2026 ASEAN U-17 Boys Championship

2026 ASEAN U-17 Boys' Championship
Kejuaraan Remaja U-16 ASEAN 2026
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
City	Greater Surabaya
Dates	11–24 April
Teams	12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Vietnam (4th title)
Runners-up	Malaysia
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Laos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	81 (3.68 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Georgio Hassarati (11 goals)
Best player	Chu Ngọc Nguyễn Lực
Best goalkeeper	Lý Xuân Hòa
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The 2026 ASEAN U-17 Boys' Championship was the 21st edition of the ASEAN U-17 Boys' Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia from 11 to 24 April 2026.^[1]^[2]^[3] Players born on or after 1 January 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

The competition officially applied video assistant referee (VAR) technology for the first time, first applying in the semi-final matches.

Australia were the defending champions,^[4]^[5] but were defeated by eventual champions Vietnam 2–1 in the semi-finals.

Participant teams

There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.

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

Draw

The tournament's official draw was held on 6 March 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia at 14:00 (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) Australia Thailand	Vietnam Laos Cambodia	Malaysia Myanmar Singapore	Timor-Leste Philippines Brunei

(H): Tournament host

Venues

The tournament will be held in the following venues in Greater Surabaya, East Java.^[2]

Gresik	Sidoarjo
Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium	Gelora Delta Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 19,400

Gresik Sidoarjo

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2009 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Group stage

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

All times listed are WIB (UTC+7).

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	2	1	0	14	0	+14	7	Knockout stage
2	Malaysia	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Knockout stage
3	Indonesia (H)	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
4	Timor-Leste	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16	0

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

13 April 2026 (2026-04-13)