2026 ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship

2026 ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship
Kejuaraan Remaja U-19 ASEAN 2026
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	1–13 June 2026
Teams	11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venues	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (6th title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	75 (3.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Medin Memeti; (5 goals)
Best player	Alexander Garbowski
Best goalkeeper	Dafa Setiawarman
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The 2026 ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship (officially the ASEAN U-19 Boys' Bank Sumut Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 20th edition of the ASEAN U-19 Boys' Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for the men's under-19 national teams of Southeast Asia.^[1]^[2] A total of 11 teams will play in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2007 eligible to participate.

Indonesia are the defending champions, having defeated Thailand 1–0 in the 2024 final.^[3]

Venues

The tournament will be held in three stadiums.^[4]

Deli Serdang		Medan
North Sumatra Stadium	Madya North Sumatra Stadium	Teladan Stadium
Capacity: 25,750	Capacity: 2,507	Capacity: 20,000

Deli Serdang Medan

Participant teams

There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 11 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament. Laos withdrew from the tournament.

Team	Association	App	Previous best performance
Australia	Football Australia	10th	Winners (2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2019)
Brunei	FA Brunei DS	12th	Group stage (10 times)
Cambodia	FF Cambodia	14th	Group stage (12 times)
Indonesia	FA Indonesia	13th	Winners (2013, 2024)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	16th	Winners (2018, 2022)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	16th	Winners (2003, 2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	12th	Group stage (10 times)
Singapore	FA Singapore	15th	Third place (2003)
Thailand	FA Thailand	19th	Winners (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Timor-Leste	FF Timor-Leste	11th	Third place (2013)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	19th	Winners (2007)

Did not enter
Laos

Draw

The tournament's official draw was held on 7 May 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia at 16:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the previous edition.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Indonesia (H) Thailand Australia	Malaysia Vietnam Cambodia	Singapore Timor-Leste Philippines	Myanmar Brunei

(H): Tournament host

Referee

Referees

Iv Tina
Naufal Adya Fairuski
Ryo Tanimoto
Alimardon Bainazarov
Zakaria Ismail
Jon Mick Pineda
Mohd Zulfiqar
Alongkorn Khonwai
Lê Vũ Linh

Squads

Group stage

The group winners and best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows: Points obtained in all group matches; Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage); Disciplinary points Yellow card: −1 point; Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points; Direct red card: −3 points; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Vietnam	3	2	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Myanmar	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Timor-Leste	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: AFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

1 June 2026