AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020 Intro

The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship is the 4th edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams are competing in the tournament. It is taking place between 8-26 January 2020 in Thailand.
This tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the Olympics in Japan as the AFC representatives. As Japan had already qualified as the hosts, had they reached the semi-finals, the other semi-finalists were guaranteed qualification even before the phase would have commenced.
Uzbekistan are the defending champions.
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