1971 AFC Youth Championship

1971 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	24 April - 5 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Israel (5th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Burma
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	75 (2.42 per match)

The AFC Youth Championship 1971 was held in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Burma  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iran  Israel  Japan (host)  Malaysia

Nepal  Kuwait  Philippines  Singapore  South Korea  South Vietnam  Taiwan  Thailand

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	5
India	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Philippines	3	1	0	2	1	9	–8	2
Nepal	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

25 April	India	2–0	Philippines
	Burma	5–0	Nepal
27 April	Philippines	0–7	Burma
	India	2–1	Nepal
29 April	Nepal	0–1	Philippines
	Burma	1–1	India

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	3	5	–2	4
Taiwan	3	1	0	2	3	6	–3	2
Singapore	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

24 April	Japan	3–0	Taiwan
25 April	Malaysia	1–0	Singapore
27 April	Taiwan	1–2	Malaysia
	Japan	3–0	Singapore
29 April	Singapore	1–2	Taiwan
	Malaysia	0–4	Japan

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	5
South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	2	8	–6	2
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

25 April	Israel	2–0	Hong Kong
	South Korea	3–1	South Vietnam
27 April	Israel	5–0	South Vietnam
	Hong Kong	1–3	South Korea
29 April	South Vietnam	1–0	Hong Kong
	South Korea	1–1	Israel

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	5
Kuwait	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Indonesia	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
Thailand	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1

25 April	Thailand	0–4	Iran
	Indonesia	0–1	Kuwait
27 April	Iran	0–0	Kuwait
	Indonesia	1–1	Thailand
29 April	Thailand	0–1	Kuwait
	Indonesia	0–2	Iran

Quarterfinals

Burma  v  Malaysia

1 May 1971

Burma	1 – 0	Malaysia

Tokyo

Japan  v  India

1 May 1971

Japan	3 – 0	India

Tokyo

Israel  v  Kuwait

1 May 1971

Israel	walkover Kuwait withdrew	Kuwait

Iran  v  South Korea

1 May 1971

Iran	1 – 1 South Korea win after pen.	South Korea

Tokyo

Semifinals

Israel  v  Burma

3 May 1971

Israel	1 – 0	Burma

Tokyo

Japan  v  South Korea

3 May 1971

Japan	0 – 0 South Korea win after pen.	South Korea

Tokyo

Third Place Match

Burma  v  Japan

5 May 1971

Burma	2 – 0	Japan

Tokyo

Final

Israel  v  South Korea

5 May 1971

Israel	1 – 0	South Korea

Tokyo

1971 AFC Youth Championship
Israel Fifth title

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