1974 AFC Youth Championship

1974 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	14–30 April[1]
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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage.
2	Singapore	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	4
3	South Vietnam	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	2
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

14 April 1974 (1974-04-14)

Iran	1–0	Singapore
Kamal Khalilian

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16 April 1974 (1974-04-16)

South Vietnam	1–0	Philippines

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18 April 1974 (1974-04-18)

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

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20 April 1974 (1974-04-20)

Singapore	1–0	Philippines
Jacob Chacko

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20 April 1974 (1974-04-20)

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

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22 April 1974 (1974-04-22)

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
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 (1974-04-15)

Hong Kong	1–1	Laos

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17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

India	1–0	Laos
Shabbir Ali

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17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

Hong Kong	0–0	Burma

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19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)

India	1–0	Burma
Shabbir Ali

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21 April 1974 (1974-04-21)

India	2–2	Hong Kong
Mohammed Yaqoob

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21 April 1974 (1974-04-21)

Burma	2–1	Laos

Group C

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

Source: RSSSF

15 April 1974 (1974-04-15)

Malaysia	2–1	Khmer Republic
Marzuki Ismaun		Sok Sitha

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15 April 1974 (1974-04-15)

South Korea	2–1	Nepal

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17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

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

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19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)

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

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19 April 1974 (1974-04-19)

Malaysia	2–1	Nepal
Mohammed Alif Niraj Pun		Prashad Pradhan

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21 April 1974 (1974-04-21)

South Korea	3–1	Malaysia

Group D

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

Source: RSSSF

14 April 1974 (1974-04-14)

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

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16 April 1974 (1974-04-16)

Japan	1–0	Taiwan
Yuichi Kotaki

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18 April 1974 (1974-04-18)

Thailand	3–0	Taiwan
Cherdsak Chaiyabutr Chaiwatana Soontornkoon

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20 April 1974 (1974-04-20)

Japan	7–1	Brunei
Yuichi Kotaki K.Kawachi		Damit

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22 April 1974 (1974-04-22)

Thailand	1–0	Japan
Nat Thamrongvej

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22 April 1974 (1974-04-22)

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 (1974-04-24)

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

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24 April 1974 (1974-04-24)

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

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25 April 1974 (1974-04-25)

South Korea	2–1	Japan

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25 April 1974 (1974-04-25)

Thailand	2–0	Malaysia

Semi-finals

28 April 1974 (1974-04-28)

Iran	3–0	South Korea

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28 April 1974 (1974-04-28)

Thailand	1–2	India
		Shabbir Ali Mohammad Yaqoob

Third place playoff

30 April 1974 (1974-04-30)

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

Final

30 April 1974 (1974-04-30)

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

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.