2023 AFF U-23 Championship


The 2023 AFF U-23 Championship was the 4th edition of the AFF U-23 Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation. The tournament took place from 17 to 26 August in Rayong, Thailand. Vietnam are the defending champions, having won the 2022 edition and successfully defended their title through a 6–5 victory on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time over Indonesia in the final, thus becoming the first team to win the tournament for a second time.

Qualified teams

There was no qualification phase. Singapore withdrew due to the country's under-23 team being subject to evaluation following the 2023 SEA Games. The following teams, all from member associations of the AFF, entered the tournament:
TeamAssociationAppearancePrevious best performance
FA Brunei Darussalam2nd
FF Cambodia4thstyle="background-color:#9acdff"
FA Indonesia2ndstyle="background:gold"
Lao FF3rdstyle="background:#c96"
FA Malaysia4thstyle="background-color:#9acdff"
Myanmar FF3rdstyle="background:#c96"
Philippine FF4th
FA Thailand3rdstyle="background:gold"
FF Timor-Leste4thstyle="background:#c96"
Vietnam FF3rdstyle="background:gold"

Draw

The draw for the 2023 AFF U-23 Championship was held on 29 May 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand and was streamed online in the competition's official YouTube channel.
The seeding was based on the performance from the previous tournaments.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

Squads

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

Match officials

Group stage

All times are local, ICT.

Group A


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Group B


Group C


Ranking of second-placed teams

Only one second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.
Result against fourth-placed team in Group A were not considered for this ranking.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.

Statistics

Final ranking

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.