1971 AFC Youth Championship

The 1971 AFC Youth Championship was held in Tokyo, Japan.

1971 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	24 April – 5 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Israel (5th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Burma
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	75 (2.42 per match)
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Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

• Burma
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan (host)
• Kuwait
• Malaysia
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Korea
• South Vietnam
• Taiwan
• Thailand

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	5
India	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Philippines	3	1	0	2	1	9	–8	2
Nepal	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

25 April	India	2–0	Philippines
	Burma	5–0	Nepal
27 April	Philippines	0–7	Burma
	India	2–1	Nepal
29 April	Nepal	0–1	Philippines
	Burma	1–1	India

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	3	5	–2	4
Taiwan	3	1	0	2	3	6	–3	2
Singapore	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

24 April	Japan	3–0	Taiwan
25 April	Malaysia	1–0	Singapore
27 April	Taiwan	1–2	Malaysia
	Japan	3–0	Singapore
29 April	Singapore	1–2	Taiwan
	Malaysia	0–4	Japan

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	5
South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	2	8	–6	2
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

25 April	Israel	2–0	Hong Kong
	South Korea	3–1	South Vietnam
27 April	Israel	5–0	South Vietnam
	Hong Kong	1–3	South Korea
29 April	South Vietnam	1–0	Hong Kong
	South Korea	1–1	Israel

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	5
Kuwait	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	5
Indonesia	3	0	1	2	1	4	–3	1
Thailand	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1

25 April	Thailand	0–4	Iran
	Indonesia	0–1	Kuwait
27 April	Iran	0–0	Kuwait
	Indonesia	1–1	Thailand
29 April	Thailand	0–1	Kuwait
	Indonesia	0–2	Iran

Quarterfinals

1 May 1971 (1971-05-01)

Burma	1 – 0	Malaysia

Tokyo

1 May 1971 (1971-05-01)

Japan	3 – 0	India

Tokyo

1 May 1971 (1971-05-01)

Israel	2 - 0 1	Kuwait

1 May 1971 (1971-05-01)

Iran	1 – 1 (4-5 pen.)	South Korea

Tokyo

¹ Kuwait refused to play Israel for political reasons; Israel were awarded a 2–0 victory.

Semifinals

3 May 1971 (1971-05-03)

Israel	1 – 0	Burma

Tokyo

3 May 1971 (1971-05-03)

Japan	0 – 0 (3-5 pen.)	South Korea

Tokyo

Third place match

5 May 1971 (1971-05-05)

Burma	2 – 0	Japan

Tokyo

Final

5 May 1971 (1971-05-05)

Israel	1 – 0	South Korea

Tokyo

1971 AFC Youth Championship
Israel Fifth title

External links

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