AFF U-23 Championship

AFF U-23 Championship
Organising body	AFF
Founded	2005
Region	Southeast Asia
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Vietnam (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Vietnam (2 titles)
Website	Official website

The AFF U-23 Championship is an international football competition contested by the national under-23 teams of the member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The inaugural edition was held in 2005.^[1]

Background

In 2005, the first edition was held in Bangkok, Thailand as the AFF U-23 Youth Championship. A second edition of the tournament was set to take place in Palembang, Indonesia between 16 and 26 July 2011 but was cancelled due to the main stadium of Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, which was to be used for the tournament, still being under renovation.^[2]^[3]

In 2019, the tournament was then revived as the AFF U-22 Youth Championship with Phnom Penh, Cambodia as the host where it also served as a preparatory tournament for the Southeast Asian Games and AFC U-23 Asian Cup football tournament.^[4]^[5]

Summary

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
Year	Host	Final			Third place playoff
2005 Details	Thailand	Thailand	3–0	Singapore	Myanmar	1–1 (4–2 p)	Malaysia
2011	Indonesia	Cancelled
2019 Details	Cambodia	Indonesia	2–1	Thailand	Vietnam	1–0	Cambodia
2022 Details	Cambodia	Vietnam	1–0	Thailand	East Timor and Laos^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}
2023 Details	Thailand	Vietnam	0–0 (6–5 p)	Indonesia	Thailand	0–0 (4–3 p)	Malaysia

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Vietnam	2 (2022, 2023)		1 (2019)
Thailand	1 (2005)	2 (2019, 2022)	1 (2023)
Indonesia	1 (2019)	1 (2023)
Singapore	-	1 (2005)
Myanmar	-		1 (2005)
Laos	-		1 (2022)
East Timor	-		1 (2022)
Malaysia	-			2 (2005, 2023)
Cambodia	-			1 (2019)

Participating nations

Team	2005 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (9)	2023 (10)	Total
Australia		×	×	×	0
Brunei	×	×	GS	GS	2
Cambodia	GS	4th	GS	GS	4
Indonesia	×	1st	×	2nd	2
Laos	GS	×	3rd	GS	3
Malaysia	4th	GS	GS	4th	4
Myanmar	3rd	GS	×	GS	3
Philippines	GS	GS	GS	GS	4
Singapore	2nd	×	GS	×	2
Thailand	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	4
East Timor	GS	GS	3rd	GS	4
Vietnam	×	3rd	1st	1st	3

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place

GS — Group stage
q — Qualified for the current tournament
× — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
— Hosts
No longer or not an AFF member

All-time ranking table

As of 26 August 2023

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best finish
1	Thailand	4	19	12	3	4	44	10	+34	39	Champions (2005)
2	Vietnam	3	13	9	3	1	25	4	+21	30	Champions (2022, 2023)
3	Malaysia	4	14	5	4	5	17	23	–6	19	Fourth place (2005, 2023)
4	Indonesia	2	9	5	3	1	13	7	+6	18	Champions (2019)
5	Cambodia	4	14	5	2	7	18	21	–3	17	Fourth place (2019)
6	Myanmar	3	11	3	4	4	22	15	+7	13	Third place (2005)
7	East Timor	4	12	3	2	7	10	26	–16	11	Third place (2022)
8	Laos	3	8	3	1	4	12	15	–3	10	Third place (2022)
9	Singapore	2	7	3	0	4	10	21	–11	9	Runners-up (2005)
10	Philippines	4	11	2	2	7	14	22	–8	8	Group stage (4 times)
11	Brunei	2	6	0	0	6	3	23	–20	0	Group stage (2 times)

Awards

Overalls

Year	Best player	Top scorer(s)	Goals	Best goalkeeper	Fair play award
2005	Not awarded			Not awarded
2019	Not awarded	Marinus Wanewar Saringkan Promsupa Trần Danh Trung	3	Not awarded	Cambodia
2022	Bounphachan Bounkong	Teerasak Poeiphimai	3	Hul Kimhuy
2023	Arkhan Fikri	Alif Ikmalrizal Đinh Xuân Tiến	3	Quan Văn Chuẩn

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2005	Thailand	Charnwit Polcheewin
2019	Indonesia	Indra Sjafri
2022	Vietnam	Đinh Thế Nam
2023	Vietnam	Hoàng Anh Tuấn

Notes

^ Timor-Leste won by walkover as Laos were unable to play after several of their players tested positive for COVID-19 before the match. However both teams were declared as bronze medalists following a proposal by Timor Leste.
^ There was no designated fourth placing team after Laos was elevated as third placers with Timor-Leste. There were five other competing national teams for this tournament.

References

^ "AFF Under 23 Championship". ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "AFF U-23 Mundur, BTN Fokus ke Tim Senior" [AFF U-23 Cancelled, BTN Focuses on Senior Team] (in Indonesian). detik.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ Aloysius Gonsaga (14 July 2011). "Piala AFF U-23 Batal Digelar di Jakabaring" [AFF U-23 Cup Held in Jakabaring is Cancelled] (in Indonesian). Kompas. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ "AFF U22 LG Cup: Contrasting Challenge in Both Groups". ASEAN Football Federation. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^ "ASEAN rivals vie for regional supremacy". Asian Football Confederation. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

External links

Official website

[TLS-LAO-6] Timor-Leste won by walkover as Laos were unable to play after several of their players tested positive for COVID-19 before the match. However both teams were declared as bronze medalists following a proposal by Timor Leste.

[TLS-LAO2-7] There was no designated fourth placing team after Laos was elevated as third placers with Timor-Leste. There were five other competing national teams for this tournament.

[1] "AFF Under 23 Championship". ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[2] "AFF U-23 Mundur, BTN Fokus ke Tim Senior" [AFF U-23 Cancelled, BTN Focuses on Senior Team] (in Indonesian). detik.com. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[3] Aloysius Gonsaga (14 July 2011). "Piala AFF U-23 Batal Digelar di Jakabaring" [AFF U-23 Cup Held in Jakabaring is Cancelled] (in Indonesian). Kompas. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[4] "AFF U22 LG Cup: Contrasting Challenge in Both Groups". ASEAN Football Federation. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[5] "ASEAN rivals vie for regional supremacy". Asian Football Confederation. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

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