1980 AFC Youth Championship

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1980 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates21 February 1 March
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (5th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Soon-ho (4 goals) [1]
Best player(s) Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Soon-ho [2]
1978
1982

The 1980 AFC Youth Championship was held from 21 February to 1 March 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament was won by for the fifth time by South Korea.

Contents

Qualification

The finals will consist of five teams from the qualification phase. Qualification consisted of two groups with the top two of Group 1 and the top three of Group 2 qualifying for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

Final tournament

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 431093+67
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 42114405
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 42024514
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 410365+12
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 40221762
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg5 0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg1 4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0 2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg0 0Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg1 2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0 1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1 1Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh

Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0 1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1 0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh

Winner

 AFC Youth Championship 1980 winners 
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

  1. 崔淳鎬 4게임서 4골 最多득점┈守備補完이 課題. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 2 March 1981.
  2. 韓國, 21年만에단독優勝 金錫垣절묘한어시스트…崔淳鎬헤 딩. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 2 March 1981.