1966 AFC Youth Championship

1966 AFC Youth ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Philippines
Dates| 30 April - 15 May
Teams| 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Israel (3rd title)
Burma (4th title)
(Title shared)
Third place|  Republic of China
Thailand
(Shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 28
Goals scored| 95 (3.39 per match)

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The 1966 AFC Youth Championship was held in Manila, Philippines from 30 April to 15 May 1966.

## Teams

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* Burma
* Ceylon
* Republic of China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Israel
* Japan
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand

## Tournament

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### Group stage

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#### Group A

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Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 5
Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5
Ceylon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2
Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0

30 April 1966

Philippines | 0 - 3|  Malaysia

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2 May 1966

Malaysia | 4 - 1|  Ceylon

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3 May 1966

Philippines | 0 - 2|  Thailand

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5 May 1966

Thailand | 5 - 0|  Ceylon

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7 May 1966

Malaysia | 1 - 1|  Thailand

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7 May 1966

Philippines | 0 - 3|  Ceylon

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#### Group B

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

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Burma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 6
India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6
Republic of China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5
Singapore | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3
Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0

30 April 1966

Burma | 8 - 0|  Singapore

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1 May 1966

Japan | 1 - 2|  Republic of China

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2 May 1966

India | 2 - 0|  Burma

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3 May 1966

Singapore | 0 - 0|  Republic of China

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4 May 1966

India | 2 - 0|  Japan

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5 May 1966

Singapore | 4 - 1|  Japan

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6 May 1966

Burma | 5 - 1|  Republic of China

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7 May 1966

India | 4 - 1|  Singapore

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8 May 1966

Burma | 5 - 0|  Japan

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8 May 1966

Republic of China | 2 - 1|  India

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#### Group C

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

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Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3
South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3
Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0

1 May 1966

Israel | 0 - 0|  South Korea

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4 May 1966

Israel | 6 - 1|  Hong Kong

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6 May 1966

South Korea | 5 - 1|  Hong Kong

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### Quarter-final berth play-off

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9 May 1966

Hong Kong | 5 - 2|  Ceylon

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### Knockout stage

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#### Quarter-finals

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10 May 1966

Burma | 1 - 0|  Malaysia

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10 May 1966

Thailand | 1 - 0|  South Korea

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11 May 1966

Israel | 4 - 0|  India

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11 May 1966

Republic of China | 1 - 1[note 1]|  Hong Kong

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#### Semi-finals

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13 May 1966

Burma | 3 - 0|  Thailand

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13 May 1966

Israel | 5 - 0|  Republic of China

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#### Third place play-off

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15 May 1966

Republic of China | 0 - 0
Third place shared |  Thailand

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#### Final

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15 May 1966

Israel | 1 - 1
Title shared |  Burma

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1966 AFC Youth Championship

Burma
Fourth title

1966 AFC Youth Championship

Israel
Third title

## Notes

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1. ^ China progressed by coin toss.[1]

## References

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* Jönsson, Mikael, "Asian U-19 Championship 1966". RSSSF

1. ^ Two Chazom Goals in the Opening Minutes Paved the Way to a Victory over India Israel Rosenblatt, Ma'ariv, 12 May 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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