1974 AFC Youth Championship

1974 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	14–30 April
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	India; Iran; (title shared)
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
	← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 AFC Youth Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand. India and Iran shared the title after the final ended in a 2–2 Draw.^[2]^[3] This was also the last tournament South Vietnam participated, one year later in 30 April 1975 South Vietnam was annexationed by North Vietnam.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Singapore	3	2	1	5	1	+4	4	Advance to knockout stage.
3	South Vietnam	3	1	2	1	8	−7	2
4	Philippines	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

14 April 1974

Iran	1–0	Singapore
Kamal Khalilian

16 April 1974

South Vietnam	1–0	Philippines

18 April 1974

Iran	5–0	Philippines
Kamal Khalilian Karim Ghiazi Hassan Rowshan Parviz Mazloumi Mohammad Dastjerdi

20 April 1974

Singapore	1–0	Philippines
Jacob Chacko

20 April 1974

Iran	4–0	South Vietnam
Hassan Rowshan Parviz Mazloumi Hadi Naraghi

22 April 1974

Singapore	4–0	South Vietnam
Sharon Rahmat Ramli Haron Mohammed Noh Jacob Chacko

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage.
3	Burma	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Laos	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: RSSSF

15 April 1974

Hong Kong	1–1	Laos

17 April 1974

India	1–0	Laos
Shabbir Ali

17 April 1974

Hong Kong	0–0	Burma

19 April 1974

India	1–0	Burma
Shabbir Ali

21 April 1974

India	2–2	Hong Kong
Mohammed Yaqoob

21 April 1974

Burma	2–1	Laos

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	5	5	0	4	Advance to knockout stage.
3	Khmer Republic	3	1	2	7	6	+1	2
4	Nepal	3	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

15 April 1974

Malaysia	2–1	Khmer Republic
Marzuki Ismaun		Sok Sitha

15 April 1974

South Korea	2–1	Nepal

17 April 1974

Khmer Republic	6–2	Nepal
Taing You Khan Hun Chanky		Ruk Bahadur Rupak Sharma

19 April 1974

South Korea	2–0	Khmer Republic
Yoo Dong-Choon Park Min-Jae

19 April 1974

Malaysia	2–1	Nepal
Mohammed Alif Niraj Pun		Prashad Pradhan

21 April 1974

South Korea	3–1	Malaysia

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	11	0	+11	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Japan	3	2	1	8	2	+6	4	Advance to knockout stage.
3	Taiwan	3	1	2	3	4	−1	2
4	Brunei	3	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

14 April 1974

Thailand	7–0	Brunei
Mantapol Chaiwatana Soontornkoon Nat Thamrongvej Manas Rattanatisoi Razak Tahir o.g.' Danai Mongkolsiri

16 April 1974

Japan	1–0	Taiwan
Yuichi Kotaki

18 April 1974

Thailand	3–0	Taiwan
Cherdsak Chaiyabutr Chaiwatana Soontornkoon

20 April 1974

Japan	7–1	Brunei
Yuichi Kotaki K.Kawachi		Damit

22 April 1974

Thailand	1–0	Japan
Nat Thamrongvej

22 April 1974

Taiwan	3–0	Brunei

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

24 April

India	1 (4)
		28 April
Singapore	1 (1)
		India	2
25 April
		Thailand	1
Thailand	2
				30 April
Malaysia	0
				India	2
24 April
				Iran	2
Iran	3
		28 April
Hong Kong	0
		Iran	3
25 April
		South Korea	0	Third place
South Korea	2
				30 April
Japan	1
				Thailand	1

				South Korea	2

Quarter-finals

24 April 1974

India	1–1	Singapore
Shabbir Ali		Jacob Chacko
Penalties
	4–1

24 April 1974

Iran	3–0	Hong Kong
Hassan Rowshan Ma Tin-Hung o.g.'

25 April 1974

South Korea	2–1	Japan

25 April 1974

Thailand	2–0	Malaysia

Semi-finals

28 April 1974

Iran	3–0	South Korea

28 April 1974

Thailand	1–2	India
		Shabbir Ali Mohammad Yaqoob

Third place playoff

30 April 1974

Thailand	1–2	South Korea
Nat Thamrongvej		Huh Jung-Moo Park Byung-Chul

Final

30 April 1974

India	2–2 Joint Champions	Iran
S. Latifuddin Shabbir Ali	Report	Mohammad Dastjerdi Karim Ghiazi

Attendance: 15000

1974 AFC Youth Championship
India First title

1974 AFC Youth Championship
Iran Second title

References

^ Morrison, Neil. "Asian U-19 Championship 1974". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (30 April 2020). "Down the memory lane: India's AFC Youth Championship triumph in 1974". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
^ Ali, Shabbir (30 April 2020). "From gate-crashers to joint winners: India's journey at the Asian Youth Championship Bangkok 1974". www.the-aiff.com. Hyderabad: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[rsssf-1] Morrison, Neil. "Asian U-19 Championship 1974". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

[2] Banerjee, Ritabrata (30 April 2020). "Down the memory lane: India's AFC Youth Championship triumph in 1974". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

[3] Ali, Shabbir (30 April 2020). "From gate-crashers to joint winners: India's journey at the Asian Youth Championship Bangkok 1974". www.the-aiff.com. Hyderabad: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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