1973 Asian U19 Football Championship

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1973 Asian U19 Football Championship
AFC U-19 Championship
Number of nations 14th
Asian champion Iran 1964Iran Iran (1st title)
venue Iran 1964Iran Iran
Opening game April 13, 1973
Endgame April 27, 1973
Games 26th
Gates 61  (⌀: 2.35 per game)
Top scorer ThailandThailand Dusit Chaichangmee Parviz Mazloumi Hovsep Moudjoghlian Hadi Naraghi (3 each)
Iran 1964Iran
LebanonLebanon
Iran 1964Iran

The 15th U-19 Asian Football Championship was held in 1973 in Tehran ( Iran ). The tournament started on April 13th and ended on April 27th . Winner was hosted 0 win in: by a 2 -finals against Japan .

mode

The 14 registered teams initially played in four groups of three or four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. LebanonLebanon Lebanon  3  1  2  0 002-000  +2 04: 20
 2. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3  1  2  0 001-000  +1 04: 20
 3. IndiaIndia India  3  0  2  1 001: 200  −1 02: 40
 4th Bahrain 1972Bahrain Bahrain  3  0  2  1 001: 300  −2 02: 40
date Result
April 14, 1973 South Korea 0-0 Bahrain
April 14, 1973 Lebanon 0-0 India
April 16, 1973 India 1: 1 Bahrain
April 16, 1973 South Korea 0-0 Lebanon
April 18, 1973 Lebanon 2-0 Bahrain
April 20, 1973 South Korea 1-0 India

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Burma 1948Burma Burma  3  3  0  0 008: 200  +6 06-00
 2. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  3  2  0  1 004: 400  ± 0 04: 20
 3. IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia  3  1  0  2 010: 500  +5 02: 40
 4th PakistanPakistan Pakistan  3  0  0  3 001:120 −11 00: 60
date Result
April 15, 1973 Burma 3: 2 Indonesia
April 15, 1973 Saudi Arabia 2: 1 Pakistan
April 18, 1973 Indonesia 7-0 Pakistan
April 18, 1973 Burma 2-0 Saudi Arabia
April 20, 1973 Burma 3-0 Pakistan
April 21, 1973 Saudi Arabia 2: 1 Indonesia

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. ThailandThailand Thailand  2  1  0  1 005: 200  +3 02: 20
 2. SingaporeSingapore Singapore  2  1  0  1 002: 300  −1 02: 20
 3. Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Hong Kong  2  1  0  1 002: 400  −2 02: 20
date Result
April 17th 1973 Thailand 4-0 Hong Kong
April 20, 1973 Singapore 2: 1 Thailand
April 21, 1973 Hong Kong 2-0 Singapore

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Iran 1964Iran Iran  2  2  0  0 006: 100  +5 04-00
 2. JapanJapan Japan  2  0  1  1 002: 400  −2 01: 30
 3. MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia  2  0  1  1 003: 600  −3 01: 30
date Result
April 13, 1973 Iran 2-0 Japan
April 16, 1973 Malaysia 2: 2 Japan
April 19, 1973 Iran 4: 1 Malaysia

Finals

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
April 23, 1973        
 LebanonLebanon Lebanon  1 (7 i.)
April 25, 1973
 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  1 (8 E.)  
 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  0
April 23, 1973
   JapanJapan Japan  3  
 ThailandThailand Thailand  0 (? I.)
April 27, 1973
 JapanJapan Japan  0 (? E.)  
 JapanJapan Japan  0
April 23, 1973
   Iran 1964Iran Iran  2
 Burma 1948Burma Burma  0
April 25, 1973
 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  1  
 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  0 Game for third place
April 23, 1973
   Iran 1964Iran Iran  1  
 Iran 1964Iran Iran  1  Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  0
 SingaporeSingapore Singapore  0    Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3
April 27, 1973

Result

Iran became Asian champions for the first time. A world championship has not yet been held.

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