AFF U-23 Championship

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]

AFF U-23 Championship
Organising bodyAFF
Founded2005 (2005)
RegionSoutheast Asia
Number of teams12
Current champions Vietnam (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Vietnam (2 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2023 AFF U-23 Championship

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 Final Third place playoff
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2005
Details
Thailand
Thailand

Thailand
30
Singapore

Myanmar
11
(4–2 p)

Malaysia
2011 Indonesia
Indonesia
Cancelled
2019
Details
Cambodia
Cambodia

Indonesia
21
Thailand

Vietnam
10
Cambodia
2022
Details
Cambodia
Cambodia

Vietnam
10
Thailand
 Timor-Leste and  Laos[note 1][note 2]
2023
Details
Thailand
Thailand

Vietnam
00
(6–5 p)

Indonesia

Thailand
00
(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)
 Timor-Leste - 1 (2022)
 Malaysia - 2 (2005, 2023)
 Cambodia - 1 (2019)

Participating nations

Team Thailand
2005
(8)
Cambodia
2019
(8)
Cambodia
2022
(9)
Thailand
2023
(10)
Total
 Australia ××××0
 Brunei ××GSGS2
 Cambodia GS4thGSGS4
 Indonesia ×1st×2nd2
 Laos GS×3rdGS3
 Malaysia 4thGSGS4th4
 Myanmar 3rdGS×GS3
 Philippines GSGSGSGS4
 Singapore 2nd×GS×2
 Thailand 1st2nd2nd3rd4
 Timor-Leste GSGS3rdGS4
 Vietnam ×3rd1st1st3
Legend

All-time ranking table

As of 26 August 2023
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Best finish
1 Thailand 41912344410+3439 Champions (2005)
2 Vietnam 313931254+2130 Champions (2022, 2023)
3 Malaysia 4145451723–619 Fourth place (2005, 2023)
4 Indonesia 29531137+618 Champions (2019)
5 Cambodia 4145271821–317 Fourth place (2019)
6 Myanmar 3113442111+1013 Third place (2005)
7 Timor-Leste 412327927–1811 Third place (2022)
8 Laos 383141215–310 Third place (2022)
9 Singapore 273041020–109 Runners-up (2005)
10 Philippines 411227920–118 Group stage (4 times)
11 Brunei 26006333–300 Group stage (2 times)

Awards

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

Winning coaches

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

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

See also

References

  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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