1970 AFC Youth Championship

1970 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	15 April – 2 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Burma
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	103 (3.22 per match)

The AFC Youth Championship 1970 was held in Manila, Philippines.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Brunei  Burma  Ceylon  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Iran  Israel  Japan

Laos  Malaysia  Philippines (host)  Singapore  South Vietnam  South Korea  Taiwan  Thailand

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hong Kong	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	5	2	+2	4
Thailand	3	1	0	2	12	4	+8	2
Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	19	-18	0

15 April	South Korea	2–1	Thailand
16 April	Hong Kong	6–1	Brunei
18 April	Hong Kong	2–1	Thailand
19 April	South Korea	3–0	Brunei
23 April	Thailand	10–0	Brunei
25 April	Hong Kong	1–0	South Korea

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	5	6	-1	4
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	2
Ceylon	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11	0

17 April	Iran	8–0	Ceylon
	Japan	2–1	Malaysia
20 April	Malaysia	2–0	Ceylon
21 April	Iran	4–1	Japan
24 April	Iran	3–0	Malaysia
	Japan	2–1	Ceylon

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10	5
Laos	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	4
Philippines	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	3
Singapore	3	0	0	3	2	13	-11	0

15 April	Philippines	2–2	Laos
17 April	Israel	7–0	Singapore
19 April	Philippines	2–0	Singapore
21 April	Laos	0–0	Israel
25 April	Laos	4–2	Singapore
26 April	Philippines	0–3	Israel

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Burma	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	4
South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	1	7	-6	2
Taiwan	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

16 April	Indonesia	1–0	Burma
18 April	South Vietnam	1–0	Taiwan
19 April	Burma	6–0	South Vietnam
23 April	Indonesia	1–0	Taiwan
26 April	Indonesia	1–0	South Vietnam
	Burma	3–0	Taiwan

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 April
	Hong Kong	0 (4)
					30 April
	Japan	0 (5)
					Japan	0
	28 April
					Burma	2
	Israel	0
									2 May
	Burma	1
									Burma	3
	27 April
									Indonesia	0
	Iran	0
					30 April
	South Korea	1
					South Korea	0			Third Place Match
	28 April
					Indonesia	1			2 May
	Indonesia	3
									South Korea	5
	Laos	1
									Japan	0

Quarter-finals

Iran  v  South Korea

27 April 1970

Iran	0–1	South Korea

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Hong Kong  v  Japan

27 April 1970

Hong Kong	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan
	Penalties
	4–5

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Israel  v  Burma

28 April 1970

Israel	0–1	Burma
Topolansky  57'		Soe Than  57' Kyu Myint  72'

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Indonesia  v  Laos

28 April 1970

Indonesia	3–1	Laos

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Semi-finals

South Korea  v  Indonesia

30 April 1970

South Korea	0–1	Indonesia

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Japan  v  Burma

30 April 1970

Japan	0–2	Burma

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Third Place Match

South Korea  v  Japan

2 May 1970

South Korea	5–0	Japan

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Final

Indonesia  v  Burma

2 May 1970

Indonesia	0–3	Burma

Rizal Stadium, Manila

1970 AFC Youth Championship
Burma Seventh title

Notes

1. ^ The match was abandoned at the 47th minute after Thai Sahus Pormswarn, was sent off but refused to leave the pitch.^[1]

References

1. Disrupted match awarded to South Korea The Strait Times, 17 April 1970, p. 18

External links

• Results by RSSSF