U-19 soccer Asian Cup 2020

U-19 soccer Asian Cup 2020
2020 AFC U-19 Championship
Logo of the U-19 soccer championship
Number of nations	16  (of 46 applicants)
venue	Uzbekistan
Opening game	October 14, 2020
Endgame	October 31, 2020
Games	31

The 41st U-19 Asian Football Championship (officially: 2020 AFC U-19 Championship ) is expected to take place in Uzbekistan from October 14 to 31, 2020 . 16 teams will compete against each other first in the group stage in four groups and then in the knockout system . The defending champion is Saudi Arabia .

The tournament serves as Asian qualification for the U-20 soccer world championship in 2021 . The best four teams will qualify for it.

Attendees

qualification

Of the 47 member associations of the AFC , 46 registered to participate. The group draw took place on May 9, 2019 in Kuala Lumpur . The teams were divided according to their geographical location into the western region, consisting of West , Central and South Asia , and the eastern region, consisting of Southeast and East Asia . The western region consisted of a group of five and five groups of four teams each and the eastern region of a group of five and four groups of four teams each.

The groups were held as mini-tournaments from October 2 to 6 (group C), from November 2 to 10, 2019 (groups B and D to K) and from November 22 to 30, 2019 (group A) each with one of the participants hosting a group. Each team played once against each other in their group. The eleven group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the final round. The hosts from Uzbekistan also took part in qualifying but were automatically seeded for the finals.

South Korea was able to qualify for the final round for the 39th time and remains a record participant. Close behind is neighbor Japan with 38 as well as Malaysia and Iran with 24 and 21 participations respectively . For Bahrain , Iran, Yemen and host Uzbekistan it is the first participation since 2016 , for Laos the first after 2004 and for Cambodia the first after 1974 . On the other hand, with China , Chinese Taipei , Jordan , North Korea , Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, six participants from 2018 did not qualify.

draw

The group draw took place on June 18, 2020 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur . The teams were divided into four pots according to their placements at the last event in October 2018 and drawn into four groups of four teams each. Host Uzbekistan was already set as the group head of group A.

• Lottery pot 1 : Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Qatar
• Lottery pot 2 : Japan, Tajikistan, Australia, Indonesia
• Lottery pot 3 : Malaysia, Iraq, Vietnam, Cambodia
• Lottery pot 4 : Iran, Yemen, Bahrain, Laos

The draw resulted in the following group allocation:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Uzbekistan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Qatar
Indonesia	Japan	Australia	Tajikistan
Cambodia	Iraq	Vietnam	Malaysia
Iran	Bahrain	Laos	Yemen

Venues

Namangan Olmaliq Tashkent

Venues of the U-19 Asian Cup 2020

When the exact match schedule was announced in June 2020, the AFC named the four stadiums in the three cities of Namangan , Olmaliq and Tashkent as venues, all of which are in eastern Uzbekistan . In Bunyodkor stage both the opening also takes place as the final.

Two of the four stadiums have a capacity between 10,000 and 25,000 spectators. The largest planned stadium is the Milliy Stadium with a capacity of 34,000 spectators, while the smallest stadium, the Lokomotiv Stadium , only offers space for 8,000 spectators.

Namangan	Olmaliq	Tashkent
Markaziy Stadium Capacity: 22,500	Olmaliq Stadium Capacity: 12,000	Lokomotiv Stadium Capacity: 8,000	Bunyodkor Stadium Capacity: 34,000

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals, the third and fourth-placed finishers are eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams are tied, the placement is determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, there are still several teams in the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question. If this does not result in a definitive placement either, criteria 5 to 9 will be applied.
5. Goal difference from all group matches
6. Number of goals in all group matches
7. If it is only about two teams and these two are on the field, there will be a penalty shoot-out between them .
8. Lower number of points through yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 point, yellow-red and red card 3 points, yellow card followed by a direct red card 4 points)
9. Drawing lots

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Iran	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

October 14, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST ) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Indonesia	-	Cambodia	-: -
October 14, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Uzbekistan	-	Iran	-: -
October 17, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Iran	-	Indonesia	-: -
October 17, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Cambodia	-	Uzbekistan	-: -
October 20, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Uzbekistan	-	Indonesia	-: -
October 20, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Cambodia	-	Iran	-: -

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Japan	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Iraq	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

October 15, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST ) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
South Korea	-	Bahrain	-: -
October 15, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Japan	-	Iraq	-: -
October 18, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Bahrain	-	Japan	-: -
October 18, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Iraq	-	South Korea	-: -
October 21, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
South Korea	-	Japan	-: -
October 21, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Iraq	-	Bahrain	-: -

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Australia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Vietnam	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Laos	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

October 15, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST ) in Namangan
Saudi Arabia	-	Laos	-: -
October 15, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Namangan
Australia	-	Vietnam	-: -
October 18, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Namangan
Laos	-	Australia	-: -
October 18, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Namangan
Vietnam	-	Saudi Arabia	-: -
October 21, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Saudi Arabia	-	Australia	-: -
October 21, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Namangan
Vietnam	-	Laos	-: -

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Qatar	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Yemen	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

October 16, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST ) in Olmaliq
Qatar	-	Yemen	-: -
October 16, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Tajikistan	-	Malaysia	-: -
October 19, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Yemen	-	Tajikistan	-: -
October 19, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Malaysia	-	Qatar	-: -
October 22, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Qatar	-	Tajikistan	-: -
October 22, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Malaysia	-	Yemen	-: -

Final round

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final are played in the knockout system . If the games in the final round are tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there will be two extra times of 15 minutes and possibly (if there is still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .

game schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Winner group B

Second group A

Winner VF 1

Winner VF 4

Winner group D

Second group C

Winner HF 2

Winner HF 1

Winner group A

Second group B

Winner VF 2

Winner VF 3

Winner group C

Second group D

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals

October 24, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST ) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Winner group B	-	Second group A	-: -
October 24, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Winner group A	-	Second group B	-: -
October 25, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Winner group C	-	Second group D	-: -
October 25, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Olmaliq
Winner group D	-	Second group C	-: -

Semifinals

October 28, 2020, 3:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CET ) in Olmaliq
Winner VF 2	-	Winner VF 3	-: -
October 28, 2020, 7:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET) in Tashkent (Lokomotiv)
Winner VF 1	-	Winner VF 4	-: -

final

October 31, 2020, 3 p.m. (11 a.m. CET ) in Tashkent (Bunyodkor)
Winner HF 2	-	Winner HF 1	-: -

Web links

• Official website of the U-19 Asian Football Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uzbekistan, Bahrain recommended as hosts for 2020 AFC U-19 & U-16 Championships . In: The-AFC.com . September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
2. ↑ Stage set for the 2020 qualifiers . In: The-AFC.com . May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
3. ↑ Rising stars set for 2020 Qualifiers . In: The-AFC.com . May 9, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
4. ↑ Stars of tomorrow learn opponents for Uzbekistan 2020 . In: The-AFC.com . June 18, 2020. Accessed June 18, 2020.
5. ↑ ^{a b} AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Competition Regulations (PDF) In: The-AFC.com . P. 19f. Retrieved June 18, 2020.