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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.
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]
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.
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 qualification structure is as follows: [1] First round: 20 teams (ranked 27–46) played home-and-away over two legs. 10 winners advanced to the second round. 3 best ranked losing teams advanced to the third round of Asian Cup qualification. 6 worst ranked losing teams advanced to the play-off round of Asian Cup qualification. [note 2]