ASEAN U-23 Championship

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.^[1]

ASEAN U-23 Championship

Organising body	AFF
Founded	2005
Region	Southeast Asia
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Vietnam (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Vietnam (3 titles)
Website	aseanutdfc.com/asean-u23-championship
2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship

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.^[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]

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	3–0	Singapore		Myanmar	1–1 (4–2 p)	Malaysia	8
–	2011	Indonesia		Cancelled				Cancelled
2	2019 Details	Cambodia		Indonesia	2–1	Thailand		Vietnam	1–0	Cambodia	8
3	2022 Details	Cambodia		Vietnam	1–0	Thailand		Timor-Leste and  Laos[note 1][note 2]			9
4	2023 Details	Thailand		Vietnam	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Indonesia		Thailand	0–0 (4–3 p)	Malaysia	10
5	2025 Details	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	2005 (8)	2019 (8)	2022 (9)	2023 (10)	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		Marinus Wanewar Saringkan Promsupa Trần Danh Trung	3		Cambodia
2022	Bounphachan Bounkong	Teerasak Poeiphimai	3	Hul Kimhuy
2023	Arkhan Fikri	Alif Ikmalrizal Đinh Xuân Tiến	3	Quan Văn Chuẩn
2025	Nguyễn Đình Bắc	Jens Raven	8	Muhammad Ardiansyah

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
2005	Thailand	Charnwit Polcheewin
2019	Indonesia	Indra Sjafri
2022	Vietnam	Đinh Thế Nam
2023	Vietnam	Hoàng Anh Tuấn
2025	Vietnam	Kim Sang-sik

Notes

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

• AFC U-23 Asian Cup
• ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship
• ASEAN U-16 Boys' Championship