1996 AFC Youth Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Youth Championship was held from October 17 to October 31, 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament was won by for the eighth time by South Korea in the final against China PR.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	14	3	+11	12
United Arab Emirates	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7
Thailand	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4
Iran	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1	3
Bangladesh	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	12
Japan	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	9
Syria	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
India	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1
Qatar	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

18 October 1996
India	1 – 1	Qatar
Syria	1 – 3	Japan
20 October 1996
China PR	2 – 1	Japan
Syria	2 – 0	Qatar
22 October 1996
China PR	2 – 1	India
Japan	4 – 0	Qatar
24 October 1996
China PR	5 – 2	Qatar
Syria	1 – 0	India
26 October 1996
China PR	2 – 1	Syria
Japan	2 – 0	India

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 October
	South Korea	1
	Japan	0
					31 October
					South Korea	3
					China PR	0
					Third place
	29 October			30 October
	China PR	5		United Arab Emirates (pen)	2 (4)
	United Arab Emirates	1			Japan	2 (3)

Semifinal

South Korea  v  Japan

October 29, 1996

South Korea	1 – 0	Japan

Seoul, South Korea

China PR  v  United Arab Emirates

October 29, 1996

China PR	5 – 1	United Arab Emirates

Seoul, South Korea

Third Place Match

United Arab Emirates  v  Japan

October 30, 1996

United Arab Emirates	2 – 2 (4 PK 3)	Japan

Seoul, South Korea

Final

South Korea  v  China PR

October 31, 1996

South Korea	3 – 0	China PR

Seoul, South Korea

Winner

AFC Youth Championship 1996 Winners
South Korea Eighth title

• South Korea, China PR, UAE, Japan qualified for 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.