1978 AFC Youth Championship

The 1978 AFC Youth Championship was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5 October to 28 October 1978.^[1] It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1978 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	5–28 October
Teams	18 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (4th title)  Iraq (3rd title)
Third place	Kuwait  North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	122 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Iraq Haris Mohammed (7 goals)[1]
← 1977 1980 →

Teams

•  Afghanistan
•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh
•  China
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Japan
•  Jordan
•  North Korea
•  South Korea
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  North Yemen
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka

Venue

Dhaka	Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	6
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

5 October 1978

Indonesia	0–4	Iraq

Dhaka

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6 October 1978

Malaysia	3–0	Jordan

Dhaka

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8 October 1978

Iraq	6–0	Jordan

Dhaka

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9 October 1978

Malaysia	0–2	Indonesia

Dhaka

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12 October 1978

Indonesia	4–0	Jordan

Dhaka

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13 October 1978

Malaysia	0–7	Iraq

Dhaka

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
Japan	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	4
India	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	3
Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

6 October 1978

Sri Lanka	1–5	Japan

Dhaka

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7 October 1978

India	0–2	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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9 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Sri Lanka

Dhaka

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10 October 1978

Japan	2–2	India

Dhaka

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11 October 1978

Sri Lanka	0–5	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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13 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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14 October 1978

India	4–0	Sri Lanka

Dhaka

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16 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	4–1	India

Dhaka

16 October 1978

Japan	0–2	Korea DPR

Dhaka

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19 October 1978

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Japan

Dhaka

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
Bangladesh	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	4
North Yemen	4	1	1	2	6	3	+3	3
Singapore	4	0	1	3	3	15	−12	1

7 October 1978

Bangladesh	2–2	Singapore

Dhaka

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8 October 1978

Kuwait	1–1	North Yemen

Dhaka

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10 October 1978

Bahrain	3–0	Singapore

Dhaka

10 October 1978

Bangladesh	1–0	North Yemen

Dhaka

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12 October 1978

Kuwait	5–1	Singapore

Dhaka

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14 October 1978

Bahrain	1–0	North Yemen

Dhaka

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15 October 1978

Bangladesh	0–2	Kuwait

Dhaka

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17 October 1978

Singapore	0–5	North Yemen

Dhaka

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18 October 1978

Kuwait	2–1	Bahrain

Dhaka

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20 October 1978

Bangladesh	1–1	Bahrain

Dhaka

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
China	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	2
Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

7 October 1978

Iran	3–0	Afghanistan

Dhaka

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9 October 1978

Korea Republic	2–1	China

Dhaka

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11 October 1978

Iran	1–1	Korea Republic

Dhaka

11 October 1978

China	1–0	Afghanistan

Dhaka

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16 October 1978

Korea Republic	7–0	Afghanistan

Dhaka

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17 October 1978

Iran	2–1	China

Dhaka

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

21 October 1978

Kuwait	1–0 Awarded	Iran

Dhaka

21 October 1978

Iraq	2–1	Saudi Arabia

Dhaka

22 October 1978

North Korea	2–0	Indonesia

Dhaka

23 October 1978

South Korea	1–0	Bahrain

Dhaka

Note: Iran had originally won 1–0 against Kuwait, but they were found to have fielded an over-age player; the result was reversed and Iran were ejected from the competition.

Semi-finals

25 October 1978

Iraq	0–0	Kuwait
Penalties
	6–5

Dhaka

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26 October 1978

South Korea	0–0	North Korea
Penalties
	6–5

Dhaka

Third place play-off

27 October 1978

Kuwait	1–1 Third place shared	North Korea

Dhaka

Final

28 October 1978

South Korea	1–1 Title shared	Iraq

Dhaka

Results

1978 AFC Youth Championship
South Korea Fourth title

1978 AFC Youth Championship
Iraq Third title

Qualification to the World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Indonesia, replacing semi-finalists Iraq, Kuwait, North Korea.
•  Japan, as host country
•  South Korea, as champions