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
•  Republic of China
•  Thailand (host)
•  South 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
South 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

	Japan	0–1	Singapore
	Indonesia	2–0	South Vietnam
	Japan	1–1	South Korea
	South Vietnam	5–0	Singapore
	Indonesia	2–2	South Korea
	South Vietnam	4–2	Japan
	South Korea	4–0	Singapore
	Indonesia	2–1	Japan
	Singapore	1–1	Indonesia
	South Korea	1–1	South 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
Republic of China	4	0	0	4	4	20	–16	0

	Thailand	4–1	Republic of China
	Malaya	3–1	Ceylon
	Burma	3–2	Republic of China
	Thailand	4–1	Ceylon
	Malaya	3–3	Burma
	Ceylon	5–1	Republic of China
	Burma	2–1	Thailand
	Malaya	8–0	Republic of China
	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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