AFC U-19 Championship
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| Founded | 1959 |
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| Region | AFC (Asia) |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions |  North Korea (3rd title) |
| Most successful team |  South Korea (11 titles) |
 AFC U-19 Championship 2010 |
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The AFC U-19 Championship, formerly known as AFC Youth Championship, is an annual football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition has been held since 1959. Between 1959 and 1978 the contest held every year, since 1980 it has been held every two years. The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it consists of two stages, similarly to AFC's other Asian Championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all AFC members, and the final stage is contested between sixteen teams. The last tournament was held in China.
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[edit] Results
1 No third place playoff.
2 Title shared.
3 Third place shared.
4 Final tournaments in round-robin format.
[edit] Successful national teams
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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| South Korea |
11 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996*, 1998, 2002, 2004) | 4 (1962, 1971, 1972, 1992 ) | 2 (1968*, 2006) | 1 (1961) |
 Myanmar |
7 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970) | 1 (1965) | 2 (1967, 1971) | - |
 Israel#1 |
6 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972) | - | 1 (1968) | 1 (1969) |
 Iraq |
5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000) | - | 1 (1982) | 1 (1994) |
 Iran |
4 (1973*, 1974, 1975, 1976) | 1 (1977*) | 1 (1969) | 1 (2000*) |
| North Korea |
3 (1976, 2006, 2010) | 1 (1990) | 3 (1975, 1978, 1986) | - |
 Saudi Arabia |
2 (1986*, 1992) | 1 (1985) | 2 (1998, 2002) | - |
 Thailand |
2 (1962*, 1969*) | - | 4 (1961*, 1963, 1966, 1994) | 2 (1980*, 1985) |
 China PR |
1 (1985) | 3 (1982, 1996, 2004) | 2 (1966, 2000) | - |
 Indonesia |
1 (1961) | 1 (1967) | 1 (1962) | 2 (1960, 1964) |
 Syria |
1 (1994) | 1 (1988) | 1 (1990) | 1 (2004) |
 India |
1 (1974) | 1 (1970) | - | - |
 United Arab Emirates |
1 (2008) | - | 2 (1985*, 1996) | 3 (1982, 1988, 1992*) |
 Japan |
- | 6 (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006) | 4 (1959, 1980, 1992, 2004) | 3 (1971*, 1977, 1996) |
 Malaysia |
- | 3 (1959*, 1960*, 1968) | 1 (1965) | 1 (1962) |
 Qatar |
- | 1 (1980) | 1 (1988*) | 2 (1986, 1990) |
 Bahrain |
- | 1 (1986) | 1 (1977) | - |
 Uzbekistan |
- | 1 (2008) | - | 1 (2002) |
 Australia |
- | 1 (2010) | - | - |
 Kuwait |
- | - | 2 (1975*, 1978) | - |
 Hong Kong |
- | - | 1 (1960) | 3 (1959, 1963, 1965) |
 South Vietnam |
- | - | 1 (1964*) | - |
 Singapore |
- | - | - | 1 (1967) |
 Kazakhstan#2 |
- | - | - | 1 (1998) |
 Jordan |
- | - | - | 1 (2006) |
[edit] Total hosts
- 10 times
Thailand—1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1998
- 4 times
Malaysia—1959, 1960, 1963, 2004
- 3 times
Iran—1973, 1977, 2000
- 2 times
Indonesia—1990, 1994
Japan—1965, 1971
Philippines—1966, 1970
Qatar—1988, 2002
Korea Republic—1968, 1996
Saudi Arabia—1986, 2008
United Arab Emirates—1985, 1992
- 1 time
Bangladesh—1978
China—2010
India—2006
Kuwait—1975
South Vietnam—1964
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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