1970 AFC Youth Championship

The 1970 AFC Youth Championship was held in Manila, Philippines.

1970 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	15 April – 2 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Burma
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	103 (3.22 per match)
← 1969 1971 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Brunei
•  Burma
•  Ceylon
•  Hong Kong
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Israel
•  Japan
•  Laos
•  Malaysia
•  Philippines (host)
•  Singapore
•  South Vietnam
•  South Korea
•  Taiwan
•  Thailand

Note:  India also entered, but withdrew before the draw due to internal dissent.

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hong Kong	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
Thailand	3	1	0	2	12	4	+8	2
Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	19	-18	0

15 April 1970 (1970-04-15)

South Korea	2–1	Thailand
Cho Han-hung 27' (pen.) 45+1'		Suchin Kawisat 30' (pen.)

16 April 1970 (1970-04-16)

Hong Kong	6–1	Brunei

18 April 1970 (1970-04-18)

Hong Kong	2–1	Thailand

19 April 1970 (1970-04-19)

South Korea	3–0	Brunei
Lee Hi-sung 5' Cho Han-hung Cho Sung-kun

23 April 1970 (1970-04-23)

Thailand	10–0	Brunei
Sudtha Sudsarat Songthai Sahavacharat Kajongsuk Vermelaste Chatchai Paholpat

25 April 1970 (1970-04-25)

Hong Kong	1–0	South Korea

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	5	6	-1	4
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	2
Ceylon	3	0	0	3	1	12	-11	0

17 April 1970 (1970-04-17)

Iran	8–0	Ceylon
Gholam Mazloumi Ali Parvin Mehdi Veisi

17 April 1970 (1970-04-17)

Japan	2–1	Malaysia

20 April 1970 (1970-04-20)

Malaysia	2–0	Ceylon

21 April 1970 (1970-04-21)

Iran	4–1	Japan
Ali Parvin 7' Hadimana 22' Mehdi Veisi 36' V. Musami		Yoshikazu Nagai 3'

24 April 1970 (1970-04-24)

Iran	3–0	Malaysia

24 April 1970 (1970-04-24)

Japan	2–1	Ceylon

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10	5
Laos	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	4
Philippines	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	3
Singapore	3	0	0	3	2	13	-11	0

15 April 1970 (1970-04-15)

Philippines	2–2	Laos
? Martinez 86'		? Pengswvanh 85'

17 April 1970 (1970-04-17)

Israel	7–0	Singapore
Saleem Yechiel 36' Gidi Damti 66' 70' Itzhak Rogak 67' Shalom Schwarz 76' 79' Ben Nathan David 83'

19 April 1970 (1970-04-19)

Philippines	2–0	Singapore
Ben Veloso 51' Eddie Bunnan 73'

21 April 1970 (1970-04-21)

Laos	0–0	Israel

25 April 1970 (1970-04-25)

Laos	4–2	Singapore

26 April 1970 (1970-04-26)

Philippines	0–3	Israel

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Burma	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	4
South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	1	7	-6	2
Taiwan	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0

16 April 1970 (1970-04-16)

Indonesia	1–0	Burma
Anwar Ramang 55'

18 April 1970 (1970-04-18)

South Vietnam	1–0	Taiwan
Tran Van Nam 21'

19 April 1970 (1970-04-19)

Burma	6–0	South Vietnam

23 April 1970 (1970-04-23)

Indonesia	1–0	Taiwan
Karno Wahid 30'

26 April 1970 (1970-04-26)

Indonesia	1–0	South Vietnam
Budi Santoso 7'

26 April 1970 (1970-04-26)

Burma	3–0	Taiwan

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 April
	Hong Kong	0 (4)
					30 April
	Japan	0 (5)
					Japan	0
	28 April
					Burma	2
	Israel	0
									2 May
	Burma	1
									Burma	3
	27 April
									Indonesia	0
	Iran	0
					30 April
	South Korea	1
					South Korea	0
	28 April
					Indonesia	1			Third Place Match
	Indonesia	3
									2 May
	Laos	1
									South Korea	5
									Japan	0

Quarter-finals

27 April 1970 (1970-04-27)

Iran	0–1	South Korea

Rizal Stadium, Manila

27 April 1970 (1970-04-27)

Hong Kong	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Penalties
	4–5

Rizal Stadium, Manila

28 April 1970 (1970-04-28)

Israel	0–1	Burma
Topolansky  57'		Soe Than  57' Kyu Myint 72'

Rizal Stadium, Manila

28 April 1970 (1970-04-28)

Indonesia	3–1	Laos
Levi Doom Lukman Santoso

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Semi-finals

30 April 1970 (1970-04-30)

South Korea	0–1	Indonesia
		Karno Wahid 79'

Rizal Stadium, Manila

30 April 1970 (1970-04-30)

Japan	0–2	Burma

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Third place match

2 May 1970 (1970-05-02)

South Korea	5–0	Japan
Cho Han-hung 44' 72' Lee Cha-man 48' 68' Kim Hak-ki 54'

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 23.000

Final

2 May 1970 (1970-05-02)

Indonesia	0–3	Burma
Rachman Halim  68' Budi Santoso  68'		? 24' Ye Nyunt  68' Aye Maung 75' Nyi Nyunt 78'

Rizal Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 25.000

Referee: Eriberto Cruz (Philippines)

1970 AFC Youth Championship
Burma Seventh title

Notes

1. ^ The match was abandoned in the 47th minute after Thai player Sahus Pormswarn, who had been sent off, refused to leave the pitch.^[1]