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 Korea Round Saudi Arabia
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
  China 1–0 Match 1   Japan 2–1
  Iran 2–1 Match 2   Qatar 0–0
  Uzbekistan 2–1 Match 3   Syria 1–0
Group C Winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   South Korea 3 9
2   Uzbekistan 3 4
3   Iran 3 4
4   China 3 0
Source: AFC
Final standings Group B Winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Saudi Arabia 3 7
2   Syria 3 4
3   Qatar 3 3
4   Japan 3 1
Source: AFC
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
  Jordan 2–1 Quarter-finals   Thailand 1–0
  Australia 2–0 Semi-finals   Uzbekistan 1–0

Match

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


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Korea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia
GK 1 Song Bum-keun   120+3'
RB 2 Lee You-hyeon   72'
CB 5 Jeong Tae-wook
CB 4 Lee Sang-min (c)
LB 3 Kang Yoon-sung
DM 20 Won Du-jae
DM 6 Kim Dong-hyun
CM 8 Kim Jin-gyu   53'
RF 7 Jeong Woo-yeong   46'
CF 18 Oh Se-hun
LF 13 Kim Jin-ya
Substitutions:
FW 11 Lee Dong-jun   120'   46'
MF 10 Lee Dong-gyeong   53'
FW 14 Kim Dae-won   72'   115'
DF 15 Kim Tae-hyeon   115'
Manager:
Kim Hak-bum
GK 22 Mohammed Al-Rubaie
RB 23 Saud Abdulhamid   63'
CB 3 Abdulbasit Hindi   42'
CB 4 Hassan Al-Tambakti (c)   98'
LB 13 Khalid Al-Dubaysh   109'
RM 18 Khalid Al-Ghannam   59'
CM 20 Mukhtar Ali
CM 14 Ali Al-Hassan   105'
LM 7 Abdulrahman Ghareeb
SS 15 Hussain Al-Eisa
CF 9 Abdullah Al-Hamdan   67'
Substitutions:
FW 12 Ayman Yahya   59'
FW 19 Firas Al-Buraikan   67'
DF 5 Abdulelah Al-Amri   98'
MF 8 Nasser 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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