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. 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.
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.

Results

;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

TeamChampionsRunners-upThird-placeFourth-placeSemi-finalistsTotal
12 5 6 1 2 26
7 1 2 –1 11
6 –1 1 –8
5 1 1 1 –8
4 1 2 1 1 9
3 2 3 ––8
3 2 2 1 1 9
2 –4 5 –11
1 6 5 4 1 17
1 3 1 ––5
1 2 1 2 –6
1 1 1 2 1 6
1 1 1 1 –4
1 –2 3 –6
1 ––––1
–3 2 1 –6
–1 1 ––2
–1 –1 2 4
–1 ––2 3
––2 ––2
––1 2 –3
––1 ––1
–––1 –1
–––1 –1
–––1 –1

–––1 1 2
Total 4931392912160

Notes:

Participating nations

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RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGADifPts
1381791054232354145+209357
237168702969293232+61239
3199460151924583+162195
4208853171818369+114176
533132512160218206+12174
6146942131414475+69139
7177036181613772+65126
81949378413814+124119
92388351340152158–6118
1013653115199861+37108
11187230182410489+15108
121459289229687+993
131766251329104116–1288
142281251343104150–4688
151044227157046+2473
1614561815238380+369
1716602093196132–3669
182196617133671138–6764
1973417985744+1360
2018671674479190–1155
219371410134744+352
2273014974431+1351
23836121594944+551
244146351428–1421
25103556243098–6821
2672446142252–3018
271345533732161–12918
285164482029–916
29372443171945–2615
301036423034152–11814
313113171426–1210
323113081235–239
332102261525–108
3462115151154–438
3527133513–86
3627034315–123
374121011647–413
381302118–72
39310028931–222
40414004213–110
414130013394–910

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

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