AFC U-20 Asian Cup
The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 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.
Results
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | |||
| 1 | 1959 |  Malaya
|
 Korea Republic
|
3 | Malaya
|
| 2 | 1960 | Malaya
|
Korea Republic
|
4–0 | Malaya
|
| 3 | 1962 |  Thailand
|
Thailand
|
2–1 | Korea Republic
|
| 4 | 1965 |  Japan
|
 Israel
|
5–0 | [[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Myanmar |
| 5 | 1967 | Thailand
|
Israel
|
3–0 |  Indonesia
|
| 6 | 1968 | South Korea
|
[[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Myanmar | 4–0 |  Malaysia
|
| 7 | 1970 |  Philippines
|
[[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Myanmar | 3–0 | Indonesia
|
| 8 | 1971 | Japan
|
Israel
|
1–0 | Korea Republic
|
| 9 | 1972 | Thailand
|
Israel
|
1–0 | Korea Republic
|
| 10 | 1973 |  Iran
|
Iran
|
2–0 | [[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Japan |
| 11 | 1977 | Iran
|
 Iraq
|
4–3 | Iran
|
| 12 | 1980 | Thailand
|
Korea Republic
|
3 |  Qatar
|
| 13 | 1982 | Thailand
|
Korea Republic
|
3 |  China PR
|
| 14 | 1985 |  United Arab Emirates
|
China PR
|
3 |  Saudi Arabia
|
| 15 | 1986 | Saudi Arabia
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2–0 |  Bahrain
|
| 16 | 1988 | Qatar
|
Iraq
|
1–1 (5–4 p) |
 Syria
|
| 17 | 1990 | Indonesia
|
Korea Republic
|
0–0 (4–3 p) |
[[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Korea DPR |
| 18 | 1992 | United Arab Emirates
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2–0 | Korea Republic
|
| 19 | 1994 | Indonesia
|
Syria
|
2–1 | [[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Japan |
| 20 | 1996 | South Korea
|
Korea Republic
|
3–0 | China PR
|
| 21 | 1998 | Thailand
|
Korea Republic
|
2–1 | [[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Japan |
| 22 | 2000 |  Iran
|
 Iraq
|
2–1 (aet) | Japan
|
| 23 | 2002 | Qatar
|
Korea Republic
|
1–0 (aet) | Japan
|
| 24 | 2004 | Malaysia
|
Korea Republic
|
2–0 | China PR
|
| 25 | 2006 |  India
|
 Korea DPR
|
1–1 (aet) (5–3 p) |
Japan
|
| 26 | 2008 | Saudi Arabia
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2–1 |  Uzbekistan
|
| 27 | 2010 | China
|
Korea DPR
|
3–2 |  Australia
|
| 28 | 2012 | United Arab Emirates
|
Korea Republic
|
1–1 (4–1 p) |
 Iraq
|
| 29 | 2014 |  Myanmar
|
Qatar
|
1–0 | Korea DPR
|
| 30 | 2016 |  Bahrain
|
Japan
|
0–0 (aet) (5–3 p) |
Saudi Arabia
|
| 31 | 2018 | Indonesia
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2–1 | Korea Republic
|
| 32 | 2023 | Uzbekistan
|
TBD | TBD | 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.
5 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.