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1980 AFC Youth Championship

1980 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates21 February – 1 March
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (5th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Choi Soon-ho (4 goals)[1]
Best player(s)South Korea Choi Soon-ho[2]
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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.

Qualification

Main article: 1980 AFC Youth Championship qualification

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.

Qualified teams

  •  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)

Final tournament

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
Thailand 5 – 0 Bangladesh
Qatar 1 – 4 South Korea
Thailand 0 – 2 Qatar
South Korea 3 – 1 Japan
Bangladesh 0 – 0 Qatar
Thailand 1 – 2 Japan
Japan 0 – 1 Qatar
South Korea 1 – 1 Bangladesh
Thailand 0 – 1 South Korea
Japan 1 – 0 Bangladesh

Winner

 AFC Youth Championship 1980 winners 

South Korea
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

References

  1. ^ 崔淳鎬 4게임서 4골 最多득점┈守備補完이 課題. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 2 March 1981.
  2. ^ 韓國, 21年만에단독優勝 金錫垣절묘한어시스트…崔淳鎬헤 딩. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 2 March 1981.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_AFC_Youth_Championship_qualification