Tournament details | |
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Host country | Malaya |
Dates | 18–26 April |
Teams | 9 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The 1959 AFC Youth Championship was held in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya. It was the first time the tournament was organised.
Teams
[edit]The following teams entered the tournament:
Group Allocations
[edit]Four winners moved to group A and played for the championship. Five other teams moved to consolation group B. Philippines and Thailand had to play in a preliminary round.
Preliminary Match in 18 and 19 April
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Philippines ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
Main allocation matches
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Malaya ![]() |
12–0 | ![]() |
Hong Kong ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Japan ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
South Korea ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Consolation Group B
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 7 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 7 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | –11 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | –13 | 1 |
20 April | Singapore ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Ceylon ![]() |
4–6 | ![]() | |
21 April | Burma ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
22 April | Thailand ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Ceylon ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() | |
23 April | Burma ![]() |
7–5 | ![]() |
24 April | Philippines ![]() |
1–10 | ![]() |
Ceylon ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() | |
25 April | Ceylon ![]() |
1–8 | ![]() |
Philippines ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
Championship Group A
[edit]Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | –12 | 0 |
20 April | Malaya ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
21 Aprilu | South Korea ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
22 April | Malaya ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
23 April | South Korea ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
24 April | Japan ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
25 April | Malaya ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
A closing match was played on 26 April between South Korea and a team composed of the best players from the other eight teams: South Korea won 3-2.
1959 AFC Youth Championship |
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![]() South Korea First title |