1976 AFC Youth Championship
# 1976 AFC Youth Championship

The 1976 AFC Youth Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand.

## Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

* Burma
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Kuwait
* Malaysia
* North Korea
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand (host)

Brunei withdrew.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
| 21 April | South Korea | 4–0 | Malaysia |
| 23 April | Iran | 2–0 | India |
| 25 April | Iran | 2–0 | Malaysia |
| 26 April | India | 1–1 | South Korea |
| 29 April | India | 3–0 | Malaysia |
| | Iran | 1–0 | South Korea |

### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 |
| 22 April | China | 1–1 | Indonesia |
| | Kuwait | 2–2 | Singapore |
| 24 April | China | 3–1 | Singapore |
| 25 April | Indonesia | 1–1 | Kuwait |
| 27 April | Indonesia | 3–0 | Singapore |
| | China | 3–3 | Kuwait |

### Group C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 April | Japan | 0–0 | Thailand |
| 23 April | Japan | 1–1 | North Korea |
| 26 April | North Korea | 1–1 | Thailand |

**Tie-breaker play-off**

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 2 |
| 28 April | North Korea | 0–1 | Japan |
| 30 April | Thailand | 3–0 | Japan |
| 2 May | North Korea | 2–0 | Thailand |

### Group D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iraq | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 6 |
| Burma | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | –9 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | –11 | 0 |
| 21 April | Iraq | 5–0 | Sri Lanka |
| | Burma | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| 24 April | Burma | 6–1 | Sri Lanka |
| | Hong Kong | 0–5 | Iraq |
| 27 April | Hong Kong | 2–1 | Sri Lanka |
| 28 April | Burma | 0–2 | Iraq |

## Final

* 1976 AFC Youth Championship
* Iran Fourth title
* 1976 AFC Youth Championship
* North Korea First title
