Final round of 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers: Focus on Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia

U23 Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia all have to win in the final match to qualify for the 2026 AFC U23 Championship finals.

U23 Indonesia must beat U23 Korea to win a ticket to the 2026 U23 Asian Cup finals

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After 2 matches, U23 Thailand is temporarily leading Group F with 4 points, equal with Lebanon but ranked higher thanks to a better goal difference (+6 compared to Lebanon's +1). Meanwhile, U23 Indonesia and Malaysia are ranked 2nd (Group J, 4 points) and 3rd in Group F (3 points) respectively.

In the final round of the group stage, U23 Thailand will meet U23 Malaysia. With the current score, Thailand needs to beat U23 Malaysia and will almost certainly win the top spot in the group and the only official ticket to the U23 Asian finals.

However, a draw against Malaysia could see Thailand U23 eliminated. This would happen if Lebanon U23 beat Mongolia in the remaining match of the group. Lebanon U23 would then have 7 points, leading the group, while Thailand would be in 2nd place with 5 points.

With 5 points in 2nd place, it will be difficult for Thailand to enter the group of 4 best second-placed teams to compete for a play-off ticket.

Meanwhile, U23 Malaysia no longer has the right to decide on a ticket to the qualifying round. At this time, if they want to get a ticket to the final round of the 2026 AFC U23 Championship, U23 Malaysia must defeat U23 Thailand in the last round, and wait for U23 Lebanon to fail to beat Mongolia.

If Lebanon plays early (at 4pm) and wins against Mongolia, U23 Malaysia must still be determined to beat Thailand with a good score to keep the hope of getting into the group to win a wild card.

In the final round of Group J, U23 Indonesia will face U23 Korea. U23 Indonesia has only one way to qualify for the final round of the 2026 AFC U23 Championship and that is to get 3 points. At that time, U23 Indonesia will have 7 points, taking the top spot in Group J.

If they draw with U23 Korea, Indonesia will not be able to top the group and at most can only finish in second place. However, with 5 points after 3 matches, U23 Indonesia will find it difficult to hope to compete for a ticket to the final round of the 2026 AFC U23 Championship.

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