2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship

The 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was held from 5 September to 13 September 2014, hosted by Vietnam. 5 members of the ASEAN Football Federation have registered to take part in the competition, these being hosts Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and Myanmar. Japan have also accepted an invitation to take part.[1][2]

2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Giải vô địch bóng đá U19 Đông Nam Á 2014
Tournament details
Host country Vietnam
CityHanoi
Dates5 – 13 September 2014
Teams6[1] (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Vietnam
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored37 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s) Masaya Okugawa
Sittichok Kannoo (3 goals)

This is the 5th time that Vietnam was host the championship with all matches set to take place in the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, in Northern Vietnam. Previous editions hosted by Vietnam have all been played in Ho Chi Minh City in the South of the country.

Teams

The following teams competed in the tournament as preparation for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship that was played a month later. Japan are an invited team from outside the region. Two groups of three sides were drawn in early June.[3]

Venues
Hà Nội
Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Capacity: 40,192

Standings and results

All times are local (UTC+07:00)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Myanmar 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
 Thailand 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
 Indonesia 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Source:
Indonesia 2 – 6 Thailand
Al-Qomar  40'
Martinus  65'		 Report Patiphan  34'
Atthawit  43', 59'
Sittichok  69', 78'
Piyapong  89'
Referee: Đinh Văn Dũng (Vietnam)
Thailand 1 – 2 Myanmar
Nopphon Phonkam  87' Report Aung Thu  47'
Htike Htike Aung  63'
Referee: Farhad Bin Mohamed (Singapore)
Myanmar 3 – 0 Indonesia
Nyein Chan Aung  19'
Maung Maung Soe  32', 64'		 Report
Referee: Farhad Bin Mohamed (Singapore)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 2 2 0 0 7 5 +2 6
 Vietnam 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
 Australia 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0
Source:
Vietnam 1 – 0 Australia
Nguyễn Công Phượng  88' Report
Australia 3 – 4 Japan
Galloway  14'
Ascroft  51'
Skapetis  90' (pen.)		 Report Ochi  44'
Okugawa  45+1', 58'
Takagi  90+3'
Referee: Hadimin Shahbuddin (Brunei)
Japan 3 – 2 Vietnam
Ideguchi  57'
Nakano  84'
Kaneko  88'		 Report Nguyễn Văn Toàn  22'
Nguyễn Công Phượng  90' (pen.)
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 September 2014 - Hà Nội
 
 
 Japan2
 
13 September 2014 - Hà Nội
 
 Thailand1
 
 Japan1
 
11 September 2014 - Hà Nội
 
 Vietnam0
 
 Myanmar1
 
 
 Vietnam4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
13 September 2014 - Hà Nội
 
 
 Thailand1
 
 
 Myanmar0

Semi-finals
Japan 2 – 1 Thailand
Okugawa  3'
Nakano  38'		 Report Sittichok  86'
Myanmar 1 – 4 Vietnam
Aung Thu  54' Report Nguyễn Tuấn Anh  30'
Lương Xuân Trường  39'
Nguyễn Văn Toàn  51'
Phan Văn Long  65'
Referee: Hadimin Shahbuddin (Brunei)

Third place play-off
Thailand 1 – 0 Myanmar
Patiphan  90+1' Report
Referee: Đinh Văn Dũng (Vietnam)

Final
Japan 1 – 0 Vietnam
Omotehara  69' Report
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Winner
2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship Winners

Japan
1st title

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. Đồng, Đức. "Việt Nam đăng cai giải U19 Đông Nam Á". Thethao.vnexepress.net (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. "Vietnam to host AFF U19 Youth Championship". Vietnamnet English. Vietnamnet English. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  3. "U19 Vietnam to play six friendlies in Japan". Vietnamnet English. Vietnamnet English. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
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