1996 AFC Youth Championship

1996 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	َSouth Korea
Dates	17 October – 31 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (8th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	75 (3.13 per match)
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The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Youth Championship was held from 17 to 31 October 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament was won by for the eighth time by South Korea in the final against China PR.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	14	3	+11	12
United Arab Emirates	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7
Thailand	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4
Iran	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1	3
Bangladesh	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	4	4	0	0	11	5	+6	12
Japan	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	9
Syria	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
India	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1
Qatar	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

18 October 1996
India	1 – 1	Qatar
Syria	1 – 3	Japan
20 October 1996
China PR	2 – 1	Japan
Syria	2 – 0	Qatar
22 October 1996
China PR	2 – 1	India
Japan	4 – 0	Qatar
24 October 1996
China PR	5 – 2	Qatar
Syria	1 – 0	India
26 October 1996
China PR	2 – 1	Syria
Japan	2 – 0	India

Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 October
	South Korea	1
					31 October
	Japan	0
					South Korea	3
	29 October
					China PR	0
	China PR	5
	United Arab Emirates	1
					Third place
					30 October
					United Arab Emirates (pen)	2 (4)
					Japan	2 (3)

Semifinal[]

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Third Place Match[]

Final[]

Winner[]

AFC Youth Championship 1996 Winners
South Korea Eighth title

• South Korea, China PR, UAE, Japan qualified for 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.