The top four teams of the tournament, Japan, Iraq, South Korea and Uzbekistan, qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the AFC representatives besides Indonesia who automatically qualified as hosts.

[7] A total of 16 teams including hosts Uzbekistan qualified for the final tournament.

[8] Countries that initially qualified for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship but missed out this edition included Bahrain, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Yemen.

China and Jordan marked their return after initially failed to qualify in the previous edition.

[13] In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.