1961 AFC Youth Championship

The AFC Youth Championship 1961 was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Burma and Indonesia drew in the final and shared the title.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Burma
•  Ceylon
•  Indonesia
•  Japan
•  Malaya
•  Singapore
•  South Korea
•  Taiwan
•  Thailand (host)
•  Vietnam

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	6
South Korea	4	1	3	0	8	4	+4	5
Vietnam	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	5
Singapore	4	1	1	2	2	10	–8	3
Japan	4	0	1	3	4	8	–4	1

It is not clear why South Korea finished above Vietnam in this group.

	Japan	0–1	Singapore
	Indonesia	2–0	Vietnam
	Japan	1–1	South Korea
	Vietnam	5–0	Singapore
	Indonesia	2–2	South Korea
	Vietnam	4–2	Japan
	South Korea	4–0	Singapore
	Indonesia	2–1	Japan
	Singapore	1–1	Indonesia
	South Korea	1–1	Vietnam

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	4	3	1	0	13	8	+5	7
Thailand	4	3	0	1	12	5	+7	6
Malaya	4	2	1	1	15	7	+8	5
Ceylon	4	1	0	3	9	13	–4	2
Taiwan	4	0	0	4	4	20	–16	0

	Thailand	4–1	Taiwan
	Malaya	3–1	Ceylon
	Burma	3–2	Taiwan
	Thailand	4–1	Ceylon
	Malaya	3–3	Burma
	Ceylon	5–1	Taiwan
	Burma	2–1	Thailand
	Malaya	8–0	Taiwan
	Burma	5–2	Ceylon
	Thailand	3–1	Malaya

Third Place Match

Thailand  v  South Korea

Thailand	2 – 1	South Korea

Bangkok

Final

Indonesia  v  Burma

20 April 1961 (1961-04-20)

Indonesia	0 – 0 (aet) Title shared	Burma

Bangkok

1961 AFC Youth Championship
Burma First title

1961 AFC Youth Championship
Indonesia First title

External links

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