Football at the Asian Youth Games

Football at the Asian Youth Games

Organising body	OCA AFC
Founded	2009 (2009)
Region	Asia
Current champions	South Korea (2013)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (2 titles)
2021

Boys' football tournament has been a regular Asian Youth Games sporting event since the first Asian Youth Games in 2009 edition, while girl's tournament not yet.

Age limit is under-14, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Youth Olympics. Although Kazakhstan is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the football team has been a member of the UEFA since 2002. The same rule applies to the Guam and Australia who are members of the AFC, but they are members of Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC).

South Korea is the only nation have won gold medals in Asian Youth Games.

Result

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
2009 details	Singapore		South Korea	2–0	North Korea		Iran	2–0	China
2013 details	Nanjing, China		South Korea	1–0	Iran		North Korea	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Iraq
2021 details	Shantou, China		TBD		TBD		TBD		TBD

Medal

Team
South Korea	2 (2009, 2013)
Iran		1 (2013)	1 (2009)
North Korea		1 (2009)	1 (2013)

Participating nations

• P = Preliminary
• GS = Group Stage
• QF = Quarter Final
• 4th = Fourth Place
• 3rd = Bronze Medal
• 2nd = Silver Medal
• 1st = Gold Medal
• W = Withdrawn

Nation	2009 (14)	2013 (16)	2021
China	4th	GS
Chinese Taipei	P	GS
Hong Kong	W	GS
Indonesia		QF
Iran	3rd	2nd
Iraq		4th
Kuwait		GS
Laos	GS
Malaysia	P
Myanmar	P
North Korea	2nd	3rd
Pakistan	P	GS
Philippines	W
Qatar		GS
Saudi Arabia	GS	GS
Singapore	GS	GS
South Korea	1st	1st
Thailand	GS	QF
East Timor		QF
Vietnam		QF

See also

• Football at the Asian Games
• Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games
• Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

External links

• Official website
• Official website