AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Organising body	AFC
Founded	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Region	Asia and Oceania
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Uzbekistan (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (12 titles)
2023 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 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The competition has been held since 1959. Between 1959 and 1978, the tournament was held annually (without qualification); since 1980, it has been held every two years. The 1980 AFC Youth Championship had a qualification stage for first time.

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently, it consists of two stages, similar to the AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members and the final stage is contested between 16 teams. The most recent edition, the 41st, was held in Uzbekistan. The AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2023.^[1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Asian Cup".^[2]

Format

History

Results

2020, 2023

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

1979, 2010

1988, 2002

1975

1978

1985, 1992, 2012

1986, 2008

2014

2016

2025

Host countries of the games as of 2023

• 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 Burma	0–0 1			Thailand	2–1	South Vietnam
4	1962	Thailand		Thailand	2–1	South Korea		Indonesia	3–0	Malaya
5	1963	Malaya		South Korea Burma	2–2 1			Thailand Hong Kong	2–2 2
6	1964	South Vietnam		Burma Israel	0–0 1			Malaysia	5–1	South Korea
7	1965	Japan		Israel	5–0	Burma		Malaysia	4–1	Hong Kong
8	1966	Philippines		Israel Burma	1–1 1			Republic of China[3] Thailand	0–0 2
9	1967	Thailand		Israel	3–0	Indonesia		Burma	4–0	Singapore
10	1968	South Korea		Burma	4–0	Malaysia		South Korea Israel	0–0 2
11	1969	Thailand		Burma Thailand	2–2 1			Iran	2–1	Israel
12	1970	Philippines		Burma	3–0	Indonesia[4]		South Korea	5–0	Japan
13	1971	Japan		Israel	1–0	South Korea		Burma	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
—	1979	China		Canceled due to problems with the South Korean national team's entry into China
21	1980	Thailand		South Korea	3	Qatar		Japan	3	Thailand
22	1982	Thailand		South Korea	3	China		Iraq	3	United Arab Emirates
23	1985	United Arab Emirates		China	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		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 (a.e.t.)	Japan		China	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Iran
32	2002	Qatar		South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan		Saudi Arabia	4–0	Uzbekistan
33	2004	Malaysia		South Korea	2–0	China		Japan	1–1 (4–3 p)	Syria
34	2006	India		North Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Japan		South Korea	2–0	Jordan
Edition	Year	Host		Final				Losing semi-finalists4
				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		Saudi Arabia and  South Korea
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
—	2020	Uzbekistan		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]
41	2023	Uzbekistan		Uzbekistan	1–0	Iraq		Japan and  South Korea
42	2025	Oman

Notes

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)	3 (2008, 2010, 2023)	27
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)	2 (2012, 2023)	1 (1982)	1 (1994)	–	9
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)	2 (2018, 2023)	18
China	1 (1985)	3 (1982, 1996, 2004)	1 (2000)	–	–	5
Indonesia	1 (1961)	2 (1967, 1970)	1 (1962)	1 (1960)	–	5
Qatar	1 (2014)	1 (1980)	1 (1988)	2 (1986, 1990)	1 (2018)	6
Syria	1 (1994)	1 (1988)	1 (1990)	1 (2004)	–	4
Uzbekistan	1 (2023)	1 (2008)	–	1 (2002)	2 (2012, 2014)	5
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
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
Vietnam	–	–	–	1 (1961)	1 (2016)	2
Singapore	–	–	–	1 (1967)	–	1
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	1 (1998)	–	1
Jordan	–	–	–	1 (2006)	–	1
Total (as of 2023)	50	32	39	29	14	164

Notes:

• Bold Italic indicates hosts for that year.
• Total (41 editions): 9 editions shared champions, 5 editions shared third place, and 6 editions with no third place match.

Records and statistics

Awards

Tournament	Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Fair play award
1978	Haris Mohammed[6]	Haris Mohammed[6]	7	Unknown
1980	Choi Soon-ho[7]	Choi Soon-ho[8]	4	Unknown
1996	Kim Do-kyun[9]	Wang Peng[9]	6	Unknown
1998	Lee Dong-gook[10]	Lee Dong-gook[10]	5	Unknown
2002	Kim Dong-hyun[11]	Unknown		South Korea[11]
2004	Park Chu-young[12]	Park Chu-young[12]	6	Unknown
2006	Kim Kum-il	Shim Young-sung	5	North Korea
2008	Ahmed Khalil	Ahmed Khalil Kensuke Nagai	4	Uzbekistan
2010	Jong Il-gwan	Kerem Bulut	7	Unknown
2012	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem	Igor Sergeev	7	Iraq
2014	Ahmed Moein	Ahmed Al Saadi	5	North Korea
2016	Ritsu Dōan	Sami Al-Najei	4	Japan
2018	Turki Al-Ammar	Abdulrasheed Umaru	7	Saudi Arabia
2023	Abbosbek Fayzullaev	Naoki Kumata	5	Unknown

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	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	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	×	×	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	2023	Total
Afghanistan	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	DQ	•	×	•	•	×	•	3
Australia	Part of OFC													QF	SF	2nd	SF	GS	GS	QF	QF	8
Bahrain	×	•	•	2nd	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	QF	•	•	9
Bangladesh	5th	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	0
Brunei	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	4
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	3
China	•	2nd	1st	•	GS	•	•	•	2nd	GS	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	GS	QF	19
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	GS	19
Iran	×	×	×	×	•	×	GS	×	GS	•	4th	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	SF	•	QF	21
Iraq	×	3rd	•	•	1st	×	×	4th	×	GS	1st	•	QF	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	QF	GS	2nd	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	SF	38
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	4th	GS	GS	QF	•	•	GS	QF	8
Kazakhstan							×	GS	•	4th	•	Part of UEFA										2
Kuwait	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	8
Kyrgyzstan							×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	×	•	•	GS	2
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	2
Macau	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	0
Malaysia	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	23
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
Northern Mariana Islands	Not member of AFC															×	×	×	•	×	•	0
Oman	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	3
Pakistan	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	3
Palestine	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	DQ	•	•	•	•	•	•	0
Philippines	•	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	13
Qatar	2nd	×	•	4th	3rd	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	1st	GS	SF	GS	15
Saudi Arabia	×	•	2nd	1st	×	•	1st	×	•	3rd	•	3rd	•	QF	QF	SF	GS	•	2nd	1st	GS	15
Singapore	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
South Korea	1st	1st	•	GS	GS	1st	2nd	GS	1st	1st	GS	1st	1st	3rd	SF	SF	1st	GS	GS	2nd	SF	39
South Yemen	×	•	•	×	•	×																1
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	10
Syria	×	•	•	•	2nd	3rd	•	1st	GS	•	•	QF	4th	•	GS	GS	QF	×	•	•	GS	11
Tajikistan							×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	QF	QF	GS	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	•	1st	8
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	GS	20
Yemen	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	6

Summary (1959-2023)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	South Korea	39	190	112	46	32	376	150	+226	382
2	Japan	38	173	74	30	69	304	236	+68	252
3	Myanmar	19	94	60	15	19	242	84	+158	195
4	Iran	21	92	55	17	20	189	74	+115	182
5	Thailand	33	138	52	24	62	227	214	+13	174
6	Iraq	18	81	41	21	19	157	80	+77	144
7	Saudi Arabia	15	72	43	13	16	146	79	+67	142
8	Israel1	9	49	37	8	4	138	14	+124	119
9	Malaysia	23	88	35	13	41	159	161	−2	118
10	China	19	76	31	19	26	109	95	+14	112
11	North Korea	13	65	31	15	19	98	61	+37	108
12	Indonesia	18	73	27	14	32	115	123	−8	95
13	Qatar	15	62	28	9	25	98	98	0	93
14	India	22	80	22	16	42	95	145	−50	82
15	Syria	11	47	22	9	16	71	50	+21	75
16	Uzbekistan	8	40	20	12	8	62	45	+17	72
17	Vietnam2	20	69	19	13	37	74	142	−68	70
18	United Arab Emirates	14	56	18	15	23	83	80	+3	69
19	Hong Kong	16	60	20	9	31	96	132	−36	69
20	Australia	8	34	16	10	8	57	36	+21	58
21	Singapore	18	67	16	7	44	79	190	−111	55
22	Bahrain	9	37	14	10	13	47	44	+3	52
23	Kuwait	8	36	12	15	9	49	44	+5	51
24	Jordan	8	29	5	7	17	24	56	−32	22
25	Chinese Taipei	10	35	5	6	24	30	98	−68	21
26	Philippines	13	45	5	3	37	32	161	−129	18
27	Laos	5	16	4	4	8	20	29	−9	16
28	Tajikistan	5	17	4	4	9	15	30	−15	16
29	Yemen3	7	24	4	3	17	19	45	−26	15
30	Sri Lanka	10	37	4	2	31	37	157	−120	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	10	53	−43	8
35	Lebanon	2	7	1	3	3	5	13	−8	6
36	Oman	3	10	0	4	6	3	20	−17	4
37	Kyrgyzstan	2	6	0	3	3	2	13	−11	3
38	Nepal	4	12	1	0	11	6	47	−41	3
39	Afghanistan	3	10	0	2	8	4	31	−27	2
40	New Zealand4	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	2023	2025	Total
Australia	OFC member																R1	R1	R1						3
Bahrain						R1																			1
China				R1	QF						R1		R2		R2										5
Indonesia		R1																							1
Iran	R1												R1								R1				3
Iraq	R1						QF						R1						4th				R1		5
Japan		R1								QF	QF	2nd	R1	QF	R2	R2					R2	R2	R1		11
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	4th		16
Syria							R1	QF		R1					R2										4
United Arab Emirates											R2			QF			QF								3
Uzbekistan	Part of Soviet Union													R1			R1		QF	QF			R2		5
Vietnam																					R1				1