2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
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| كأس آسيا تحت 17 سنة 2025 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 3–20 April |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Uzbekistan (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Saudi Arabia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 101 (3.26 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Asilbek Aliev (5 goals) |
| Best player | Sadriddin Khasanov |
| Best goalkeeper | Nematulloh Rustamjonov |
| Fair play award | Saudi Arabia |
← 2023 2026 → | |
The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia.
On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that Saudi Arabia would host the tournament.[1] It was the first of the four consecutive AFC U-17 Asian Cup held in Saudi Arabia, preceding the 2026, 2027 and 2028 tournament, which also held in Saudi Arabia.
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament. The top eight teams of the tournament (=all quarter-finalists) qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives, besides Qatar who qualified automatically as the host.[2]
Japan were the title holders, having won their fourth title in 2023. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia then lost the final to Uzbekistan, who also defeated them in the group stage, despite the latter having two players dismissed in the first half.
Qualified teams
Qualification matches were played between 19 and 27 October 2024.[3]
A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.
| Team[4] | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Hosts | 12th | Champions (1985, 1988) |
 North Korea | Group A winners | 12th | Champions (2010, 2014) |
 Afghanistan | Group B winners | 3rd | Group stage (2018, 2023) |
 South Korea | Group C winners | 16th | Champions (1986, 2002) |
 Thailand | Group D winners | 13th | Champions (1998) |
| Uzbekistan | Group E winners | 11th | Champions (2012) |
 Japan | Group F winners | 17th | Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023) |
 Australia | Group G winners | 8th | Semi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018) |
 United Arab Emirates | Group H winners | 8th | Runners-up (1990) |
 Yemen | Group I winners | 8th | Runners-up (2002) |
 Tajikistan | Group J winners | 5th | Runners-up (2018) |
 China | Best runners-up | 16th | Champions (1992, 2004) |
 Vietnam | 2nd best runners-up | 9th | Fourth place (2000) |
 Indonesia | 3rd best runners-up | 7th | Fourth place (1990) |
 Iran | 4th best runners-up | 13th | Champions (2008) |
 Oman | 5th best runners-up | 11th | Champions (1996, 2000) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Venues
Four stadiums in two host cities were used for the tournament.
| Jeddah | ||
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| Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Sports City Stadium | King Abdullah Sports City Hall Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 1,000 | |
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| Location of the stadiums of the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup (Saudi Arabia) | ||
| Taif | ||
| King Fahd Sports City Stadium | Okadh Sport Club Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 1,500 | |
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Match officials
- Referees
Daniel Elder
Dong Fangyu- Jin Jingyuan
Venkatesh Ramachandran
Morteza Mansourian
Koki Nagamine
Mahmoud Al-Sawalmeh
Mohammed Al-Shammari
Faisal Al-Balawi
Kim Yu-jeong
Abdullo Davlatov
Torphong Somsing
- Assistant referees
- Andrew Meimarakis
- Bao Mengxiao
- Wu Mingfeng
Lam Nai Kei- Vairamuthu Parasuraman
- Alireza Moradi
- Isao Nishihashi
- Hamza Sa'adeh
Ali Alachkar
Farhan Abdul Aziz
Ashraf Abu Zubaida- Yousuf Al-Shammari
- Faisal Al-Qahtani
- Ibrahim Al-Dakhil
Kuo Chan-yu- Vafo Karaev
- Nuannid Dornjangreed
Draw
The draw of the final tournament was held on 23 January 2025 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their final rankings across the previous three editions (2016, 2018, 2023), with the hosts Saudi Arabia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[5]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Squads
Players born between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 26.3).[6]
Group stage
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner; no extra time would be played.[6]
All eight teams that reached the knockout stage qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||
| 14 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 0 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 6 | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 2 | |||||||||
| 13 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 17 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 14 April 2025 | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| Tajikistan | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| South Korea (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Japan | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 2–3 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 3–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Report | Buti  67' |
| Indonesia | 0–6 | North Korea |
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| Report |
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| Tajikistan | 2–2 | South Korea |
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Report |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
Semi-finals
| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| A. Saeed 90+12' (pen.) |
Report | Oh Ha-ram 45' |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–1 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 3–0 | North Korea |
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Report |
Final
| Uzbekistan | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Report |
Winners
| 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup winners |
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 Uzbekistan Second title |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top goalscorer[7] | Most Valuable Player[8] | Best Goalkeeper[9] | Fair Play award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asilbek Aliev (5 goals) |
Sadriddin Khasanov |
Nematulloh Rustamjonov |
Saudi Arabia |
Goalscorers
There were 101 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.26 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Max Anastasio
- Alexander Garbowski
- Quinn MacNicol
- Miles Miliner
- Bunyamin Abdusalam
- Jiang Zhiqin
- Wei Xiangxin
- Zhang Chengrui
- Mahan Bereshti
- Omid Gharahchomaghloo
- Ehsan Kheradpisheh
- Mehdi Sahneh
- Asuto Fujita
- Yuito Kamo
- Taiga Seguchi
- Daichi Tani
Choe Chung-hyok- Choe Song-hun
- Kim Tae-guk
- Pak Ju-won
- Ri Kyong-bong
Osama Al-Maamari- Mohammed Al-Mashaykhi
- Al-Walid Al-Rashdi
- Al-Walid Salam
- Osamah Al-Daghnah
- Mukhtar Ali Barnawi
- Abdulhadi Matari
- Abdulrahman Sufyani
- Jeong Hyeon-ung
- Jung Hee-jung
- Kim Ji-sung
- Kim Ye-geon
- Park Byeong-chan
- Nazrullo Ashuralizoda
- Mukhammad Nazriev
- Mekhrubon Odilzoda
- Akhmadchon Shoev
- Zarif Zarifzoda
- Silva Mexes
- Siwakorn Phonsan
Mayed Adel- Hazaa Faisal
- Faysal Mohammed
Muhammad Khakimov- Nurbek Sarsenbaev
- Sayfiddin Sodikov
Trần Gia Bảo
Mohammed Al-Raawi