No room for error
\nFrom the 45 teams taking part in the qualifiers, only the 10 group winners and five best second-placed teams will qualify for the Finals alongside the host nation.<\/p>\n
Title holders<\/p>\n
Uzbekistan are the defending champions after they claimed the nation’s first AFC U20 Asian Cup title with a 1-0 win over Iraq in the 2023 final, thanks to a second-half Umarali Rakhmonaliev penalty in front of a sold-out crowd at Bunyodkor Stadium. The Central Asian team capped an impressive campaign with Abbosbek Fayzullaev winning the Most Valuable Player award and Otabek Boymurodov named Best Goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Pedigree<\/p>\n
No team has enjoyed more success in the competition than Korea Republic, boasting 12 titles and 27 top-four finishes. Myanmar have been champions seven times, Iraq five times, Islamic Republic of Iran four times with DPR Korea and Saudi Arabia winning three times respectively. <\/p>\n
Debutants<\/p>\n
Nine teams \u2013 Maldives, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, Turkmenistan, Timor-Leste, Macau, Guam and Bhutan \u2013 will be aiming to make the Finals for the first time. <\/p>\n
Global stage<\/p>\n
The top four teams will qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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