1990 AFC Youth Championship

The 1990 AFC Youth Championship was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1990. The tournament was won by for the seventh time by Korea Republic in the final against North Korea.^[1]

1990 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	َIndonesia
Dates	3–15 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Korea Republic (7th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
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Qualification

Main article: 1990 AFC Youth Championship qualification

Qualified teams

•  Indonesia (Hosts)
•  Bahrain (Group 1 winners)
•  Qatar (Group 2 winners)
•  Syria (Group 3 winners)
•  India (Group 4 winners)
•  South Korea (Group 5 winners)
•  North Korea (Group 6 winners)
•  Japan (Group 7 winners)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	6
North Korea	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	4
India	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2
Indonesia	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

3 November 1990 (1990-11-03)

India	1–4	North Korea

3 November 1990 (1990-11-03)

Indonesia	1–2	Qatar

6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)

North Korea	5–1	Indonesia

6 November 1990 (1990-11-06)

Qatar	2–0	India

9 November 1990 (1990-11-09)

India	2–1	Indonesia

9 November 1990 (1990-11-09)

North Korea	0–1	Qatar

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	4
South Korea	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Japan	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

4 November 1990 (1990-11-04)

Bahrain	0–4	Syria

4 November 1990 (1990-11-04)

South Korea	1–0	Japan

7 November 1990 (1990-11-07)

Japan	3–1	Bahrain

7 November 1990 (1990-11-07)

Syria	1–1	South Korea

10 November 1990 (1990-11-10)

Japan	2–2	Syria

10 November 1990 (1990-11-10)

South Korea	0–0	Bahrain

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Qatar	0
	South Korea	1
					South Korea (pen)	0 (4)
					North Korea	0 (3)
	Syria	1
	North Korea	2
					Third place
					Syria	1
					Qatar	0

Semifinal

12 November 1990 (1990-11-12)

Qatar	0–1	South Korea

Jakarta, Indonesia

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12 November 1990 (1990-11-12)

Syria	1–2	North Korea

Jakarta, Indonesia

Third-place match

14 November 1990 (1990-11-14)

Syria	1–0	Qatar
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Jakarta, Indonesia

Final

15 November 1990 (1990-11-15)

South Korea	0–0	North Korea
Penalties
	4–3

Jakarta, Indonesia

Winner

AFC Youth Championship 1990 winners
South Korea Seventh title

• South Korea, North Korea, Syria qualified for 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. South Korea and North Korea entered a unified team in the World Cup.