U-19 soccer Asian Cup 1961

U-19 soccer Asian Cup 1961
AFC U-19 Championship
Number of nations	10
Asian champion	Indonesia Burma (1st title each)
venue	Thailand
Opening game	April 10, 1961
Endgame	April 20, 1961
Games	22nd
Gates	87  (⌀: 3.95 per game)

The third U-19 Asian Football Championship was held in Thailand in 1961 . The tournament started on April 10th and ended on April 20th . Indonesia and Burma were the winners after the final ended in a draw.

mode

The ten registered teams initially played in two groups of five teams each. The two group winners contested the final, the two group runners-up the game for third place.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Indonesia	4th	2	2	0	007: 400	1.75	06: 20
2.	South Korea	4th	1	3	0	008: 400	2.00	05: 30
3.	Vietnam	4th	2	1	1	010: 500	2.00	05: 30
4th	Singapore	4th	1	1	2	002:100	0.20	03: 50
5.	Japan	4th	0	1	3	004: 800	0.50	01: 70
It is not known how the second place was resolved (South Korea and Vietnam had identical goal averages of 2.0), but South Korea moved up to second place

	Result
Japan	0: 1	Singapore
Indonesia	2-0	Vietnam
Japan	1: 1	South Korea
Vietnam	5-0	Singapore
Indonesia	2: 2	South Korea
Vietnam	4: 2	Japan
South Korea	4-0	Singapore
Indonesia	2: 1	Japan
Singapore	1: 1	Indonesia
South Korea	1: 1	Vietnam

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Burma	4th	3	1	0	013: 800	1.63	07: 10
2.	Thailand	4th	3	0	1	012: 500	2.40	06: 20
3.	Malaya	4th	2	1	1	015: 700	2.14	05: 30
4th	Ceylon	4th	1	0	3	009:130	0.69	02: 60
5.	Taiwan	4th	0	0	4th	004:200	0.20	00: 80

	Result
Thailand	4: 1	Taiwan
Malaya	3: 1	Ceylon
Burma	3: 2	Taiwan
Thailand	4: 1	Ceylon
Malaya	3: 3	Burma
Ceylon	5: 1	Taiwan
Burma	2: 1	Thailand
Malaya	8-0	Taiwan
Burma	5: 2	Ceylon
Thailand	3: 1	Malaya

Finals

Third place game

	Result
Thailand	2: 1	South Korea

final

	Result
Indonesia	0: 0 a.d.	Burma

Result

Indonesia and Burma were both declared winners. A world championship has not yet been held.

Web links

• Asian U-19 Championship 1961 on rsssf.com (English)