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Revision as of 19:30, 2 October 2025
Asia’s sub-confederation under-23 football competition
| كأس آسيا تحت 23 سنة 2026 | |
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| Host country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 6–24 January |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
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2028 → All statistics correct as of 2 October 2025. |
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International football competition
The 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup will be the seventh edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men’s under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held in Saudi Arabia between 7 and 25 January.[1]
Japan are the defending champions, having won the 2024 edition.
Host selection
In July 2023, the AFC Competitions Committee announced that each non-Olympic edition of the tournament would be hosted by the same association hosting the following AFC Asian Cup.[2] Therefore Saudi Arabia will be hosting the 2026 edition.
Qualification
Team qualified
Team failed to qualify
Team withdrew or suspended
Not an AFC member
Qualification matches were played between 3 and 9 September 2025.[1][3]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
Venues
Four stadiums will be used, all but one (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City) of the host stadiums from the 2027 AFC Asian Cup were selected for the tournament.
Draw
The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 2 October 2025 at 15:00 MST (UTC+8).[4]
The 16 teams were placed into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance in the previous three editions of the tournament (2020, 2022, and 2024). As hosts, Saudi Arabia were ranked as the top seeded team.[5]
Match officials
To be confirmed.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team will register a squad of 18 to 23 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).
Group stage
All times are local, SAST (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-outs will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
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