Held in Japan, September 15 - October 3, 2026
NB: For U-23 teams (with three overage players permitted)
Group A
16 Sep 2026 Thailand 3-2 Kyrgyzstan
[Jehhanafee 55, Paripan 69, 73; Iskandarbekov 22, Balbakov 47]
16 Sep 2026 Japan 2-0 Hong Kong
[Ishii 39, Nagano 89]
20 Sep 2026 Hong Kong 1-5 Thailand
[Wu Chun Ming 14; Thanakrit 39, Paripan 52, Tsang Yi Hang 56og,
Jehhanafee 76, Worawut 84]
20 Sep 2026 Kyrgyzstan 0-7 Japan
[Yokoyama 28, Nagano 36, Ozeki 39, Y. Nakajima 70pen, Ishii 72,
Shimamoto 79, 86]
23 Sep 2026 Japan 3-0 Thailand
[Y. Nakajima 31, Kosugi 47, Ishii 48]
23 Sep 2026 Kyrgyzstan 4-0 Hong Kong
[Omarov 7, Madanov 22, Abduzhaparov 63, S. Nematov 86]
1.Japan 3 3 0 0 12- 0 9 Qualified
2.Thailand 3 2 0 1 8- 6 6 Qualified
3.Kyrgyzstan 3 1 0 2 6-10 3
4.Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 1-11 0
Group B
16 Sep 2026 United Arab Emirates 1-3 Iran
[Hunt 57; Shahrabadi 49, Ndiaye 52og, Mazraeh 88]
16 Sep 2026 China 2-1 North Korea
[Zhang Yuning 44, Wu Xi 68; Choe Kuk 27]
20 Sep 2026 Iran 0-0 China
20 Sep 2026 North Korea 0-0 United Arab Emirates
23 Sep 2026 China 0-0 United Arab Emirates
23 Sep 2026 Iran 1-4 North Korea
[Hosseinzadeh 17; Choe Kuk 41, Ra Myong-song 44, 51,
Paek Chung-song 68]
1.China 3 1 2 0 2- 1 5 Qualified
2.North Korea 3 1 1 1 5- 3 4 Qualified
3.Iran 3 1 1 1 4- 5 4
4.United Arab Em. 3 0 2 1 1- 3 2
Group C
15 Sep 2026 Uzbekistan 5-1 Philippines
[Urinboev 30, Saidnurullaev 60, 71, Fayzullaev 73, Reimov 80;
Merino 62]
15 Sep 2026 Vietnam 1-1 Kuwait
[Nguyen Ngcc My 80; Al-Matar 78]
18 Sep 2026 Philippines 0-2 Vietnam
[Nguyen Thanh Nhan 74, Nguyen Le Phat 88]
18 Sep 2026 Kuwait 0-2 Uzbekistan
[Bakhromov 6, 36]
22 Sep 2026 Vietnam 0-2 Uzbekistan
[Urinboev 5, Ibraimov 67]
22 Sep 2026 Philippines 2-1 Kuwait
[Rublico 19, Aldeguer 90+1pen; Woods 66og]
1.Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 9- 1 9 Qualified
2.Vietnam 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4 Qualified
3.Philippines 3 1 0 2 3- 8 3
4.Kuwait 3 0 1 2 2- 5 1
Group D
15 Sep 2026 Qatar 1-4 South Korea
[Sherif 85; Eom Ji-sung 7, 20, 45+1, Kim Myung-jun 66]
18 Sep 2026 Saudi Arabia 2-0 Qatar
[Barnawi 38, Houssa 47]
22 Sep 2026 South Korea 2-0 Saudi Arabia
[Shin Min-ha 67, Kim Myung-jun 69]
1.South Korea 2 2 0 0 6- 1 6 Qualified
2.Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3 Qualified
3.Qatar 2 0 0 2 1- 6 0
Quarterfinals
25 Sep 2026 Uzbekistan 3-0 Saudi Arabia
[Murtazaev 12, Tulkenbekov 79, Abdurakhmonov 86]
25 Sep 2026 South Korea 4-0 Vietnam
[Lee Young-jun 15, 81, Kim Ji-soo 77, Kim Myung-jun 88]
26 Sep 2026 China 3-0 Thailand
[Sangtong 45+2og, Hu Hetao 47, Zhang Yuning 63]
26 Sep 2026 Japan 1-0 North Korea
[Nwadike 39]
Semifinals
30 Sep 2026 South Korea 2-1 China
[Lee Young-jun 33, Bae Jun-ho 82; Wang Yudong 22]
30 Sep 2026 Uzbekistan 1-1 Japan [aet, 8-9 pen.]
[Bakhromov 8; Ishibashi 88]
Bronze Medal Match
03 Oct 2026 China 2-2 Uzbekistan [4-3 pen.]
[Hu Hetao 15, Wang Yudong 53; Bakhromov 42, Shodiboev 89]
Gold Medal Match
03 Oct 2026 South Korea 1-0 Japan
[Eom Ji-sung 61]
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Author: Roberto Di Maggio
Last updated: 17 Oct 2026
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