| Tourney Name: | AFC U-20 Asian Cup |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Country: | China |
| Dates: | 12 February – 1 March |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2027 |
The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will be the 42nd edition of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams of Asia.
On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that China would host the tournament.[1]
A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the AFC representatives.
Uzbekistan are the title holders, having won the title in 2023.
See main article: 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification.
Qualification matches were played between 21 and 29 September 2024.[2]
A total of 16 teams, including hosts China, are qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th | (1985) | |||
| 12th | (1994) | |||
| 9th | (2023) | |||
| 40th | (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012) | |||
| 15th | (1986, 1992, 2018) | |||
| 14th | (1976, 2006, 2010) | |||
| 20th | (1961) | |||
| 22nd | (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) | |||
| 19th | (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000) | |||
| 39th | (2016) | |||
| 16th | (2014) | |||
| 1st | 8th | (1975) | ||
| 2nd | 3rd | (2006, 2023) | ||
| 3rd | 9th | (2010) | ||
| 4th | 34th | (1962, 1969) | ||
| 5th | 9th | (2006) |
The competition will be held in four venues around Shenzhen.[3]
| Shenzhen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bao'an | Longhua | Guangming | ||
| Bao'an Stadium | Longhua Cultural and Sports Centre Stadium | Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium | Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Pitch No.1 | |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 2,364 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 500 | |
The draw of the final tournament was held on 7 November 2024 in Shenzhen, China. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
| width=25% | Pot 1 | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 | width=25% | Pot 4 | |
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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The following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.