2020 AFC U-23 Championship final

The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 26 January 2020 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, to determine the winners of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. The match was contested by South Korea and Saudi Arabia, the winners of the semi-finals.[1]

2020 AFC U-23 Championship Final
Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok hosted the final.
Event2020 AFC U-23 Championship
After extra time
Date26 January 2020
VenueRajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
RefereeChris Beath (Australia)
WeatherPartly cloudy
28 °C (82 °F)
2018
2022

South Korea beat Saudi Arabia after extra time and took their first trophy in the contest.

Route to the final

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South KoreaRoundSaudi Arabia
OpponentsResultGroup stageOpponentsResult
 China1–0Match 1  Japan2–1
 Iran2–1Match 2  Qatar0–0
 Uzbekistan2–1Match 3  Syria1–0
Group C Winner
PosTeamPldPts
1  South Korea39
2  Uzbekistan34
3  Iran34
4  China30
Source: AFC
Final standingsGroup B Winner
PosTeamPldPts
1  Saudi Arabia37
2  Syria34
3  Qatar33
4  Japan31
Source: AFC
OpponentsResultKnockout stageOpponentsResult
 Jordan2–1Quarter-finals  Thailand1–0
 Australia2–0Semi-finals  Uzbekistan1–0

Match

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South Korea  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Jeong Tae-wook 113'


South Korea
Saudi Arabia
GK1Song Bum-keun  120+3'
RB2Lee You-hyeon  72'
CB5Jeong Tae-wook
CB4Lee Sang-min (c)
LB3Kang Yoon-sung
DM20Won Du-jae
DM6Kim Dong-hyun
CM8Kim Jin-gyu  53'
RF7Jeong Woo-yeong  46'
CF18Oh Se-hun
LF13Kim Jin-ya
Substitutions:
FW11Lee Dong-jun  120'  46'
MF10Lee Dong-gyeong  53'
FW14Kim Dae-won  72'  115'
DF15Kim Tae-hyeon  115'
Manager:
Kim Hak-bum
GK22Mohammed Al-Rubaie
RB23Saud Abdulhamid  63'
CB3Abdulbasit Hindi  42'
CB4Hassan Al-Tambakti (c)  98'
LB13Khalid Al-Dubaysh  109'
RM18Khalid Al-Ghannam  59'
CM20Mukhtar Ali
CM14Ali Al-Hassan  105'
LM7Abdulrahman Ghareeb
SS15Hussain Al-Eisa
CF9Abdullah Al-Hamdan  67'
Substitutions:
FW12Ayman Yahya  59'
FW19Firas Al-Buraikan  67'
DF5Abdulelah Al-Amri  98'
MF8Nasser Al-Omran  105'
Manager:
Saad Al-Shehri

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, one substitution added if extra time.

References

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  1. ^ "The AFC". the-AFC.

See also

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