Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam and Australia enjoyed winning starts to their 2019 AFF U-18 Championship Group B campaign, while Singapore drew with Thailand on Wednesday.
Thailand 1-1 Singapore
Substitute Danish Qayyum Putra Shahrin Azhar gave Singapore a valuable point in their opening game when they held Thailand to a 1-1 draw.
The action was end to end with both teams eager to follow up with the blistering start to the Championship as demonstrated by teams from Group A on Tuesday, where a total of 21 goals were scored in the three matches played.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Ho Chi Minh City: Indonesia and Timor-Leste turned on the power in their opening 2019 AFF U-18 Championship Group A matches on Tuesday while there was a winning start for Myanmar too.
Group A: Indonesia 7-1 Philippines
Despite intermittent rain, Indonesia did not waste time in taking the lead with Sutan Zico stabbing home a mad scramble in the third minute for the lead.
Muhammad Fajar Rachman’s dipping shot in the 15th minute doubled their lead as Indonesia took full control, adding three more goals for them to take a 5-0 lead into the break.
Striker Aminuddin Bagus scored in the 16th and 24th minutes and captain David Maulana was also on target three minutes before the break.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The draw for the AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Qualifiers concluded at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday with the 46 teams discovering their opponents.
The teams were divided into two zones of WEST (West + South + Central) with 25 teams and EAST (East +ASEAN) with 21 teams.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the participating Member Associations for the AFC U-19 and U-16 Championship 2020.
The confirmed hosts for the AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Qualifiers, West Zone are Bahrain, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan.
The East Zone will see Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Myanmar and Vietnam serving as hosts.
The AFC U-16 Championship 2020 Qualifiers will see six countries - Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan hosting groups in the West Zone.
Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam will be the hosts for the East Zone qualifiers.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Jakarta: With 40 per cent more goals, a 445 per cent increase in attendance and a new generation of Asian football stars announcing themselves on the continental stage, the AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018 has been a competition to remember.
With countless memorable moments to choose from, the-AFC.com looks back at 19 that made Indonesia 2018 a spectacular success.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bogor: Victorious Turki Al Ammar revealed his satisfaction at leading his side to the AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018 title, as Saudi Arabia's budding star was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
The attacking midfielder lived up to head coach Khalid Abdullah Atawi's pre-tournament challenge to win the coveted accolade, after he helped his side win the competition for the first time since 1992.
Al Ammar's award completes a rare and impressive double for the Al Shabab youngster, who was also voted the Saudi Pro League Young Player of the Season earlier in 2018.
Earlier in the tournament, Al Ammar revealed Atawi had set him the challenge of becoming the competition's best player and the 19-year-old said he was delighted to have achieved the goal.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bogor: Saudi Arabia claimed the AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018 title on Sunday thanks to a hard-fought 2-1 win over Korea Republic.
A scintillating first half display, with the talismanic Turki Al Ammar to the fore, proved the difference at Bogor’s Pakansari Stadium, as the Saudis sealed their third title success at this level, and their first since 1992.
Both sides, along with beaten semi-finalists Qatar and Japan, will now go on to represent the Asian Football Confederation at next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.