodia14th (12 times)FA Indonesia13thstyle="background:gold" (2013, 2024)FA Malaysia16th style="background:gold" (2018, 2022)Myanmar FF16thstyle="background:gold" (2003, 2005)Philippine FF12th (10 times)FA Singapore15thstyle="background:#c96" (2003)FA Thailand19thstyle="background:gold" (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)FF Timor-Leste11thstyle="background:#c96" (2013)Vietnam FF19thstyle="background:gold" (2007) Did not enter
Draw The tournament's official draw was held on 7 May 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia at 16:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the previous edition.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (H)
(H): Tournament host
Referee Referees
Iv Tina Naufal Adya Fairuski Ryo Tanimoto Alimardon Bainazarov Zakaria Ismail Jon Mick Pineda Mohd Zulfiqar Alongkorn Khonwai Lê Vũ Linh
Squads
Group stage The group winners and best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
Points obtained in all group matches; 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 have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop Scorer AwardBest Goalkeeper Award Alexander Garbowski Medin Memeti Dafa Setiawarman
Goalscorers
Final ranking
References