1996 AFC Youth Championship
CountryَSouth Korea
Dates17–31 October
Num teams10
Confederations1
Venues2
Cities2
Champion otherSouth Korea U20
Count8
Matches24
Goals75
Top scorerWang Peng (6 goals)[1]
PlayerKim Do-kyun[1]
Prevseason1994
Nextseason1998

The 1996 AFC Youth Championship was held from 17 to 31 October 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament was won by for the eighth time by South Korea in the final against China PR.[2]

Venues

SeoulSuwon
Dongdaemun StadiumSuwon Sports Complex
Capacity: 22,706Capacity: 11,808

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
South Korea U204400143+1112
United Arab Emirates U20421196+37
Thailand U20411237−44
Iran U20403112−13
Bangladesh4013312−91

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
China U204400115+612
Japan U204301103+79
Syria42025506
India U19401326−41
Qatar4013312−91
18 October 1996
India U191 – 1Qatar U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Syria U201 – 3Japan U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
20 October 1996
China U202 – 1Japan U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Syria U202 – 0Qatar U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
22 October 1996
China U202 – 1India U19Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Japan U204 – 0Qatar U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
24 October 1996
China U205 – 2Qatar U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Syria U201 – 0India U19Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
26 October 1996
China U202 – 1Syria U20Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Japan U202 – 0India U19Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon

Knockout stage

Semifinal

Winner

References

  1. ^ "ko:한국 청소년축구 아시아 정상" (in Korean). Naver.com. The Hankyoreh. 1996-11-01. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. ^ Garin, Erik (26 May 2002). "Asian U-19 Championship 1996". RSSSF.org