AFC Youth Championship

The AFC Youth Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition has been held since 1959. Between 1959 and 1978 the contest held every year, since 1980 it has been held every two years. The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it consists of two stages, similarly to AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members, and the final stage is contested between sixteen teams. In 2002 the Age group changed from U-19 to U-20. The next tournament will be held in Saudi Arabia.

Results

¹ No third place playoff.

² Title shared.

³ Third place shared.

⁴ Final tournaments in round-robin format.

uccessful national teams

:* = "as hosts":#1 = "Israel became UEFA member in 1991":#2 = "Kazakhstan became UEFA member in 2002"

Total hosts

;10 times
*THA—1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1998

;4 times
*MAS—1959, 1960, 1963, 2004

;3 times
*IRN—1973, 1977, 2000

;2 times
*INA—1990, 1994
*JPN—1965, 1971
*PHL—1966, 1970
*QAT—1988, 2002
*KOR—1968, 1996
*UAE—1985, 1992

;1 time
*BGD—1978
*IND—2006
*KWT—1975
*SAU—1986
*VNM—1964

See also

*FIFA U-20 World Cup

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/as-u19.html RSSSF Page on AFC Youth Championship]