2020 AFC U-23 Championship final
# 2020 AFC U-23 Championship final

The 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 26 January 2020 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, to determine the winners of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. The match was contested by South Korea and Saudi Arabia, the winners of the semi-finals.

South Korea beat Saudi Arabia after extra time and took their first trophy in the contest.

## Route to the final

| South Korea | South Korea | Round | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponents | Result | Group stage | Opponents | Result |
| China | 1–0 | Match 1 | Japan | 2–1 |
| Iran | 2–1 | Match 2 | Qatar | 0–0 |
| Uzbekistan | 2–1 | Match 3 | Syria | 1–0 |
| Group C Winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  South Korea 3 9 2  Uzbekistan 3 4 3  Iran 3 4 4  China 3 0 Source: AFC | Group C Winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  South Korea 3 9 2  Uzbekistan 3 4 3  Iran 3 4 4  China 3 0 Source: AFC | Final standings | Group B Winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Saudi Arabia 3 7 2  Syria 3 4 3  Qatar 3 3 4  Japan 3 1 Source: AFC | Group B Winner Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Saudi Arabia 3 7 2  Syria 3 4 3  Qatar 3 3 4  Japan 3 1 Source: AFC |
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result |
| Jordan | 2–1 | Quarter-finals | Thailand | 1–0 |
| Australia | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Uzbekistan | 1–0 |

## Match

| South Korea | Saudi Arabia |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Song Bum-keun | 120+3' |
| RB | 2 | Lee You-hyeon | | 72' |
| CB | 5 | Jeong Tae-wook |
| CB | 4 | Lee Sang-min (c) |
| LB | 3 | Kang Yoon-sung |
| DM | 20 | Won Du-jae |
| DM | 6 | Kim Dong-hyun |
| CM | 8 | Kim Jin-gyu | | 53' |
| RF | 7 | Jeong Woo-yeong | | 46' |
| CF | 18 | Oh Se-hun |
| LF | 13 | Kim Jin-ya |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Lee Dong-jun | 120' | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Lee Dong-gyeong | | 53' |
| FW | 14 | Kim Dae-won | | 72' | 115' |
| DF | 15 | Kim Tae-hyeon | | 115' |
| Manager: ||
| Kim Hak-bum ||
| GK | 22 | Mohammed Al-Rubaie |
| RB | 23 | Saud Abdulhamid | 63' |
| CB | 3 | Abdulbasit Hindi | 42' |
| CB | 4 | Hassan Al-Tambakti (c) | | 98' |
| LB | 13 | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | 109' |
| RM | 18 | Khalid Al-Ghannam | | 59' |
| CM | 20 | Mukhtar Ali |
| CM | 14 | Ali Al-Hassan | | 105' |
| LM | 7 | Abdulrahman Ghareeb |
| SS | 15 | Hussain Al-Eisa |
| CF | 9 | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 12 | Ayman Yahya | | 59' |
| FW | 19 | Firas Al-Buraikan | | 67' |
| DF | 5 | Abdulelah Al-Amri | | 98' |
| MF | 8 | Nasser Al-Omran | | 105' |
| Manager: ||
| Saad Al-Shehri ||

* Match rules:
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of three substitutions, one substitution added if extra time.
