1966 AFC Youth Championship

1966 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	30 April – 15 May
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Israel (3rd title) ; Burma (4th title) ; (Title shared)
Third place	Republic of China ; Thailand ; (Shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	95 (3.39 per match)
	← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 AFC Youth Championship was held in Manila, Philippines from 30 April to 15 May 1966.

Teams[]

Burma
Ceylon
Republic of China
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Japan
South Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand

Tournament[]

Group Stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	5
Malaysia	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Ceylon	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	2
Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

30 April 1966

Philippines	0 – 3	Malaysia

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

2 May 1966

Malaysia	4 – 1	Ceylon

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

3 May 1966

Philippines	0 – 2	Thailand

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

5 May 1966

Thailand	5 – 0	Ceylon

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

7 May 1966

Malaysia	1 – 1	Thailand

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

7 May 1966

Philippines	0 – 3	Ceylon

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	4	3	0	1	18	3	+15	6
India	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Republic of China	4	2	1	1	5	7	−2	5
Singapore	4	1	1	2	5	13	−8	3
Japan	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0

30 April 1966

Burma	8 – 0	Singapore

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

1 May 1966

Japan	1 – 2	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

2 May 1966

India	2 – 0	Burma

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

3 May 1966

Singapore	0 – 0	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

4 May 1966

India	2 – 0	Japan

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

5 May 1966

Singapore	4 – 1	Japan

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

6 May 1966

Burma	5 – 1	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

7 May 1966

India	4 – 1	Singapore

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

8 May 1966

Burma	5 – 0	Japan

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

8 May 1966

Republic of China	2 – 1	India

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	3
South Korea	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0

1 May 1966

Israel	0 – 0	South Korea

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

4 May 1966

Israel	6 – 1	Hong Kong

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

6 May 1966

South Korea	5 – 1	Hong Kong

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Quarter-final berth play-off[]

9 May 1966

Hong Kong	5 – 2	Ceylon

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

10 May 1966

Burma	1 – 0	Malaysia

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

10 May 1966

Thailand	1 – 0	South Korea

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

11 May 1966

Israel	4 – 0	India

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

11 May 1966

Republic of China	1 – 1^{[note 1]}	Hong Kong

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Semi-finals[]

13 May 1966

Burma	3 – 0	Thailand

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

13 May 1966

Israel	5 – 0	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Third place play-off[]

15 May 1966

Republic of China	0 – 0 Third place shared	Thailand

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Final[]

15 May 1966

Israel	1 – 1 Title shared	Burma

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

1966 AFC Youth Championship
Burma Fourth title

1966 AFC Youth Championship
Israel Third title

Notes[]

^ China progressed by coin toss.^[1]

References[]

Jönsson, Mikael, "Asian U-19 Championship 1966". RSSSF

^ Two Chazom Goals in the Opening Minutes Paved the Way to a Victory over India^{[permanent dead link]} Israel Rosenblatt, Ma'ariv, 12 May 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

[2] China progressed by coin toss.^[1]

[1] Two Chazom Goals in the Opening Minutes Paved the Way to a Victory over India^{[permanent dead link]} Israel Rosenblatt, Ma'ariv, 12 May 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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