2020 AFC U-23 Championship

2020 AFC U-23 Championship
ฟุตบอลชิงชนะเลิศแห่งเอเชีย รุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 23 ปี 2020
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates8–26 January[1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Australia
Fourth place Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored69 (2.16 per match)
Attendance107,402 (3,356 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Nicholas D'Agostino
Iraq Mohammed Nassif
Thailand Jaroensak Wonggorn
United Arab Emirates Zaid Al-Ameri
Uzbekistan Islom Kobilov (3 goals each)
Best player(s)South Korea Won Du-jae
Best goalkeeperSouth Korea Song Bum-keun
Fair play award Saudi Arabia
2018
2022

The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship was the fourth edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted men's football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for under-23 national teams. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. It took place between 8–26 January 2020 in Thailand.

The tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament would qualify for the Olympics in Japan as the AFC representatives.[2] As Japan had already qualified as the hosts, had they reached the semi-finals, the other semi-finalists were guaranteed qualification even before the phase would have commenced.[3]

Uzbekistan were the defending champions,[4] but were eliminated in the semi-finals. South Korea became the fourth different country to win the tournament, beating Saudi Arabia in the final,[5] while Australia defeated Uzbekistan in the third place game 1–0.[6]

  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2020". AFC. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Competition Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2020". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Sidorov the hero as Uzbekistan emerge champions". AFC. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Jeong Tae-wook header seals Korea Republic title". AFC. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  6. ^ "D'Agostino strike sends Australia to the Olympics". AFC. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.