List of 16 Countries Qualified for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup The Names of the Indonesian U-20 National Team and the Thai U-20 National Team Appear on This List! The 2025 U-20 Asian Cup will be held in China from February 6 to 23. This means that the Chinese U-20 National Team does not need to advance to the qualifying round because they are acting as hosts.
In total, 15 more places are claimed through the qualifying route. Only the top 10 group winners and five runners-up will qualify for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup finals from a total of 45 participating countries. The qualifying phase will take place from 25 to 29 September 2024 in 10 different countries.
However, not all guests can take advantage of this advantage to qualify! The Vietnam U-20 National Team, the Taiwan U-20 National Team, the Kuwait U-20 National Team, the Tajikistan U-20 National Team, and the Laos U-20 National Team did not get tickets for the last time. They will enjoy being spectators in February.
A total of five groups sent two representatives to the final round, namely groups F, I, D, H and J. Interestingly, only one of the five-team group, namely the Australian U-20 National Team! Yes, five groups, namely. AE contains five teams while FJ only has four teams. This clearly causes a loss in the calculation of the first runner-up. The match against the last group AE is not counted. This is what caused the Vietnam U-20 National Team to fail to qualify for the final. In the end, ASEAN was only represented by Indonesia U-20 and Thailand U-20 in China. Here is a list of 16 countries that qualified for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup:
Group A: Syria U-20
Group B: Uzbekistan U-20
Group C: South Korea U-20
Group D: Saudi Arabia U-20, Australia U-20
Group E: North Korea U-20
Group F: Indonesia U-20, Yemen U-20
Group G: Iran U-20
Group H: Iraq U-20, Thailand U-20
Group I: Japan U-20, Kyrgyzstan U-20
Group J: Qatar U-20, Jordan U-20
Host: China
Source: cnnindonesia.com
