ASEAN U-23 Championship
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The ASEAN U-23 Championship (formerly 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.
Vietnam are the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won three titles. They are also the current champions, having beaten Indonesia 1–0 in the 2025 final.
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.
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.
Results
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Losing semi-finalists (or third place match) | No. of teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 2005 Details | Thailand Thailand | Thailand | 3–0 | Singapore | Myanmar | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Malaysia | 8 |
| – | 2011 | Indonesia Indonesia | Cancelled | Cancelled | |||||
| 2 | 2019 Details | Cambodia Cambodia | Indonesia | 2–1 | Thailand | Vietnam | 1–0 | Cambodia | 8 |
| 3 | 2022 Details | Cambodia Cambodia | Vietnam | 1–0 | Thailand | Timor-Leste and Laos | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2023 Details | Thailand Thailand | Vietnam | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Indonesia | Thailand | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Malaysia | 10 |
| 5 | 2025 Details | Indonesia Indonesia | Vietnam | 1–0 | Indonesia | Thailand | 3–1 | Philippines | 10 |
Performance by countries
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 3 (2022, 2023, 2025) | 1 (2019) | ||
| Thailand | 1 (2005) | 2 (2019, 2022) | 2 (2023, 2025) | |
| Indonesia | 1 (2019) | 2 (2023, 2025) | ||
| Singapore | 1 (2005) | |||
| Myanmar | 1 (2005) | |||
| Laos | 1 (2022) | |||
| Timor-Leste | 1 (2022) | |||
| Malaysia | 2 (2005, 2023) | |||
| Cambodia | 1 (2019) | |||
| Philippines | 1 (2025) |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
| 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place GS – Group stage q – Qualified/Entered/Participated for the next tournament | – Hosts • – Did not qualify × – Did not enter × – Withdrew before qualification / banned |
| Team | Thailand 2005 (8) | Cambodia 2019 (8) | Cambodia 2022 (9) | Thailand 2023 (10) | Indonesia 2025 (10) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | × | × | × | x | 0 | |
| Brunei | × | × | GS | GS | GS | 3 |
| Cambodia | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 5 |
| Indonesia | × | 1st | × | 2nd | 2nd | 3 |
| Laos | GS | × | 3rd | GS | GS | 4 |
| Malaysia | 4th | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 5 |
| Myanmar | 3rd | GS | × | GS | GS | 4 |
| Philippines | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 5 |
| Singapore | 2nd | × | GS | × | x | 2 |
| Thailand | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
| Timor-Leste | GS | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 5 |
| Vietnam | × | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 |
All-time ranking table
As of 29 July 2025
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Best finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 5 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 12 | +40 | 47 | Champions (2005) |
| 2 | Vietnam | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | +28 | 42 | Champions (2022, 2023, 2025) |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 26 | Champions (2019) |
| 4 | Malaysia | 5 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | –2 | 23 | Fourth place (2005, 2023) |
| 5 | Cambodia | 5 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | –4 | 18 | Fourth place (2019) |
| 6 | Myanmar | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 15 | Third place (2005) |
| 7 | Philippines | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 28 | –8 | 14 | Fourth place (2025) |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 34 | –20 | 12 | Third place (2022) |
| 9 | Laos | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | –6 | 11 | Third place (2022) |
| 10 | Singapore | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | –11 | 9 | Runners-up (2005) |
| 11 | Brunei | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 40 | –36 | 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 | 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 | |
| 2025 | Vietnam Nguyễn Đình Bắc | Indonesia Jens Raven | 8 | Indonesia Muhammad Ardiansyah |
Winning coaches
| 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 |
| 2025 | Vietnam | South Korea Kim Sang-sik |