1998 AFC Youth Championship
# 1998 AFC Youth Championship

The 1998 AFC Youth Championship was held from 17 to 31 October 1998, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The tournament was won for the ninth time by South Korea in the final against Japan.

## Participants

* Thailand (qualified as hosts)
* China
* India
* Iraq
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea

The teams that reached the semi-finals qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 10 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
| 17 October 1998 |
| Thailand | 0 – 0 | Saudi Arabia |
| Kazakhstan | 3 – 2 | India |
| 19 October 1998 |
| Thailand | 4 – 0 | India |
| Kuwait | 0 – 1 | Saudi Arabia |
| 21 October 1998 |
| Kuwait | 0 – 2 | Kazakhstan |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 – 0 | India |
| 23 October 1998 |
| India | 1 – 1 | Kuwait |
| Thailand | 1 – 1 | Kazakhstan |
| 25 October 1998 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 – 1 | Kazakhstan |
| Thailand | 1 – 1 | Kuwait |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 |
| China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| Qatar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 |
| 18 October 1998 |
| South Korea | 3 – 2 | China |
| Qatar | 2 – 1 | Iraq |
| 20 October 1998 |
| Qatar | 0 – 0 | South Korea |
| Japan | 2 – 2 | China |
| 22 October 1998 |
| Japan | 6 – 2 | Iraq |
| China | 1 – 0 | Qatar |
| 24 October 1998 |
| Qatar | 0 – 4 | Japan |
| Iraq | 0 – 3 | South Korea |
| 26 October 1998 |
| China | 2 – 3 | Iraq |
| South Korea | 2 – 1 | Japan |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 29 October | 29 October |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 31 October | 31 October |
| Japan | 4 | 31 October | 31 October |
| Japan | 4 | South Korea | 2 |
| 29 October | 29 October | | South Korea | 2 |
| 29 October | 29 October | Japan | 1 |
| South Korea (pen) | 2 (4) | Japan | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 (3) | | |
| Kazakhstan | 2 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 31 October | 31 October |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 1 |

## Winners

* AFC Youth Championship 1998 winners
* South Korea Ninth title

## Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

* South Korea
* Japan
* Saudi Arabia
* Kazakhstan
