1978 AFC Youth Championship

The 1978 AFC Youth Championship was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5 October to 28 October 1978.^[1] It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1978 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	5–28 October
Teams	18 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Korea Republic (4th title)  Iraq (3rd title) (Title shared)
Third place	Kuwait  North Korea (Shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	122 (3.05 per match)
← 1977 1980 →

Teams

•  Afghanistan
•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh
•  China
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Japan
•  Jordan
•  North Korea
•  South Korea
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  North Yemen
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka

Venue

Dhaka	Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	6
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Indonesia	0 – 4	Iraq

5 October 1978

Dhaka

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Malaysia	3 – 0	Jordan

6 October 1978

Dhaka

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Iraq	6 – 0	Jordan

8 October 1978

Dhaka

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Malaysia	0 – 2	Indonesia

9 October 1978

Dhaka

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Indonesia	4 – 0	Jordan

12 October 1978

Dhaka

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Malaysia	0 – 7	Iraq

13 October 1978

Dhaka

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
Japan	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	4
India	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	3
Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

Sri Lanka	1 – 5	Japan

6 October 1978

Dhaka

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India	0 – 2	Korea DPR

7 October 1978

Dhaka

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Saudi Arabia	5 – 0	Sri Lanka

9 October 1978

Dhaka

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Japan	2 – 2	India

10 October 1978

Dhaka

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Sri Lanka	0 – 5	Korea DPR

11 October 1978

Dhaka

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Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Korea DPR

13 October 1978

Dhaka

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India	4 – 0	Sri Lanka

14 October 1978

Dhaka

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Saudi Arabia	4 – 1	India

16 October 1978

Dhaka

Japan	0 – 2	Korea DPR

16 October 1978

Dhaka

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Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Japan

19 October 1978

Dhaka

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
Bangladesh	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	4
North Yemen	4	1	1	2	6	3	+3	3
Singapore	4	0	1	3	3	15	−12	1

Bangladesh	2 – 2	Singapore

7 October 1978

Dhaka

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Kuwait	1 – 1	North Yemen

8 October 1978

Dhaka

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Bahrain	3 – 0	Singapore

10 October 1978

Dhaka

Bangladesh	1 – 0	North Yemen

10 October 1978

Dhaka

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Kuwait	5 – 1	Singapore

12 October 1978

Dhaka

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Bahrain	1 – 0	North Yemen

14 October 1978

Dhaka

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Bangladesh	0 – 2	Kuwait

15 October 1978

Dhaka

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Singapore	0 – 5	North Yemen

17 October 1978

Dhaka

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Kuwait	2 – 1	Bahrain

18 October 1978

Dhaka

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Bangladesh	1 – 1	Bahrain

20 October 1978

Dhaka

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
China	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	2
Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Iran	3 – 0	Afghanistan

7 October 1978

Dhaka

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Korea Republic	2 – 1	China

9 October 1978

Dhaka

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Iran	1 – 1	Korea Republic

11 October 1978

Dhaka

China	1 – 0	Afghanistan

11 October 1978

Dhaka

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Korea Republic	7 – 0	Afghanistan

16 October 1978

Dhaka

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Iran	2 – 1	China

17 October 1978

Dhaka

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Kuwait	1 – 0 Awarded	Iran

21 October 1978

Dhaka

Iraq	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia

21 October 1978

Dhaka

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Korea DPR	2 – 0	Indonesia

22 October 1978

Dhaka

South Korea	1 – 0	Bahrain

23 October 1978

Dhaka

Note: Iran had originally won 1–0 against Kuwait, but they were found to have fielded an over-age player; the result was reversed and Iran were ejected from the competition.

Semi-finals

Iraq	0 – 0	Kuwait
Penalties
	6 – 5

25 October 1978

Dhaka

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Korea Republic	0 – 0	Korea DPR
Penalties
	6 – 5

26 October 1978

Dhaka

Third place play-off

Kuwait	1 – 1 Third place shared	Korea DPR

27 October 1978

Dhaka

Final

Korea Republic	1 – 1 Title shared	Iraq

28 October 1978

Dhaka

Results

1978 AFC Youth Championship
South Korea Fourth title

1978 AFC Youth Championship
Iraq Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Indonesia (replacing Iraq, Kuwait, North Korea)
•  Japan (host)
•  South Korea

References

1. Mahmud, Dulal (20 April 2021). "ঢাকার মাঠে সবচেয়ে বড় ফুটবল উৎসব" [The biggest football festival in Dhaka]. Utp al Shuvro (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 November 2023.

External links

• Garin, Erik. "Asian U-19 Championship 1978". RSSSF.