2023 AFF U-23 Championship

2023 AFF U-23 Championship
AFF U-23 Championship Thailand 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	17–26 August
Teams	10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Vietnam (2nd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	47 (2.94 per match)
Attendance	14,925 (933 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alif Ikmalrizal Đinh Xuân Tiến (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Arkhan Fikri
Best goalkeeper	Quan Văn Chuẩn

The 2023 AFF U-23 Championship was the 4th edition of the AFF U-23 Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). 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:

Team	Association	Appearance	Previous best performance
Brunei	FA Brunei Darussalam	2nd	Group stage (2022)
Cambodia	FF Cambodia	4th	Fourth place (2019)
Indonesia	FA Indonesia	2nd	Champions (2019)
Laos	Lao FF	3rd	Third place (2022)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	4th	Fourth place (2005)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	3rd	Third place (2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	4th	Group stage (2005, 2019, 2022)
Thailand	FA Thailand	3rd	Champions (2005)
Timor-Leste	FF Timor-Leste	4th	Third place (2022)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	3rd	Champions (2022)

Did not enter
Australia
Singapore

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 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Thailand (H) Vietnam Timor-Leste	Malaysia Cambodia Philippines	Indonesia Laos Myanmar Brunei

Squads

A final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) must be registered one day before the first match of the tournament.

Match officials

Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi
Ngô Duy Lân
Souei Vongkham
Muhammad Usaid Jamal
Choi Hyun-jai
Songkran Bunmeekiart
Torpong Somsing
Hiroki Kasahara

Venues

Rayong
PTT Stadium	Rayong Province Stadium
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 7,500

Group stage

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Knockout stage
2	Cambodia	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Myanmar	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

17 August 2023

16:00

Cambodia	5–0	Brunei
Rotana 5', 50' Jefri 9' (o.g.) Chanrith 73' Pisey 90'	Report

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

17 August 2023

20:00

Thailand	3–0	Myanmar
Phodchara 21' Chukid 32' Yotsakorn 89' (pen.)	Report

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 2,512

Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

19 August 2023

16:00

Myanmar	1–1	Cambodia
Kyaw Zin Hein 88'	Report	Lyhour 13'

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 126

Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal (Malaysia)

19 August 2023

20:00

Brunei	0–3	Thailand
	Report	Varintorn 15' Pattara 20' Chirapong 66'

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 2,350

Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

21 August 2023

20:00

Thailand	2–0	Cambodia
Ol Tina 50' (o.g.) Netithorn 80'	Report

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 2,070

Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

21 August 2023

20:00

Brunei	1–4	Myanmar
Wafiq 71'	Report	Naung Naung Soe 28' Swan Htet 47' Moe Swe 52' Chit Aye 67'

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 68

Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal (Malaysia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Knockout stage
3	Timor-Leste	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

18 August 2023

20:00

Malaysia	2–1	Indonesia
Tierney 54' (pen.), 63'	Report	Sananta 29'

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 700

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

20 August 2023

20:00

Indonesia	1–0	Timor-Leste
Sananta 45'	Report

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 253

Referee: Torpong Somsing (Thailand)

22 August 2023

20:00

Timor-Leste	1–3	Malaysia
Olagar 41'	Report	Alif 5', 64' Izwan 13'

PTT Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 56

Referee: Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi (Brunei)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	Philippines	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	Laos	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

18 August 2023

16:00

Philippines	2–2	Laos
Mamon 23' Chung 90+2'	Report	Khamsa 39' Souphan 90+5'

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 77

Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)

20 August 2023

16:00

Laos	1–4	Vietnam
Thipphachanh 53'	Report	Phetdavanh 23' (o.g.) Nguyễn Minh Quang 73' Đinh Xuân Tiến 76' Bùi Vĩ Hào 90+3'

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 181

Referee: Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi (Brunei)

22 August 2023

20:00

Vietnam	1–0	Philippines
Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn 18'	Report

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 607

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Only one second-placed team will qualify for the semi-finals.

Result against fourth-placed team in Group A will be not considered for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Knockout stage
2	C	Philippines	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	A	Cambodia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	24 August – Rayong

	Malaysia	1
					26 August – Rayong
	Vietnam	4
					Vietnam (p)	0 (6)
	24 August – Rayong
					Indonesia	0 (5)
	Thailand	1

	Indonesia	3
					Third Place

					26 August – Rayong

					Malaysia	0 (3)

					Thailand (p)	0 (4)

Semi-finals

24 August 2023

16:00

Malaysia	1–4	Vietnam
Alif 49'	Report	Đinh Xuân Tiến 8', 44' Nguyễn Quốc Việt 32' Nguyễn Hồng Phúc 85'

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 395

Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

24 August 2023

20:00

Thailand	1–3	Indonesia
Chukid 27'	Report	Sroyer 10' Ferarri 23' Natcha 45+1' (o.g.)

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 3,214

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

Third place match

26 August 2023

16:00

Malaysia	0–0	Thailand
	Report
Penalties
Tierney Izwan Syahir Ruventhiran Khalil	3–4	Thanison Pattara Songchai Thakdanai Chukid

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 774

Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)

Final

26 August 2023

20:00

Vietnam	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Indonesia
	Report
Penalties
Nguyễn Đức Việt Đinh Xuân Tiến Lê Nguyên Hoàng Trần Nam Hải Lương Duy Cương Thái Bá Đạt	6–5	Dewangga Arkhan Frengky Sroyer Sananta Ernando

Rayong Province Stadium, Rayong

Attendance: 1,542

Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

Statistics

Winners

2023 AFF U-23 Championship winners
Vietnam Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer Award	Best Goalkeeper Award
Arkhan Fikri	Alif Ikmalrizal Đinh Xuân Tiến	Quan Văn Chuẩn

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Quan Văn Chuẩn	Frengky Missa Songchai Thongcham Lương Duy Cương Robi Darwis	Khuất Văn Khang Arkhan Fikri Đinh Xuân Tiến	Ramadhan Sananta Alif Ikmalrizal Chukid Wanpraphao

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

3 goals

Alif Ikmalrizal
Đinh Xuân Tiến

2 goals

1 goal

Wafiq Danish
Meas Chanrith
Kong Lyhour
Ean Pisey
Jeam Kelly Sroyer
Muhammad Ferarri
Souphan Khambaion
Khamsa Phimmasone
Thipphachanh Khambaion
Aliff Izwan
Chit Aye
Kyaw Zin Hein
Moe Swe
Naung Naung Soe
Swan Htet
Dennis Chung
Selwyn Mamon
Phodchara Chainarong
Yotsakorn Burapha
Chiraphong Raksongkham
Pattara Soimalai
Varintorn Watcharaprinngam
Netithorn Kaewcharoen
Xavier Olagar
Bùi Vĩ Hào
Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn
Nguyễn Hồng Phúc
Nguyễn Minh Quang
Nguyễn Quốc Việt

1 own goal

Jefri Syafiq (against Cambodia)
Sam Ol Tina (against Thailand)
Phetdavanh Somsanid (against Vietnam)
Natcha Promsomboon (against Indonesia)

Final ranking

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Vietnam	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Champions
2	Indonesia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Runners-up
3	Thailand (H)	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6	10	Third place
4	Malaysia	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7	Fourth place

5	Cambodia	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Eliminated in the group stage
6	Myanmar	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Philippines	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
8	Laos	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1
9	Timor-Leste	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
10	Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: Group stage, Knockout stage
(H) Hosts

Broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster Network	Channel TV	Online
Brunei	RTB	RTB Aneka	RTBGo
Cambodia	Bayon TV	BTV News	BTV News TV (YouTube), BTV Cambodia, BTV Sports (Facebook)
Indonesia Philippines Timor Leste	SCM	SCTV, Nex Parabola	Vidio
Malaysia	RTM	Sukan RTM
Thailand	Truevision	Truesport 2, Truesport 3	Truesport Now, TrueID
Vietnam	SCTV, VTV	SCTV15, SCTV17, VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ, VTV Cần Thơ	SCTV Online, Mytv, TV360, FPT Play