1973 AFC Youth Championship

1973 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	14–27 April
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	61 (2.35 per match)
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The 1973 AFC Youth Championship was held in Tehran, Iran. ^[1]

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•   Bahrain
•   Hong Kong
•   India
•   Iran
•   Burma
•   Pakistan
•   Japan
•   India
•   Malaysia
•   Thailand
•   Saudi Arabia
•   Singapore
•   South Korea

Venues

Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium (Field No. 2)	Amjadieh Stadium	Aryamehr Stadium
Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 100,000
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Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lebanon	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	4
2	South Korea	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
3	India	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Bahrain	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

14 April	South Korea	0–0	Bahrain
14 April	Lebanon	0–0	India
16 April	India	1–1	Bahrain
16 April	South Korea	0–0	Lebanon
18 April	Lebanon	2–0	Bahrain
20 April	South Korea	1–0	India

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burma	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	6
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	4
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	10	5	+5	2
4	Pakistan	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

15 April	Burma	3–2	Indonesia
15 April	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Pakistan
18 April	Indonesia	7–0	Pakistan
18 April	Burma	2–0	Saudi Arabia
20 April	Burma	3–0	Pakistan
21 April	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Indonesia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	2
2	Singapore	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2
3	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

17 April	Thailand	4–0	Hong Kong
20 April	Singapore	2–1	Thailand
21 April	Hong Kong	2–0	Singapore

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	4
2	Japan	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
3	Malaysia	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

13 April	Iran	2–0	Japan
16 April	Malaysia	2–2	Japan
20 April	Iran	4–1	Malaysia

Quarterfinals

23 April 1973 (1973-4-23)

South Korea	1 – 0	Burma

23 April 1973 (1973-4-23)

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1 (8 – 7 p.s.o.)	Lebanon

23 April 1973 (1973-4-23)

Iran	1 – 0	Singapore

23 April 1973 (1973-4-23)

Japan	0 – 0 (5 – 3 p.s.o.)	Thailand

Semifinals

25 April 1973 (1973-4-25)

Japan	3 – 0	Saudi Arabia

25 April 1973 (1973-4-25)

Iran	1 – 0	South Korea

Third place match

27 April 1973 (1973-4-27)

South Korea	3 – 0	Saudi Arabia

Final

27 April 1973 (1973-4-27)

Iran	2 – 0	Japan

Aryamehr Stadium

1973 AFC Youth Championship
Iran First title

References

1. "Asian U-19 Championship 1973".

External links

• Results by RSSSF
• Malaysia U19 Vs Iran U19 (1973 AFC Youth Championship)