1978 AFC Youth Championship

1978 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	5 October – 28 October
Teams	18 (from 1 confederation)
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)

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

Teams

Tournament

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

5 October 1978

Indonesia	0 – 4	Iraq

Dhaka

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6 October 1978

Malaysia	3 – 0	Jordan

Dhaka

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8 October 1978

Iraq	6 – 0	Jordan

Dhaka

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9 October 1978

Malaysia	0 – 2	Indonesia

Dhaka

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12 October 1978

Indonesia	4 – 0	Jordan

Dhaka

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13 October 1978

Malaysia	0 – 7	Iraq

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

6 October 1978

Sri Lanka	1 – 5	Japan

Dhaka

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7 October 1978

India	0 – 2	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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9 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	5 – 0	Sri Lanka

Dhaka

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10 October 1978

Japan	2 – 2	India

Dhaka

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11 October 1978

Sri Lanka	0 – 5	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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13 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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14 October 1978

India	4 – 0	Sri Lanka

Dhaka

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16 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	4 – 1	India

Dhaka

16 October 1978

Japan	0 – 2	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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19 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Japan

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

7 October 1978

Bangladesh	2 – 2	Singapore

Dhaka

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8 October 1978

Kuwait	1 – 1	North Yemen

Dhaka

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10 October 1978

Bahrain	3 – 0	Singapore

Dhaka

10 October 1978

Bangladesh	1 – 0	North Yemen

Dhaka

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12 October 1978

Kuwait	5 – 1	Singapore

Dhaka

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14 October 1978

Bahrain	1 – 0	North Yemen

Dhaka

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15 October 1978

Bangladesh	0 – 2	Kuwait

Dhaka

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17 October 1978

Singapore	0 – 5	North Yemen

Dhaka

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18 October 1978

Kuwait	2 – 1	Bahrain

Dhaka

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20 October 1978

Bangladesh	1 – 1	Bahrain

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 PR	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	2
Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

7 October 1978

Iran	3 – 0	Afghanistan

Dhaka

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9 October 1978

Korea Republic	2 – 1	China PR

Dhaka

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11 October 1978

Iran	1 – 1	Korea Republic

Dhaka

11 October 1978

China PR	1 – 0	Afghanistan

Dhaka

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16 October 1978

Korea Republic	7 – 0	Afghanistan

Dhaka

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17 October 1978

Iran	2 – 1	China PR

Dhaka

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

21 October 1978

Kuwait	1 – 0 Awarded	Iran

Dhaka

21 October 1978

Iraq	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia

Dhaka

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22 October 1978

Korea DPR	2 – 0	Indonesia

Dhaka

23 October 1978

Korea Republic	1 – 0	Bahrain

Dhaka

• Note: Originally, Iran had won 1-0 against Kuwait. But they disqualified for fielding an over-age player.

Semi-finals

25 October 1978

Iraq	0 – 0	Kuwait
Penalties
	6 – 5

Dhaka

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26 October 1978

Korea Republic	0 – 0	Korea DPR
Penalties
	6 – 5

Dhaka

Third place play-off

27 October 1978

Kuwait	1 – 1 Third place shared	Korea DPR

Dhaka

Final

28 October 1978

Korea Republic	1 – 1 Title shared	Iraq

Dhaka

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)
•  Japan (host)
•  South Korea

References

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