- Main article: Battle of World Youth
The AFC Youth Championship is an under 19 association football competition in Asia, and serves as the 2nd Asian qualifiers tournament for the World Youth tournament. The winner and runner-up will be representatives for the continent of Asia in the World Youth tournament. In the Battle of World Youth arc, AFC Youth Championship was held in Jakarta.
Qualification[]
- Main article: AFC Youth Championship Qualification
Tournament[]
Group stage[]
Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea Youth
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 |  Iraq Youth
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 |  Syria Youth
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 7 |
| 4 |  Kuwait Youth
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | N/A | 3 |
| 5 |  Indonesia Youth
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | N/A | 0 |
Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | Goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan Youth
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia Youth
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 |  China Youth
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 |  Uzbekistan Youth
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |  UAE Youth
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Knockout stage[]
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| Japan Youth
|
3 | |||||
| Iraq Youth
|
0 | |||||
| Japan Youth
|
2 | |||||
| South Korea Youth
|
0 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia Youth
|
1 | |||||
| South Korea Youth
|
2 | |||||
Final ranking[]
| Position | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | Goals | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Youth
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | Champions |
| 2 | South Korea Youth
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Runner-Up |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia Youth
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3rd Place |
| 4 | Iraq Youth
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4th Place |
| 5 | Syria Youth
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | N/A | Group stage |
| 6 | China Youth
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 7 | Kuwait Youth
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | N/A | |
| 8 | Uzbekistan Youth
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 9 | UAE Youth
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | Indonesia Youth
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | N/A | |
Japan and South Korea acquired the right to represent Asia at the World Youth as the champion and runner-up, however, as Japan later became the host of the World Youth, the spot earned in this tournament was passed to the 3rd place team, Saudi Arabia.
Awards[]
- MVP: Tsubasa Ozora
- Top scorer: Kojiro Hyuga
- Best player by position:
- GK: Ken Wakashimazu
- DF: Mark Owairan
- MF: Tsubasa Ozora
- FW: Kojiro Hyuga
- GK:
Gallery[]
Group stages information
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Group stages information (Weekly Shonen Jump)
All results
Trivia[]
- In the manga, this stage is referred to as 2nd Asian preliminaries.
- In real life, this tournament would later be known as AFC U-19 Championship.
External links[]
- AFC Youth Championship (BWY) at Captain Tsubasa Stats