1976 AFC Youth Championship

1976 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21 April - 8 May
Teams	16

The AFC Youth Championship 1976 was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Burma  China PR  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia

Iran  Iraq  Japan  Malaysia  Kuwait

North Korea  Singapore  South Korea  Sri Lanka  Thailand (host)

Brunei withdrew.

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	3
India	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0

21 April	South Korea	4–0	Malaysia
23 April	Iran	2–0	India
25 April	Iran	2–0	Malaysia
26 April	India	1–1	South Korea
29 April	India	3–0	Malaysia
	Iran	1–0	South Korea

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	4
China PR	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	4
Kuwait	3	0	3	0	6	6	0	3
Singapore	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1

22 April	China PR	1–1	Indonesia
	Kuwait	2–2	Singapore
24 April	China PR	3–1	Singapore
25 April	Indonesia	1–1	Kuwait
27 April	Indonesia	3–0	Singapore
	China PR	3–3	Kuwait

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Japan	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Thailand	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

20 April	Japan	0–0	Thailand
23 April	Japan	1–1	North Korea
26 April	North Korea	1–1	Thailand

Tie-breaker play-off

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	2
North Korea	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
Japan	2	1	0	1	1	3	–2	2

28 April	North Korea	0–1	Japan
30 April	Thailand	3–0	Japan
2 May	North Korea	2–0	Thailand

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	6
Burma	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	4
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	2	11	–9	2
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	1	13	–12	0

21 April	Iraq	5–0	Sri Lanka
	Burma	5–0	Hong Kong
24 April	Burma	6–1	Sri Lanka
	Hong Kong	0–5	Iraq
27 April	Hong Kong	2–1	Sri Lanka
28 April	Burma	0–2	Iraq

Quarterfinals

Iran  v  China PR

3 May 1976

Iran	3 – 0	China PR

Bangkok

South Korea  v  Indonesia

3 May 1976

South Korea	1 – 0	Indonesia

Bangkok

Thailand  v  Burma

4 May 1976

Thailand	1 – 0	Burma

Bangkok

North Korea  v  Iraq

4 May 1976

North Korea	1 – 1	Iraq
	Penalties
	4 – 2

Bangkok

Semifinals

Iran  v  Thailand

6 May 1976

Iran	3 – 2	Thailand

Bangkok

North Korea  v  South Korea

6 May 1976

North Korea	1 – 0	South Korea

Bangkok

Third Place Match

South Korea  v  Thailand

8 May 1976

South Korea	2 – 1	Thailand

Bangkok

Final

Iran  v  North Korea

8 May 1976

Iran	0 – 0 title shared	North Korea

Bangkok

1976 AFC Youth Championship
Iran Fourth title

1976 AFC Youth Championship
North Korea First title

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