1980 U-19 Asian Football Championship

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1980 U-19 Asian Football Championship
AFC U-19 Championship
Number of nations 5  (of 15 applicants)
Asian champion Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea (5th title)
venue ThailandThailand Thailand
Opening game February 21, 1981
Tournament end March 1, 1981
Games 10
Gates 24  (⌀: 2.4 per game)

The 21st U-19 Asian Football Championship was held in Bangkok ( Thailand ) in 1980 . The tournament began on February 21st and ended on March 1st, 1981. The winner was South Korea . The tournament winner qualified for the 1981 World Junior Championship .

qualification

The registered teams identified the five participants in two groups. The host was selected from this group.

mode

The five teams played a single round . There were two points for a win and one point for a draw.

course

Host Thailand and defending champions South Korea start the tournament with high wins. On matchday two, Thailand lost to Qatar, while South Korea took their second victory against Japan. Even after the third match day, when the South Koreans had no play, the defending champions stayed ahead, as Thailand also lost to Japan and Qatar only got a goalless draw against Bangladesh. South Korea's first setback followed on matchday four with a 1-1 draw against Bangladesh and Qatar leveled on points with a 1-0 win against Japan. Qatar had no play on the final day of the match and South Korea took the last missing point in their 1-0 win against Thailand.

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  4th  3  1  0 009: 300  +6 07: 10
 2. QatarQatar Qatar  4th  2  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 05: 30
 3. JapanJapan Japan  4th  2  0  2 004: 500  −1 04: 40
 4th ThailandThailand Thailand  4th  1  0  3 006: 500  +1 02: 60
 5. BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh  4th  0  2  2 001: 700  −6 02: 60
date Result
February 21, 1981 Thailand 5-0 Bangladesh
February 21, 1981 Qatar 1: 4 South Korea
February 23, 1981 Thailand 0: 2 Qatar
February 23, 1981 South Korea 3: 1 Japan
February 25, 1981 Bangladesh 0-0 Qatar
February 25, 1981 Thailand 1: 2 Japan
February 27, 1981 Japan 0: 1 Qatar
February 27, 1981 South Korea 1: 1 Bangladesh
March 1, 1981 Thailand 0: 1 South Korea
March 1, 1981 Japan 1-0 Bangladesh

Result

South Korea became Asian champions for the fifth time and qualified for the Junior World Championship in Australia in 1981 . There, South Korea finished the preliminary round in third behind Brazil and Romania and was eliminated.

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