AFF U-23 Championship

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

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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

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

Thailand
3–0
Singapore

Myanmar
1–1
(4–2 p)

Malaysia
2011 Indonesia
Indonesia
Cancelled
2019
Details
Cambodia
Cambodia

Indonesia
2–1
Thailand

Vietnam
1–0
Cambodia
2022
Details
Cambodia
Cambodia

Vietnam
1–0
Thailand
 East Timor and  Laos[note 1][note 2]
2023
Details
Thailand
Thailand

Vietnam
0–0
(6–5 p)

Indonesia

Thailand
0–0
(4–3 p)

Malaysia

Performance by country

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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

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Team Thailand
2005
(8)
Cambodia
2019
(8)
Cambodia
2022
(9)
Thailand
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

All-time ranking table

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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

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Overalls

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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

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

Notes

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  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

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References

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  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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