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

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2 May 1966

Malaysia	4 – 1	Ceylon

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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3 May 1966

Philippines	0 – 2	Thailand

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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5 May 1966

Thailand	5 – 0	Ceylon

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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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

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1 May 1966

Japan	1 – 2	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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2 May 1966

India	2 – 0	Burma

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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3 May 1966

Singapore	0 – 0	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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4 May 1966

India	2 – 0	Japan

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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5 May 1966

Singapore	4 – 1	Japan

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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6 May 1966

Burma	5 – 1	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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7 May 1966

India	4 – 1	Singapore

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

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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

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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

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

References

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

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)