2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship


The 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship or AFF U-22 LG Cup 2019 was the 2nd edition of the AFF U-22 Youth Championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation. Indonesia won the tournament after defeating Thailand 2–1 in the final. The tournament was held from 17 to 26 February in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This was its first as an under-22 tournament, with the previous edition being an under-23 tournament. 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship winners Thailand were the defending champions, as there was no competition from 2006 to 2018 and the 2011 edition was cancelled.
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Qualified teams

There was no qualification. All entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following teams from member associations of the AFF entered the tournament. Singapore withdrew from the tournament in order to focus on the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification tournament in March. Brunei and Laos also withdrew from the tournament.
TeamAssociationAppearancePrevious best performance
FF Cambodia2nd
FA Indonesia1stDebut
FA Malaysia2ndstyle="background-color:#9acdff"
Myanmar FF2ndstyle="background:#c96"
Philippine FF2nd
FA Thailand2ndstyle="background:gold"
FF Timor-Leste2nd
Vietnam FF1stDebut

Draw

The top six teams from the 2005 AFF U-22 Championship were seeded in Pot 1, the remaining teams were in Pot 2. Cambodia were assigned to position B1 as hosts.
Position2005
top six finishers		Unseeded
teams
1 Thailand Cambodia
2 Singapore ' Timor-Leste
3 Myanmar Australia '
4 Malaysia Brunei '
5 Laos ' Indonesia
6 Philippines Vietnam

;Notes
  • Team in bold is the defending champion.
  • Team in italic is the host.
  • ': Did not enter.
  • ': Withdrew after draw.

Squads

A final squad of 23 players must be registered one day before the first match of the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, ICT.

Group A



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Group B



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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-outs were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Goalscorers

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Broadcasters

All 16 matches were broadcast live and free to access in Cambodia, some ASEAN countries and internationally via the Football Federation of Cambodia 's official Facebook page, although in the Khmer language.