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The ten group winners and the five best runners-up 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 7.3): [ 3 ]
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.
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 bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on each team's association ranking, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. The two winners of the play-off round (one from West Region and one from East Region) advanced to the league stage to join the 22 direct entrants.
In the final, the winners of the each semi-finals will play each other, with the host team (winners of the semi-finals from East Region) alternating every season. The winner will be given a direct slot for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage, if they haven't already qualified through their domestic performance.
In the final, the winners of the semi-finals from West Region and East Region will play each other, with the host team (from East Region) alternated from the previous season's final. The winner will be given an indirect preliminary stage slot for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite , if they have not already qualified through their ...
The 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is a men's under-20 football competition that decides the participating teams of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. Players born on 1 January 2005 or later are eligible to participate in the competition. A total of twelve teams will qualify to play in the final tournament. [1] [2] [3]
The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-20 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. [1] It was held as under-20 tournament for the first time after rebranding by AFC. [2] [3]