2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
# 2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship

The 2009 AFF U19 Youth Championship or AFF U.19 Kova Paint Cup 2009 was the sixth edition of the tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation and was hosted by Vietnam for the second time. The matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City from the 4th to the 12th of August 2009. Vietnamese company Kova Paint have become the sponsors of the tournament.

## Teams

Brunei, Philippines, Laos and Indonesia were scheduled to take part in the competition but withdrew a week before it started due to health concerns over the swine flu. Malaysia also planned to withdraw but went ahead and took part in the competition.

Macau were also planning to join this edition of the tournament, but their plans never came to fruition.

## Tournament

All times are Indochina Time (ICT) - UTC+7

### Group stage

Prior to withdrawals, the following was the original grouping of the teams.

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| - | - | - |
| Singapore  Malaysia  Vietnam  Philippines | Cambodia  Australia  Laos  Thailand | Indonesia  Myanmar  Timor-Leste  Brunei |

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
| Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Timor-Leste | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |

### Knockout stage

**Bracket**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | 10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) |
| Thailand | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | 12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) |
| Malaysia | 0 | 12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | 12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) |
| Malaysia | 0 | Thailand (p) | 2 (5) |
| 10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | 10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | | Thailand (p) | 2 (5) |
| 10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | 10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | Australia | 2 (3) |
| Vietnam | 1 | Australia | 2 (3) |
| Australia | 4 | | |
| Australia | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) | 12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long) |
| | | Malaysia | 0 |
| | | Vietnam | 3 |

## Winner

* 2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship winners
* Thailand 2nd title
