1980 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21 February – 1 March
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	24 (2.4 per match)
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The 1980 AFC Youth Championship was held from 21 February to 1 March 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament was won by for the fifth time by South Korea.

The finals will consist of five teams from the qualification phase. Qualification consisted of two groups with the top two of Group 1 and the top three of Group 2 qualifying for the final tournament.

•  Qatar (Qualification Group 1 winners)
•  Bangladesh (Qualification Group 1 runners-up)
•  South Korea (Qualification Group 2 winners)
•  Japan (Qualification Group 2 runners-up)
•  Thailand (Qualification Group 2 third place)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	7
Qatar	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	5
Japan	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	4
Thailand	4	1	0	3	6	5	+1	2
Bangladesh	4	0	2	2	1	7	−6	2

21 February 1981

Thailand	5 – 0	Bangladesh

Bangkok

21 February 1981

Qatar	1 – 4	South Korea

Bangkok

23 February 1981

Thailand	0 – 2	Qatar

Bangkok

23 February 1981

South Korea	3 – 1	Japan

Bangkok

25 February 1981

Bangladesh	0 – 0	Qatar

Bangkok

25 February 1981

Thailand	1 – 2	Japan

Bangkok

27 February 1981

Japan	0 – 1	Qatar

Bangkok

27 February 1981

South Korea	1 – 1	Bangladesh

Bangkok

1 March 1981

Thailand	0 – 1	South Korea

Bangkok

1 March 1981

Japan	1 – 0	Bangladesh

Bangkok

AFC Youth Championship 1980 winners
South Korea Fifth title

The following teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  South Korea
•  Qatar

• Garin, Erik, "Asian U-19 Championship 1980". RSSSF