AFC Youth Championship 1986
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The Asian Football Confederation
's 1986 AFC Youth Championship
was held from December 1 to December 10, 1986 in Riyadh
, Saudi Arabia
. The tournament was won by for the first time by Saudi Arabia
in the final against Bahrain
.
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Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
's 1986 AFC Youth Championship
AFC Youth Championship
The AFC U-19 Championship, formerly known as AFC Youth Championship, is an annual football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, Asian Football Confederation . The competition has been held since 1959...
was held from December 1 to December 10, 1986 in Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
. The tournament was won by for the first time by Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
in the final against Bahrain
Bahrain national football team
The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...
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Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Semifinal
----Third Place Match
Final
Winner
, qualified for 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from October 10 to October 25, 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and...
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