1980 AFC Youth Championship

1980 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21 February – 1 March
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Korea Republic (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	24 (2.4 per match)

The 1980 AFC Youth Championship was held from 21 February to 1 March 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament was won by for the first time by Korea Republic.

Qualification

The finals will consist of five teams from the qualification phase. Qualification consisted of two groups with the top two of Group 1 and the top three of Group 2 qualifying for the final tournament.

Qualifiers

Qatar (Winner Qualification Group 1)
Korea Republic (Winner Qualification Group 2)
Bangladesh (Runner-up Qualification Group 1)
Japan (Runner-up Qualification Grooup 2)
Thailand (Third place Qualification Group 2)

Final tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Korea Republic	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	7
Qatar	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	5
Japan	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	4
Thailand	4	1	0	3	6	5	+1	2
Bangladesh	4	0	2	2	1	7	−6	2

21 February 1981

Thailand	5 – 0	Bangladesh

Bangkok

21 February 1981

Qatar	1 – 4	Korea Republic

Bangkok

23 February 1981

Thailand	0 – 2	Qatar

Bangkok

23 February 1981

Korea Republic	3 – 1	Japan

Bangkok

25 February 1981

Bangladesh	0 – 0	Qatar

Bangkok

25 February 1981

Thailand	1 – 2	Japan

Bangkok

27 February 1981

Japan	0 – 1	Qatar

Bangkok

27 February 1981

Korea Republic	1 – 1	Bangladesh

Bangkok

1 March 1981

Thailand	0 – 1	Korea Republic

Bangkok

1 March 1981

Japan	1 – 0	Bangladesh

Bangkok

Winner

AFC Youth Championship 1980 Winners
South Korea Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

Garin, Erik, "Asian U-19 Championship 1980". RSSSF

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