AFC U-19 Championship

The AFC U-19 Championship, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition has been held since 1959. Between 1959 and 1978 the tournament was held annually, since 1980 it has been held every two years.

AFC U-19 Championship

Founded	1959 (1959)
Region	AFC (Asia)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (12 titles)
2020 AFC U-19 Championship

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it consists of two stages, similarly to AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members, and the final stage is contested between sixteen teams. The most recent edition, the fortieth, was held in Indonesia. The AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.[1]

Results

2020

1959, 1960, 1963, 2004

1964

2006

1966, 1970

1965, 1971

1990, 1994, 2018

1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1998

1973, 1977, 2000

1968, 1996

2010

1988, 2002

1975

1978

1985, 1992, 2012

1986, 2008

2014

2016

Host countries of the games as of 2020

• Coordinate is based on the capital of the country.

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1959	Malaya		South Korea	^3	Malaya		Japan	^3	Hong Kong
2	1960	Malaya		South Korea	4–0	Malaya		Japan	3–2	Indonesia
3	1961	Thailand		Indonesia Myanmar	0–0 ^1			Thailand	2–1	South Korea
4	1962	Thailand		Thailand	2–1	South Korea		Indonesia	3–0	Malaya
5	1963	Malaya		South Korea Myanmar	2–2 ^1			Thailand Hong Kong	2–2 ^2
6	1964	South Vietnam		Myanmar Israel	0–0 ^1			Malaysia	5–1	South Korea
7	1965	Japan		Israel	5–0	Myanmar		Malaysia	4–1	Hong Kong
8	1966	Philippines		Israel Myanmar	1–1 ^1			Republic of China[2] Thailand	0–0 ^2
9	1967	Thailand		Israel	3–0	Indonesia		Myanmar	4–0	Singapore
10	1968	South Korea		Myanmar	4–0	Malaysia		South Korea Israel	0–0 ^2
11	1969	Thailand		Myanmar Thailand	2–2 ^1			Iran	2–1	Israel
12	1970	Philippines		Myanmar	3–0	Indonesia[3]		South Korea	5–0	Japan
13	1971	Japan		Israel	1–0	South Korea		Myanmar	2–0	Japan
14	1972	Thailand		Israel	1–0	South Korea		Iran	3–0	Thailand
15	1973	Iran		Iran	2–0	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia
16	1974	Thailand		India Iran	2–2 ^1			South Korea	2–1	Thailand
17	1975	Kuwait		Iraq Iran	0–0 ^1			Kuwait North Korea	2–2 ^2
18	1976	Thailand		Iran North Korea	0–0 ^1			South Korea	2–1	Thailand
19	1977	Iran		Iraq	4–3	Iran		Bahrain	3–1	Japan
20	1978	Bangladesh		Iraq South Korea	1–1 ^1			North Korea Kuwait	1–1 ^2
21	1980	Thailand		South Korea	^3	Qatar		Japan	^3	Thailand
22	1982	Thailand		South Korea	^3	China PR		Iraq	^3	United Arab Emirates
23	1985	United Arab Emirates		China PR	^3	Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	^3	Thailand
24	1986	Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain		North Korea	1–0	Qatar
25	1988	Qatar		Iraq	1–1 (5–4 p)	Syria		Qatar	2–0	United Arab Emirates
26	1990	Indonesia		South Korea	0–0 (4–3 p)	North Korea		Syria	1–0	Qatar
27	1992	United Arab Emirates		Saudi Arabia	2–0	South Korea		Japan	3–0	United Arab Emirates
28	1994	Indonesia		Syria	2–1	Japan		Thailand	1–1 (3–2 p)	Iraq
29	1996	South Korea		South Korea	3–0	China PR		United Arab Emirates	2–2 (4–3 p)	Japan
30	1998	Thailand		South Korea	2–1	Japan		Saudi Arabia	3–1	Kazakhstan
31	2000	Iran		Iraq	2–1	Japan		China PR	2–2 (8–7 p)	Iran
32	2002	Qatar		South Korea	1–0	Japan		Saudi Arabia	4–0	Uzbekistan
33	2004	Malaysia		South Korea	2–0	China PR		Japan	1–1 (4–3 p)	Syria
34	2006	India		North Korea	1–1 (5–3 p)	Japan		South Korea	2–0	Jordan
Edition	Year	Host		Final				Losing semi-finalists ^4
				Champions	Score	Runners-up
35	2008	Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	2–1	Uzbekistan		Australia and  South Korea
36	2010	China		North Korea	3–2	Australia		South Korea and  Saudi Arabia
37	2012	United Arab Emirates		South Korea	1–1 (4–1 p)	Iraq		Australia and  Uzbekistan
38	2014	Myanmar		Qatar	1–0	North Korea		Myanmar and  Uzbekistan
39	2016	Bahrain		Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Saudi Arabia		Iran and  Vietnam
40	2018	Indonesia		Saudi Arabia	2–1	South Korea		Japan and  Qatar
41	2020	Uzbekistan		TBD	TBD	TBD		TBD and TBD

Notes

¹ Title shared.

² Third place shared.

³ Final tournaments in round-robin format.

⁴ No third place match played since 2008; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists	Total (Top 4)
South Korea	12 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)	5 (1962, 1971, 1972, 1992, 2018)	6 (1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 2006)	1 (1964)	2 (2008, 2010)	26
Myanmar	7 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970)	1 (1965)	2 (1967, 1971)	–	1 (2014)	11
Israel	6 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972)	–	1 (1968)	1 (1969)	–	8
Iraq	5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)	1 (2012)	1 (1982)	1 (1994)	–	8
Iran	4 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)	1 (1977)	2 (1969, 1972)	1 (2000)	1 (2016)	9
North Korea	3 (1976, 2006, 2010)	2 (1990, 2014)	3 (1975, 1978, 1986)	–	–	8
Saudi Arabia	3 (1986, 1992, 2018)	2 (1985, 2016)	2 (1998, 2002)	1 (1973)	1 (2010)	9
Thailand	2 (1962, 1969)	–	4 (1961, 1963, 1966, 1994)	5 (1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1985)	–	11
Japan	1 (2016)	6 (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)	5 (1959, 1960, 1980, 1992, 2004)	4 (1970, 1971, 1977, 1996)	1 (2018)	17
China PR	1 (1985)	3 (1982, 1996, 2004)	1 (2000)	–	–	5
Indonesia	1 (1961)	2 (1967, 1970)	1 (1962)	2 (1960, 1964)	–	6
Qatar	1 (2014)	1 (1980)	1 (1988)	2 (1986, 1990)	1 (2018)	6
Syria	1 (1994)	1 (1988)	1 (1990)	1 (2004)	–	4
United Arab Emirates	1 (2008)	–	2 (1985, 1996)	3 (1982, 1988, 1992)	–	6
India	1 (1974)	–	–	–	–	1
Malaysia	–	3 (1959, 1960, 1968)	2 (1964, 1965)	1 (1962)	–	6
Bahrain	–	1 (1986)	1 (1977)	–	–	2
Uzbekistan	–	1 (2008)	–	1 (2002)	2 (2012, 2014)	4
Australia	–	1 (2010)	–	–	2 (2008, 2012)	3
Kuwait	–	–	2 (1975, 1978)	–	–	2
Hong Kong	–	–	1 (1963)	2 (1959, 1965)	–	3
Chinese Taipei	–	–	1 (1966)	–	–	1
Singapore	–	–	–	1 (1967)	–	1
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	1 (1998)	–	1
Jordan	–	–	–	1 (2006)	–	1
Vietnam	–	–	–	1 (1961)	1 (2016)	2
Total (as of 2018)	49	31	39	29	12	160

Notes:

• Bold Italic indicates hosts for that year.
• Total (40 editions): 9 editions shared champions, 5 editions shared third place, and 6 editions with no third place match.

Medal summary

As of 2018 tournament

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	12	5	8	25
2	Myanmar	7	1	3	11
3	Israel	6	0	1	7
4	Iraq	5	1	1	7
5	Iran	4	1	3	8
6	North Korea	3	2	3	8
	Saudi Arabia	3	2	3	8
8	Thailand	2	0	4	6
9	Japan	1	6	6	13
10	China PR	1	3	1	5
11	Indonesia	1	2	1	4
12	Qatar	1	1	2	4
13	Syria	1	1	1	3
14	United Arab Emirates	1	0	2	3
15	India	1	0	0	1
16	Malaysia	0	3	2	5
17	Australia	0	1	2	3
	Uzbekistan	0	1	2	3
19	Bahrain	0	1	1	2
20	Kuwait	0	0	2	2
21	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 nations)		49	31	51	131

Participating nations

Legend:

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finalists
• QF – Quarter-finals
• GS – Group stage
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
• DQ – Disqualified
•  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter
•  ×  – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
• — Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
• — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
•      – Hosts
•      – Not affiliated to FIFA

Nation	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	QF	GS
Australia
Bahrain	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	QF	×	3rd	QF
Bangladesh	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Brunei	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	GS	GS	×	×	×
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
China PR	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	QF	×	GS
Chinese Taipei	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Hong Kong	4th	×	×	GS	3rd	×	4th	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	×
India	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	×	×	QF	GS	GS	1st	GS	GS	QF	GS
Indonesia	×	4th	1st	3rd	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	GS	2nd	GS	QF	GS	×	GS	QF	×	QF
Iran	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	QF	QF	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	QF
Iraq	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1st	QF	1st	1st
Israel	×	×	×	×	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	QF	1st	1st	×	×	×	×	×	×
Japan	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	4th	4th	QF	2nd	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS
Kazakhstan
Kuwait	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	×	×	3rd	GS	×	3rd
Kyrgyzstan
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	QF	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	×	×	×	×
Macau	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Malaysia	2nd	2nd	GS	4th	GS	3rd	3rd	QF	GS	2nd	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS
Maldives	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Myanmar	6th	GS	1st	GS	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	QF	QF	GS	GS	QF	×	×
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×
North Korea	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	1st	×	3rd
Oman	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Pakistan	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×
Palestine	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Philippines	9th	GS	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	R2	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	×	×	×
Qatar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	×	×	×	QF	QF
Singapore	7th	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS
South Korea	1st	1st	GS	2nd	1st	4th	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	×	3rd	QF	1st
South Yemen							×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	×	×
Sri Lanka	8th	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	QF	×	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS
Syria	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×
Tajikistan
Thailand	5th	GS	3rd	1st	3rd	GS	GS	3rd	QF	R2	1st	GS	GS	4th	QF	4th	×	4th	×	×
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Uzbekistan
Vietnam  South Vietnam (before 1975)	×	×	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×
Yemen	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS

Nation	1980	1982	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	Total
Afghanistan	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	DQ	•	×	•	•	×	•	3
Australia	Part of OFC													QF	SF	2nd	SF	GS	GS	QF	q	8
Bahrain	×	•	•	2nd	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	QF	•	q	10
Bangladesh	5th	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	0
Brunei	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	4
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	q	4
China PR	•	2nd	1st	•	GS	•	•	•	2nd	GS	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	•	18
Chinese Taipei	×	×	Part of OFC			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	10
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	0
Hong Kong	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	16
India	•	•	•	GS	×	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	•	QF	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	22
Indonesia	•	•	•	GS	×	GS	•	GS	•	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	×	QF	q	18
Iran	×	×	×	×	•	×	GS	×	GS	•	4th	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	SF	•	q	21
Iraq	×	3rd	•	•	1st	×	×	4th	×	GS	1st	•	QF	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	QF	GS	q	18
Israel	Part of OFC and later UEFA																					9
Japan	3rd	•	•	•	GS	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	QF	QF	QF	QF	1st	SF	q	38
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	4th	GS	GS	QF	•	•	GS	•	7
Kazakhstan							×	GS	•	4th	•	Part of UEFA										2
Kuwait	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	8
Kyrgyzstan							×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	1
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	6
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	2
Macau	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	0
Malaysia	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	q	24
Maldives	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	0
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	0
Myanmar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	19
Nepal	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	4
New Zealand	OFC member						GS	OFC member														1
North Korea	×	DQ	×	3rd	GS	2nd	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	1st	QF	1st	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	13
Oman	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	2
Pakistan	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	DQ	•	•	×	×	×	•	3
Palestine	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	0
Philippines	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	13
Qatar	2nd	×	•	4th	3rd	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	1st	GS	SF	q	15
Saudi Arabia	×	•	2nd	1st	×	×	1st	×	•	3rd	•	3rd	•	QF	QF	SF	GS	•	2nd	1st	q	15
Singapore	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
South Korea	1st	1st	•	GS	GS	1st	2nd	GS	1st	1st	GS	1st	1st	3rd	SF	SF	1st	GS	GS	2nd	q	39
South Yemen	×	•	•	×	•	×																1
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	10
Syria	×	•	•	×	2nd	3rd	•	1st	GS	•	•	QF	4th	•	GS	GS	QF	×	•	•	•	10
Tajikistan							×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	QF	QF	q	5
Thailand	4th	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	33
Timor-Leste														×	×	DQ	×	×	×	•	•	0
Turkmenistan							×	×	•	•	•	•	••	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	0
United Arab Emirates	×	4th	3rd	•	4th	•	4th	•	3rd	•	GS	QF	•	GS	1st	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	•	14
Uzbekistan							×	×	•	•	•	4th	QF	•	2nd	QF	SF	SF	QF	•	q	8
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	q	20
Yemen	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	•	q	7

All-time results

As of 2018 tournament

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	South Korea	38	179	105	42	32	354	145	+209	357
2	Japan	37	168	70	29	69	293	232	+61	239
3	Myanmar	19	94	60	15	19	245	83	+162	195
4	Iran	20	88	53	17	18	183	69	+114	176
5	Thailand	33	132	51	21	60	218	206	+12	174
6	Saudi Arabia	14	69	42	13	14	144	75	+69	139
7	Iraq	17	70	36	18	16	137	72	+65	126
8	Israel^1	9	49	37	8	4	138	14	+124	119
9	Malaysia	23	88	35	13	40	152	158	–6	118
10	North Korea	13	65	31	15	19	98	61	+37	108
11	China PR	18	72	30	18	24	104	89	+15	108
12	Qatar	14	59	28	9	22	96	87	+9	93
13	Indonesia	17	66	25	13	29	104	116	–12	88
14	India	22	81	25	13	43	104	150	–46	88
15	Syria	10	44	22	7	15	70	46	+24	73
16	United Arab Emirates	14	56	18	15	23	83	80	+3	69
17	Hong Kong	16	60	20	9	31	96	132	–36	69
18	Vietnam^2	19	66	17	13	36	71	138	–67	64
19	Uzbekistan	7	34	17	9	8	57	44	+13	60
20	Singapore	18	67	16	7	44	79	190	–11	55
21	Bahrain	9	37	14	10	13	47	44	+3	52
22	Australia	7	30	14	9	7	44	31	+13	51
23	Kuwait	8	36	12	15	9	49	44	+5	51
24	Tajikistan	4	14	6	3	5	14	28	–14	21
25	Chinese Taipei	10	35	5	6	24	30	98	–68	21
26	Jordan	7	24	4	6	14	22	52	–30	18
27	Philippines	13	45	5	3	37	32	161	–129	18
28	Laos	5	16	4	4	8	20	29	–9	16
29	Yemen^3	7	24	4	3	17	19	45	–26	15
30	Syria	10	36	4	2	30	34	152	–118	14
31	Cambodia	3	11	3	1	7	14	26	–12	10
32	Pakistan	3	11	3	0	8	12	35	–23	9
33	Kazakhstan	2	10	2	2	6	15	25	–10	8
34	Bangladesh	6	21	1	5	15	11	54	–43	8
35	Lebanon	2	7	1	3	3	5	13	–8	6
36	Oman	2	7	0	3	4	3	15	–12	3
37	Nepal	4	12	1	0	11	6	47	–41	3
38	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	0	2	1	1	8	–7	2
39	Afghanistan	3	10	0	2	8	9	31	–22	2
40	New Zealand^4	1	4	0	0	4	2	13	–11	0
41	Brunei	4	13	0	0	13	3	94	–91	0

¹ No longer an AFC member.
² Represented South Vietnam from 1959 to 1974.
³ Representing South Yemen in 1975 and North Yemen in 1978.
⁴ Not an AFC member: participated in tournament as part of intercontinental play-off to qualify for the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2
• R1 – Round 1
•      – Hosts
•      – Not affiliated to AFC
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	Total
Australia	OFC member																R1	R1	R1					3
Bahrain						R1																		1
China PR				R1	QF						R1		R2		R2									5
Indonesia		R1																					Q	2
Iran	R1												R1								R1			3
Iraq	R1						QF						R1						4th					4
Japan		R1								QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2					R2	R2		10
Jordan																R1								1
Kazakhstan	Part of Soviet Union											R1		UEFA member										1
Malaysia											R1													1
Myanmar																				R1				1
North Korea																R1		R1		R1				3
Qatar			2nd							R1										R1		R1		4
Saudi Arabia					R1	R1	R1		R1			R1		R1				R2			R2	R1		9
South Korea		R1	R1	4th				QF	R1		R1	R1		R2	R1	R1	QF	R2	QF		R2	2nd		15
Syria							R1	QF		R1					R2									4
United Arab Emirates											R2			QF			QF							3
Uzbekistan	Part of Soviet Union													R1			R1		QF	QF				4
Vietnam																					R1			1

See also

• FIFA U-20 World Cup

References

1. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
2. "The Straits Times, 16 May 1966, Page 22". Retrieved 7 June 2013.
3. "Newspapers – The Straits Times, 3 May 1970, Page 22, Myanmar rout Indons 3–0 in final". Retrieved 6 June 2013.

External links

• Official page
• RSSSF Page on AFC Youth Championship