1974 AFC Youth Championship

The 1974 AFC Youth Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand. India and Iran shared the title after the final ended in a 2–2 Draw.^[2][3] This was also the last tournament South Vietnam participated, one year later in 30 April 1975 South Vietnam was annexationed by North Vietnam.

1974 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	14–30 April[1]
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	India  Iran (title shared)
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
← 1973 1975 →

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Singapore	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	4
3	South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	2
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

Iran	1–0	Singapore
Kamal Khalilian

14 April 1974 (1974-04-14)

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South Vietnam	1–0	Philippines

16 April 1974 (1974-04-16)

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Iran	5–0	Philippines
Kamal Khalilian Karim Ghiazi Hassan Rowshan Parviz Mazloumi Mohammad Dastjerdi

18 April 1974 (1974-04-18)

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Singapore	1–0	Philippines
Jacob Chacko

20 April 1974 (1974-04-20)

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Iran	4–0	South Vietnam
Hassan Rowshan Parviz Mazloumi Hadi Naraghi

20 April 1974 (1974-04-20)

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Singapore	4–0	South Vietnam
Sharon Rahmat Ramli Haron Mohammed Noh Jacob Chacko

22 April 1974 (1974-04-22)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
3	Burma	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Laos	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: RSSSF

Hong Kong	1–1	Laos

15 April 1974 (1974-04-15)

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India	1–0	Laos
Shabbir Ali

17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

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Hong Kong	0–0	Burma

17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

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India	1–0	Burma
Shabbir Ali

19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)

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India	2–2	Hong Kong
Mohammed Yaqoob

21 April 1974 (1974-04-21)

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Burma	2–1	Laos

21 April 1974 (1974-04-21)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Malaysia	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
3	Khmer Republic	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	2
4	Nepal	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Malaysia	2–1	Khmer Republic
Marzuki Ismaun		Sok Sitha

15 April 1974 (1974-04-15)

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South Korea	2–1	Nepal

15 April 1974 (1974-04-15)

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Khmer Republic	6–2	Nepal
Taing You Khan Hun Chanky		Ruk Bahadur Rupak Sharma

17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

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South Korea	2–0	Khmer Republic
Yoo Dong-Choon Park Min-Jae

19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)

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Malaysia	2–1	Nepal
Mohammed Alif Niraj Pun		Prashad Pradhan

19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)

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South Korea	3–1	Malaysia

21 April 1974 (1974-04-21)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
3	Taiwan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
4	Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

Thailand	7–0	Brunei
Mantapol Chaiwatana Soontornkoon Nat Thamrongvej Manas Rattanatisoi Razak Tahir o.g.' Danai Mongkolsiri

14 April 1974 (1974-04-14)

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Japan	1–0	Taiwan
Yuichi Kotaki

16 April 1974 (1974-04-16)

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Thailand	3–0	Taiwan
Cherdsak Chaiyabutr Chaiwatana Soontornkoon

18 April 1974 (1974-04-18)

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Japan	7–1	Brunei
Yuichi Kotaki K.Kawachi		Damit

20 April 1974 (1974-04-20)

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Thailand	1–0	Japan
Nat Thamrongvej

22 April 1974 (1974-04-22)

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Taiwan	3–0	Brunei

22 April 1974 (1974-04-22)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 April
	India	1 (4)
					28 April
	Singapore	1 (1)
					India	2
	25 April
					Thailand	1
	Thailand	2
									30 April
	Malaysia	0
									India	2
	24 April
									Iran	2
	Iran	3
					28 April
	Hong Kong	0
					Iran	3
	25 April
					South Korea	0			Third place
	South Korea	2
									30 April
	Japan	1
									Thailand	1
									South Korea	2

Quarter-finals

India	1–1	Singapore
Shabbir Ali		Jacob Chacko
Penalties
	4–1

24 April 1974 (1974-04-24)

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Iran	3–0	Hong Kong
Hassan Rowshan Ma Tin-Hung o.g.'

24 April 1974 (1974-04-24)

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South Korea	2–1	Japan

25 April 1974 (1974-04-25)

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Thailand	2–0	Malaysia

25 April 1974 (1974-04-25)

Semi-finals

Iran	3–0	South Korea

28 April 1974 (1974-04-28)

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Thailand	1–2	India
		Shabbir Ali Mohammad Yaqoob

28 April 1974 (1974-04-28)

Third place playoff

Thailand	1–2	South Korea
Nat Thamrongvej		Huh Jung-Moo Park Byung-Chul

30 April 1974 (1974-04-30)

Final

India	2–2 Joint Champions	Iran
S. Latifuddin Shabbir Ali	Report	Mohammad Dastjerdi Karim Ghiazi

30 April 1974 (1974-04-30)

Attendance: 15000

1974 AFC Youth Championship
India First title

1974 AFC Youth Championship
Iran Second title

References

1. Morrison, Neil. "Asian U-19 Championship 1974". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
2. Banerjee, Ritabrata (30 April 2020). "Down the memory lane: India's AFC Youth Championship triumph in 1974". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
3. Ali, Shabbir (30 April 2020). "From gate-crashers to joint winners: India's journey at the Asian Youth Championship Bangkok 1974". www.the-aiff.com. Hyderabad: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.