1959 AFC Youth Championship

1959 AFC Youth ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Malaya
Dates| 18–26 April
Teams| 9
Final positions
Champions|  South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up|  Malaya
Third place|  Japan
Fourth place|  Hong Kong

1960 ->

International football competition

The 1959 AFC Youth Championship was held in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya. It was the first time the tournament was organised.

## Teams[edit]

The following teams entered the tournament:

* Burma
* Ceylon
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Malaya (host)
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Thailand

## Group Allocations[edit]

Four winners moved to group A and played for the championship. Five other teams moved to consolation group B. Philippines and Thailand had to play in a preliminary round.

Preliminary Match in 18 and 19 April

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Philippines | 2–3  |  Thailand

Main allocation matches

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Malaya | 12–0  |  Ceylon
Hong Kong | 2–1  |  Burma
Japan | 4–0  |  Singapore
South Korea | 2–0  |  Thailand

## Consolation Group B[edit]

Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Burma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 7
Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 7
Singapore | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3
Ceylon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | –11 | 2
Philippines | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | –13 | 1

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20 April  | Singapore | 2–2  |  Philippines
| Ceylon | 4–6  |  Burma
21 April  | Burma | 1–1  |  Thailand
22 April  | Thailand | 4–0  |  Singapore
| Ceylon | 2–1  |  Philippines
23 April  | Burma | 7–5  |  Singapore
24 April  | Philippines | 1–10  |  Burma
| Ceylon | 3–6  |  Thailand
25 April  | Ceylon | 1–8  |  Singapore
| Philippines | 0–3  |  Thailand

## Championship Group A[edit]

Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6
Malaya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 4
Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 2
Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | –12 | 0

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20 April  | Malaya | 7–0  |  Hong Kong
21 Aprilu  | South Korea | 3–2  |  Japan
22 April  | Malaya | 6–0  |  Japan
23 April  | South Korea | 1–0  |  Hong Kong
24 April  | Japan | 6–2  |  Hong Kong
25 April  | Malaya | 1–2  |  South Korea

A closing match was played on 26 April between South Korea and a team composed of the best players from the other eight teams: South Korea won 3-2.

1959 AFC Youth Championship

South Korea
First title

## External links[edit]

* Results by RSSSF

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Tournaments|

| Youth Championship|

* Malaya 1959
* Malaya 1960
* Thailand 1961
* Thailand 1962
* Malaya 1963
* South Vietnam 1964
* Japan 1965
* Philippines 1966
* Thailand 1967
* South Korea 1968
* Thailand 1969
* Philippines 1970
* Japan 1971
* Thailand 1972
* Iran 1973
* Thailand 1974
* Kuwait 1975
* Thailand 1976
* Iran 1977
* Bangladesh 1978
* Thailand 1980
* Thailand 1982
* UAE 1985
* Saudi Arabia 1986
* Qatar 1988
* Indonesia 1990
* UAE 1992
* Indonesia 1994
* South Korea 1996
* Thailand 1998
* Iran 2000
* Qatar 2002
* Malaysia 2004
* India 2006

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* China 2010
* UAE 2012
* Myanmar 2014
* Bahrain 2016
* Indonesia 2018
* ~~Uzbekistan 2020~~

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