The two nations face off at Rajamangala Stadium having suffered defeat in the semi-finals and know this will be their last chance to book a ticket to Tokyo this summer.

Uzbekistan are aiming to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time in their history and Kobilov will be looking for his teammates to repeat the win achieved by several of the squad over the Australians at the AFC U-19 Championship in Bahrain in 2016.

Despite losing to Korea Republic in the semi-finals, Australia remain on the cusp of qualifying for Tokyo 2020, progress which would be assured should they beat their counterparts from Central Asia at Bangkok’s Rajamangala Stadium.

Given what is at stake Arnold has, not surprisingly, wasted little time in asking his young charges to dig deep once more at a tournament where they claimed top spot in Group A before beating Syria in the last eight.

A late Nasser Al Omran effort ultimately proved Uzbekistan’s undoing as the 2018 champions had their dreams of retaining the Continental crown shattered by their in-form opponents.

While the win guaranteed Saudi Arabia a place at Tokyo 2020, Uzbekistan will also be assured of their ticket to the global extravaganza should they beat the Olyroos, who lost to Korea Republic in the competition’s other last four showdown, on Saturday.

The Australians were outplayed for much of the 90 minutes at Thammasat Stadium, with goals from Kim Dae-won and Lee Dong-gyeong taking the Koreans into the final while Arnold’s side will face Uzbekistan in the third place play-off on Saturday.

In addition to the bronze medal, Asia’s third berth at the Tokyo Olympic Games will be on the line and Arnold will attempt to lift his players as he looks to qualify the country for the global extravaganza for the first time since 2008.

Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia booked their berths by advancing to the AFC U23 Championship Thailand 2020 final on Wednesday, joining hosts Japan as three of Asia's four representatives.

Korea Republic were commanding in their 2-0 semi-final win over Australia while Saudi Arabia struck late to defeat 2018 champions Uzbekistan 1-0.

Kim Hak-bum's side have hardly put a foot wrong in Thailand 2020, advancing to Sunday's decider against Saudi Arabia with a perfect record of five wins.

With the final fast approaching, the-AFC.com takes a look at how 2018 Asian Games champions Korea Republic got there.

The West Asians, however, came to Bangkok determined to win the title and made known their intentions from the very start with a commanding opening win against Japan.

They are now just one match away from adding the AFC U23 Championship title to the AFC U-19 Championship crown won in 2018 and the-AFC.com retraces how Saudi Arabia got to the Thailand 2020 final.