1966 AFC Youth Championship

1966 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
Dates 30 April – 15 May
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Israel (3rd title)
 Burma (4th title)
(Title shared)
Third place  Republic of China
 Thailand
(Shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 28
Goals scored 95 (3.39 per match)

The 1966 AFC Youth Championship was held in Manila, Philippines from 30 April to 15 May 1966.

Teams

Tournament

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 321081+75
 Malaysia 321082+65
 Ceylon 310249−52
 Philippines 300308−80
Philippines  0 – 3  Malaysia
Malaysia  4 – 1  Ceylon
Thailand  5 – 0  Ceylon

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Burma 4301183+156
 India 430193+66
 Republic of China 421157−25
 Singapore 4112513−83
 Japan 4004213−110
Burma  8 – 0  Singapore
India  2 – 0  Burma
India  2 – 0  Japan
Singapore  4 – 1  Japan
India  4 – 1  Singapore
Burma  5 – 0  Japan

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 211061+53
 South Korea 211051+43
 Hong Kong 2002211−90
Israel  6 – 1  Hong Kong

Quarter-final berth play-off

Hong Kong  5 – 2  Ceylon

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Burma  1 – 0  Malaysia
Israel  4 – 0  India

Semi-finals

Burma  3 – 0  Thailand

Third place play-off

Republic of China  0 – 0
Third place shared 		 Thailand

Final

Israel  1 – 1
Title shared 		 Burma
 1966 AFC Youth Championship 

Burma
Fourth title
 1966 AFC Youth Championship 

Israel
Third title

Notes

  1. ↑ China progressed by coin toss.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Two Chazom Goals in the Opening Minutes Paved the Way to a Victory over India Israel Rosenblatt, Ma'ariv, 12 May 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.