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: TeamAssociationAppearance Previous best performance FA Brunei Darussalam 2nd (2022) FF Cambodia 4th style="background-color:#9acdff" (2019) FA Indonesia 2ndstyle="background:gold" (2019) Lao FF 3rdstyle="background:#c96" (2022) FA Malaysia 4th style="background-color:#9acdff" (2005) Myanmar FF 3rdstyle="background:#c96" (2005) Philippine FF 4th (2005, 2019, 2022) FA Thailand 3rdstyle="background:gold" (2005) FF Timor-Leste 4thstyle="background:#c96" (2022) Vietnam FF 3rdstyle="background:gold" (2022)
Did not enter
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 (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
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.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Statistics Winners
Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop Scorer AwardBest Goalkeeper Award Arkhan Fikri Alif Ikmalrizal Đinh Xuân Tiến Quan Văn Chuẩn
Team of the Tournament GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Quan Văn Chuẩn
Goalscorers
Final ranking This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.
Broadcasting rights CountryBroadcaster NetworkChannel TVOnline RTB RTB Aneka RTBGoBayon TVBTV NewsBTV News TV (YouTube), BTV Cambodia, BTV Sports (Facebook)SCMSCTV, Nex Parabola VidioRTMSukan RTM Truevision Truesport 2, Truesport 3 Truesport Now, TrueID SCTV, VTV SCTV15, SCTV17, VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ, VTV Cần Thơ SCTV Online, Mytv, TV360, FPT Play
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