1972 AFC Youth Championship

1972 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	14–30 April
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Israel (6th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Thailand
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The 1972 AFC Youth Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•   Brunei
•   Burma
•   Hong Kong
•   India
•   Indonesia
•   Iran
•   Israel
•   Japan
•   Khmer Republic
•   Laos
•   Malaysia
•     Nepal
•   Philippines
•   Singapore
•   South Korea
•   Taiwan
•   Thailand (host)

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	6
Thailand	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	4
India	3	1	0	2	8	11	–3	2
Nepal	3	0	0	3	0	19	–19	0

14 April	Thailand	5–0	Nepal
16 April	Israel	7–0	India
19 April	Thailand	4–1	India
20 April	Nepal	0–7	Israel
22 April	Thailand	0–1	Israel
23 April	Nepal	0–7	India

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
Singapore	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6
Malaysia	4	2	1	1	16	3	+13	5
Hong Kong	4	1	1	2	15	7	+8	3
Brunei	4	0	0	4	0	36	–36	0

15 April	Japan	3–0	Singapore
	Malaysia	11–0	Brunei
17 April	Singapore	8–0	Brunei
	Hong Kong	2–2	Japan
19 April	Japan	1–1	Malaysia
	Hong Kong	0–1	Singapore
21 April	Malaysia	4–1	Hong Kong
	Japan	5–0	Brunei
23 April	Singapore	1–0	Malaysia
	Hong Kong	12–0	Brunei

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	6
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Taiwan	3	0	1	2	1	7	–6	1
Khmer Republic	3	0	1	2	0	8	–8	1

16 April	Burma	5–0	Khmer Republic
	Indonesia	3–1	Taiwan
18 April	Taiwan	0–0	Khmer Republic
20 April	Indonesia	0–3	Burma
22 April	Burma	4–0	Taiwan
24 April	Indonesia	3–0	Khmer Republic

Group D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
Iran	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	4
Laos	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	10	–9	0

14 April	South Korea	0–0	Laos
15 April	Iran	2–0	Philippines
17 April	Iran	4–0	Laos
19 April	Laos	4–0	Philippines
21 April	Iran	0–1	South Korea
24 April	South Korea	4–1	Philippines

Quarterfinals

25 April 1972 (1972-04-25)

Israel	3–0	Singapore

Bangkok

25 April 1972 (1972-04-25)

Japan	1–2	Thailand

Bangkok

26 April 1972 (1972-04-26)

Burma	0–2 [note 1]	Iran

Bangkok

26 April 1972 (1972-04-26)

Indonesia	1–2	South Korea

Bangkok

Semifinals

28 April 1972 (1972-04-28)

Israel	1–0	Iran

Bangkok

28 April 1972 (1972-04-28)

Thailand	0–1	South Korea

Bangkok

Third place match

30 April 1972 (1972-04-30)

Iran	3–0	Thailand

Bangkok

Final

30 April 1972 (1972-04-30)

Israel	1–0	South Korea
Yoel Massuari 58'

Bangkok

1972 AFC Youth Championship
Israel Sixth title

Notes

1. The match was abandoned in the 50th minute with Burma leading 2–1 after Burma had five players sent off following a brawl; Iran were awarded a 2–0 victory.

External links

• Results by RSSSF
• 1972 AFC Youth Championship (in Hebrew)