1968 AFC Youth Championship

1968 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	2 May - 16 May
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Burma (5th title)
Runners-up	Malaysia

The AFC Youth Championship 1968 was held in Seoul, South Korea.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Burma
•  Hong Kong
•  India
•  Israel
•  Japan
•  Malaysia
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  South Vietnam
•  South Korea (host)
•  Taiwan
•  Thailand

First Round

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Thailand	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
Hong Kong	3	0	2	1	3	6	–3	2
Japan	3	0	1	2	0	6	–6	1

2 May	South Korea	4–1	Hong Kong
	Thailand	3–0	Japan
4 May	Hong Kong	2–2	Thailand
5 May	South Korea	3–0	Japan
7 May	Japan	0–0	Hong Kong
8 May	South Korea	3–1	Thailand

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	6
Philippines	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	2
Singapore	3	1	0	2	4	9	–5	2
South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	2	7	–5	2

3 May	Philippines	3–1	Singapore
	Burma	4–0	South Vietnam
5 May	South Vietnam	1–0	Philippines
	Burma	5–0	Singapore
8 May	Burma	5–0	Philippines
	Singapore	3–1	South Vietnam

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	4
India	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
Taiwan	3	0	0	3	1	14	–13	0

4 May	Malaysia	2–1	India
	Israel	7–0	Taiwan
7 May	India	3–0	Taiwan
	Israel	4–0	Malaysia
9 May	Israel	2–0	India
	Malaysia	4–1	Taiwan

Second Round

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3
Burma	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	3
Thailand	2	0	0	2	1	5	–4	0

11 May	Israel	2–0	Thailand
12 May	Israel	1–1	Burma
13 May	Burma	3–1	Thailand

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4
Malaysia	2	1	0	1	2	5	–3	2
Philippines	2	0	0	2	2	5	–3	0

11 May	South Korea	3–1	Philippines
12 May	Malaysia	2–1	Philippines
13 May	South Korea	4–0	Malaysia

Semifinals

South Korea  v  Burma

15 May 1968

South Korea	1 – 1 Burma win coin toss	Burma

Seoul

Israel  v  Malaysia

15 May 1968

Israel	0 – 1	Malaysia

Seoul

Third Place Match

South Korea  v  Israel

16 May 1968

South Korea	0 – 0 third place shared	Israel

Seoul

Final

Burma  v  Malaysia

16 May 1968

Burma	4 – 0	Malaysia

Seoul

1968 AFC Youth Championship
Burma Fifth title

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