AFF U-22 Youth Championship

The AFF U-22 Youth 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 as AFF U-23 Youth Championship.[1]

AFF U-22 Youth Championship

Founded	2005
Region	Southeast Asia (AFF)
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Indonesia (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Indonesia  Thailand (1 title)
Website	Official website
2019 AFF U-22 Youth 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 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 that will be used for the tournament was still under renovation.[2][3] In 2019, the tournament then revived as the AFF U-22 Youth Championship with Phnom Penh, Cambodia as the host where it also serves as a preparatory tournament for the Southeast Asian Games and AFC U-23 Championship football tournament.[4][5]

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2005 Details	Thailand		Thailand	3 – 0	Singapore		Myanmar	1 – 1 (4 – 2 PSO)	Malaysia
2019 Details	Cambodia		Indonesia	2 – 1	Thailand		Vietnam	1 – 0	Cambodia

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Thailand	1 (2005)	1 (2019)
Indonesia	1 (2019)
Singapore	-	1 (2005)
Myanmar	-		1 (2005)
Vietnam	-		1 (2019)
Malaysia	-			1 (2005)
Cambodia	-			1 (2019)

Participating nations

Team	2005 (8)	2019 (8)	Total
Cambodia	GS	4th	2
Indonesia	×	1st	1
Laos	GS	×	1
Malaysia	4th	GS	2
Myanmar	3rd	GS	2
Philippines	GS	GS	2
Singapore	2nd	×	1
Thailand	1st	2nd	2
Timor-Leste	GS	GS	2
Vietnam	×	3rd	1

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

All-time ranking table

As of 2019

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Thailand	2	10	7	2	1	30	3	+27	23
2	Malaysia	2	8	3	3	2	10	13	–3	12
3	Indonesia	1	5	3	2	0	8	4	+5	11
4	Vietnam	1	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	10
5	Myanmar	2	8	2	3	3	16	6	+10	9
6	Singapore	1	5	3	0	2	9	11	–2	9
7	Cambodia	2	8	2	1	5	5	17	–12	7
8	Laos	1	3	1	0	2	5	6	–1	3
9	Philippines	2	6	1	0	5	3	13	–10	3
10	Timor-Leste	2	6	1	0	5	2	19	–17	3

See also

• Football at the Southeast Asian Games
• AFC U-23 Championship

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.