1966 AFC Youth Championship

1966 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
Dates30 April – 15 May
Teams12 (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 played28
Goals scored95 (3.39 per match)
1965
1967

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

Teams

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Tournament

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Group stage

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Group A

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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




Group B

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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
Burma 8 – 0 Singapore


India 2 – 0 Burma


India 2 – 0 Japan




Burma 5 – 0 Japan

Group C

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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

Quarter-final berth play-off

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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Israel 4 – 0 India

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Republic of China 0 – 0
Third place shared
 Thailand

Final

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Israel 1 – 1
Title shared
 Burma


 1966 AFC Youth Championship 

Burma

Fourth title


 1966 AFC Youth Championship 

Israel

Third title

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ Two Chazom Goals in the Opening Minutes Paved the Way to a Victory over India Israel Rosenblatt, Ma'ariv, 12 May 1966, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)