1959 AFC Youth Championship

1959 AFC Youth Championship

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

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

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

Group Allocations

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

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Philippines	2–3	Thailand

Main allocation matches

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

Consolation Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	4	3	1	0	14	4	+10	7
Burma	4	3	1	0	24	11	+13	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

20 April	Thailand	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

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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

A closing match was played which South Korea won 3-2. It is not clear against what team they played, possibly a team composed of players from all other teams.

1959 AFC Youth Championship
South Korea First title

External links

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