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The 1978 AFC Youth Championship was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5 October to 28 October 1978. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

•  Afghanistan
•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh
•  China
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Japan
•  Jordan
•  North Korea
•  South Korea
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  North Yemen
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka

Venue

Dhaka	Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	6
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Indonesia	0 – 4	Iraq

Malaysia	3 – 0	Jordan

Iraq	6 – 0	Jordan

Malaysia	0 – 2	Indonesia

Indonesia	4 – 0	Jordan

Malaysia	0 – 7	Iraq

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	4	3	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
Japan	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2	4
India	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	3
Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

Sri Lanka	1 – 5	Japan

India	0 – 2	Korea DPR

Saudi Arabia	5 – 0	Sri Lanka

Japan	2 – 2	India

Sri Lanka	0 – 5	Korea DPR

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Korea DPR

India	4 – 0	Sri Lanka

Saudi Arabia	4 – 1	India

Japan	0 – 2	Korea DPR

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Japan

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
Bangladesh	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	4
North Yemen	4	1	1	2	6	3	+3	3
Singapore	4	0	1	3	3	15	−12	1

Bangladesh	2 – 2	Singapore

Kuwait	1 – 1	North Yemen

Bahrain	3 – 0	Singapore

Bangladesh	1 – 0	North Yemen

Kuwait	5 – 1	Singapore

Bahrain	1 – 0	North Yemen

Bangladesh	0 – 2	Kuwait

Singapore	0 – 5	North Yemen

Kuwait	2 – 1	Bahrain

Bangladesh	1 – 1	Bahrain

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
China	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	2
Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Iran	3 – 0	Afghanistan

Korea Republic	2 – 1	China

Iran	1 – 1	Korea Republic

China	1 – 0	Afghanistan

Korea Republic	7 – 0	Afghanistan

Iran	2 – 1	China

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Kuwait	1 – 0 Awarded	Iran

Iraq	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia

North Korea	2 – 0	Indonesia

South Korea	1 – 0	Bahrain

Note: Iran had originally won 1–0 against Kuwait, but they were found to have fielded an over-age player; the result was reversed and Iran were ejected from the competition.

Semi-finals

Iraq	0 – 0	Kuwait
Penalties
	6 – 5

Korea Republic	0 – 0	Korea DPR
Penalties
	6 – 5

Third place play-off

Kuwait	1 – 1 Third place shared	Korea DPR

Final

Korea Republic	1 – 1 Title shared	Iraq

Results

1978 AFC Youth Championship
South Korea Fourth title

1978 AFC Youth Championship
Iraq Third title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Indonesia (replacing Iraq, Kuwait, North Korea)
•  Japan (host)
•  South Korea

References

1. Mahmud, Dulal (20 April 2021). "ঢাকার মাঠে সবচেয়ে বড় ফুটবল উৎসব" [The biggest football festival in Dhaka]. Utp al Shuvro (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 November 2023.

External links

• Garin, Erik. "Asian U-19 Championship 1978". RSSSF.

• 1978 in Asian football
• 1978 in Bangladesh
• AFC U-19 Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by Bangladesh
• 1978 in youth association football
• October 1978 sports events in Asia