# 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification was an international men's under-19 football competition which was originally held to decide the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship. The AFC announced the cancellation of the final tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 25 January 2021.

## Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, 46 teams entered the competition.
The draw was held on 9 May 2019 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* West: 25 teams from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, to be drawn into six groups: one group of five teams and five groups of four teams (Groups A–F).
* East: 21 teams from ASEAN and East Asia, to be drawn into five groups: one group of five teams and four groups of four teams (Groups G–K).
The teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The following restrictions were also applied:
* The eleven teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
| | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| West Zone | Saudi Arabia (1) (H) Qatar (3) (H) Tajikistan (6) (H) United Arab Emirates (9) Jordan (10) Iraq (14) (H) | Uzbekistan (18) Iran (19) (H) Yemen (20) Oman (21) (H)* Bahrain (22) (H) Syria (23) | Bangladesh (24) India (25) Lebanon (27) Kyrgyzstan (31) Palestine (32) Turkmenistan (34) | Maldives (37) Sri Lanka (39) Nepal (40) | Afghanistan (NR) Bhutan (NR) Kuwait (NR) Pakistan (NR) |
| East Zone | South Korea (2) Japan (4) Thailand (5) Australia (7) Indonesia (8) (H) | China (11) North Korea (12) Malaysia (13) Vietnam (15) (H) Chinese Taipei (16) (H) | Cambodia (17) (H) Myanmar (26) (H) Macau (28) Hong Kong (29) Mongolia (30) | Laos (33) Singapore (35) Timor-Leste (36) Brunei (38) | Guam (NR) Northern Mariana Islands (NR) |

### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts (* Oman replaced Iraq as group hosts after the draw)
* (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results

## Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament. As Uzbekistan (who were the designated final tournament hosts) were among the four best runners-up, the fifth best runner-up also qualified for the final tournament.

### Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
* Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
* Drawing of lots.

## Groups
### Group A

* All matches were held in Oman.
* Times listed are UTC+4.
* Iraq was initially announced as the hosts of the group, with the matches scheduled to be played between 2–10 November. Following the 2019 Iraqi protests, matches were postponed to a later time and venue, which was subsequently confirmed to be between 22 and 30 November 2019 in Oman.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraq | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | |
| 3 | Palestine | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Oman (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group B

* All matches were held in Qatar.
* Times listed are UTC+3.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Yemen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group C

* All matches were held in Tajikistan.
* Times listed are UTC+5.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tajikistan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group D

* All matches were held in Tehran, Iran.
* Times listed are UTC+3:30.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 | |

### Group E

* All matches were held in Bahrain.
* Times listed are UTC+3.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahrain (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group F

* All matches were held in Saudi Arabia.
* Times listed are UTC+3.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
* ↑ Uzbekistan, as final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results.

### Group G

* All matches were held in Cambodia.
* Times listed are UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Cambodia (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 3 | +28 | 6 | |
| 4 | Brunei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 3 | |
| 5 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 44 | −41 | 0 | |

### Group H

* All matches were held in Chinese Taipei.
* Times listed are UTC+8.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Laos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Macau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | |

### Group I

* All matches were held in Myanmar.
* Times listed are UTC+6:30.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Myanmar (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | |

### Group J

* All matches were held in Vietnam.
* Times listed are UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Vietnam (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Mongolia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group K

* All matches were held in Indonesia.
* Times listed are UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indonesia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Timor-Leste | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |

## Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not considered for this ranking. Uzbekistan had already qualified as hosts of the final tournament.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | H | Laos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | J | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 3 | B | Yemen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 4 | F | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 5 | G | Cambodia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 6 | I | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | K | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
| 8 | A | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
| 9 | E | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 10 | C | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 11 | D | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
* ↑ Uzbekistan, as final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results.

## Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-19 Championship |
| Uzbekistan | Hosts | 17 September 2019 | 7 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Iraq | Group A winners | 30 November 2019 | 17 (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Qatar | Group B winners | 10 November 2019 | 14 (1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Tajikistan | Group C winners | 6 October 2019 | 4 (2006, 2008, 2016, 2018) |
| Iran | Group D winners | 10 November 2019 | 20 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| Bahrain | Group E winners | 10 November 2019 | 9 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2016) |
| Saudi Arabia | Group F winners | 10 November 2019 | 14 (1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018) |
| Malaysia | Group G winners | 10 November 2019 | 23 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2004, 2006, 2018) |
| Australia | Group H winners | 10 November 2019 | 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| South Korea | Group I winners | 10 November 2019 | 38 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Japan | Group J winners | 10 November 2019 | 37 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Indonesia | Group K winners | 10 November 2019 | 17 (1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2004, 2014, 2018) |
| Laos | 1st best runners-up | 10 November 2019 | 5 (1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2004) |
| Vietnam | 2nd best runners-up | 10 November 2019 | 19 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Yemen | 3rd best runners-up | 10 November 2019 | 6 (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016) |
| Cambodia | 5th best runners-up | 30 November 2019 | 3 (1963, 1972, 1974) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
    $^2$ As South Vietnam

## Goalscorers

There were 325 goals scored in 74 matches, for an average of 4.39 goals per match.
9 goals
* Suphanat Mueanta
7 goals
* Aiman Afif
5 goals
* Misaki Haruyama
* Luqman Hakim
* Shahrom Samiyev
* Phadungkiat Artkitkarn
4 goals
* Marco Tilio
* Sieng Chanthea
* Tao Qianglong
* Lin Ming-wei
* Reebal Dahamshi
* Khaled Al-Nabris
* Mekki Tombari
* Kwon Min-jae
3 goals
* John Roberts
* Abdulrahman Sayed
* Lim Pisoth
* Fajar Fathur Rahman
* Hussein Abdullah
* Ali Shawqi
* Shingo Omori
* Soromon Sakuragawa
* Hidetoshi Takeda
* Saw Kyaw Ae
* Naif Abdulraheem
* Ahmad Al-Bassas
* Achitpol Keereerom
* Channarong Promsrikaew
2 goals
* Abdulla Nemer
* Adel Al-Romaihi
* Yeasin Arafat
* Met Samel
* Thy Lieng
* Miguel Sandberg
* Lau Ka Kiu
* Bagus Kahfi
* Aria Barzegar
* Alireza Monazami
* Shun Ayukawa
* Hijiri Kato
* Waseem Al-Ryiyalat
* Fahad Al-Ajmi
* Ebrahim Marzouq
* Anantaza Siphongphan
* Anousone Xaypanya
* Azam Azmi
* Azrin Afiq
* Fahmi Daniel
* Oyunbold Oyuntuya
* Zaw Win Thein
* Ri Jo-guk
* Sunjoon Tenorio
* Osama Al-Hadabi
* Muhammad Waheed
* Choi Se-yun
* Hwang Jae-hwan
* Heo Yool
* Muhammed Sajid
* Ammar Ramadan
* Sharifbek Rahmatov
* Islom Zairov
* Thana Isor
* Warakorn Thongbai
* Rahman Myratberdiýew
* Nguyễn Hữu Nam
* Ahmed Maher
1 goal
* Khatam Del
* Ahmad Nawshad
* Ahmad Ramaki
* Lachlan Brook
* Jarrod Carluccio
* Alberto del Grosso
* Gianluca Iannucci
* Dylan Ruiz-Diaz
* Sayed Jawad Alawi
* Yeshi Dorji
* Dorji Khando
* Aminuddin Masri
* Eddy Shahrol Izzat
* Hadif Aiman
* Naqiuddin Abdullah
* Chea Sokmeng
* Keo Oudom
* Ly Mael
* Min Ratanak
* Ry Leap Pheng
* Soeuth Nava
* Wut Tola
* Liu Junxian
* Cheng Chih-huan
* Lin Chun-kai
* Yu Yao-hsing
* Kris Fernandez
* Graysen Garber
* Micah Hennegan
* Jacob McDonald
* Chang Kwong Yin
* Bagas Kaffa
* David Maulana
* Mohammadmahdi Ahmadi
* Alireza Asadabadi
* Mahdi Hashemnezhad
* Ahmadreza Jalali
* Yasin Salmani
* Abdllah Mohammed
* Muntadher Mohammed
* Hussein Zeyad
* Takumi Nakamura
* Danial Afaneh
* Reziq Banihani
* Mohannad Semreen
* Salman Al-Bous
* Abdulrahman Karam
* Abdulaziz Mahran
* Bander Al-Mutairi
* Fawaz Al-Saab
* Ryskeldi Artykbaev
* Emir Shigaibaev
* Thanouthong Kietnalonglop
* Bounmy Pinkeo
* Tee Sihalath
* Chony Wenpaserth
* Abdulrazzak Dakramanji
* Adam Hijazi
* Karim Mekkaoui
* Aidil Azuan
* Azrul Haikal
* Fakrul Iman
* Firdaus Ramli
* Harith Haiqal
* Hazim Abu Zaid
* Muslihuddin Atiq
* Shafi Azswad
* Umar Hakeem
* Savee Ibrahim
* Hassan Nazeem
* Uuganbayar Purevsuren
* Khash-Erdene Tuya
* Hein Htet Aung
* La Min Htwe
* Naung Naung Soe
* Kim Chol-guk
* Kim Kwang-chong
* Ra Nam-hyon
* Ri Kum-hyon
* Nibras Al-Maashari
* Omar Al-Salti
* Anas Baniowda
* Mostafa Esam
* Jassim Al-Zarra
* Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
* Mohammed Marran
* Basil Al-Sayyali
* An Jae-jun
* Goh Young-jun
* Jung Han-min
* Kim Sang-jun
* Kwon Hyeok-kyu
* Lee Kang-hee
* Oh Hyun-gyu
* Shabeer Razooniya
* Mohammad Al-Malhem
* Manuchehr Safarov
* Airfan Doloh
* Kittiphong Khetpara
* Kritsada Nontharat
* Chiraphong Raksongkham
* Jakkapong Sanmahung
* Purachet Thodsanit
* Elias
* Mouzinho
* Aly Borjakow
* Resul Çopanow
* Şamämmet Hydyrow
* Igor Sekow
* Abdulla Hamad
* Eisa Khalfan
* Khalifa Yousuf
* Odilbek Abdumajidov
* Jasurbek Jaloliddinov
* Ulugbek Khoshimov
* Muzaffar Olimjonov
* Diyorbek Rakhimkulov
* Đỗ Tấn Thành
* Nguyễn Thanh Khôi
* Nguyễn Văn Tùng
* Trần Quốc Đạt
* Emad Al-Godaimah
* Saqr Al-Harbi
* Mohammed Sadeq
* Mohammed Al-Thulaia
1 own goal
* Khoirunnaas Khalid (against Northern Mariana Islands)
* Karl Hu-Josefsson (against Australia)
* Abdllah Mohammed (against Palestine)
* Cheang Ka Lok (against Laos)
* Lou Chon Hei (against Laos)
* Ibrahim Dhaisam (against Tajikistan)
* Savee Ibrahim (against Syria)
* Buyant Munkhbat (against Vietnam)
* Nabin Gurung (against United Arab Emirates)
* Kirt Andon (against Thailand)
* Muath Barhoush (against Iraq)
* Naufal Ilham (against South Korea)
* Avishka Deshan (against Qatar)
* Gumario (against Indonesia)