2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship

The 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship or AFF U18 Next Media Cup 2019 was the 17th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Vietnam during August 2019. Twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation took part in the tournament featuring two groups of six teams.

2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
Giải vô địch bóng đá U-18 Đông Nam Á 2019
Tournament details
Host country Vietnam
Dates6–19 August
Teams12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Australia (5th title)
Runners-up Malaysia
Third place Indonesia
Fourth place Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored127 (3.74 per match)
Attendance31,976 (940 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Dylan Ruiz-Diaz
Indonesia Bagus Kahfi
East Timor Mouzinho (6 goals each)
Fair play award Myanmar[1]
2018
2022

Australia beat Malaysia 1–0 in the final for their fifth title in the championship.[2][3]

Participant teams

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All of 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation are eligible for the tournament.

A total of 12 teams from 12 member associations entered the tournament, listed below:

Team Association App Previous best performance
  Australia FF Australia 8th Winners (2006, 2008, 2010, 2016)
  Brunei FA Brunei DS 9th Group stage (8 times)
  Cambodia FF Cambodia 11th Group stage (10 times)
  Indonesia FA Indonesia 10th Winners (2013)
  Laos Lao FF 11th Third place (2002, 2005, 2015)
  Malaysia FA Malaysia 13th Winners (2018)
  Myanmar Myanmar FF 13th Winners (2003, 2005)
  Philippines Philippine FF 9th Group stage (8 times)
  Singapore FA Singapore 12th Third place (2003)
  Thailand FA Thailand 16th Winners (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
  East Timor FF Timor-Leste 8th Third place (2013)
  Vietnam Vietnam FF 16th Winners (2007)

Squads

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Officials

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Indonesia 5 4 1 0 20 4 +16 13 Knockout stage
2   Myanmar 5 4 1 0 11 3 +8 13
3   Laos 5 3 0 2 8 5 +3 9
4   East Timor 5 2 0 3 12 13 −1 6
5   Philippines 5 1 0 4 8 18 −10 3
6   Brunei 5 0 0 5 4 20 −16 0
Laos  1–3  Myanmar
  • Tee   49'
  • Chony   83'
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Attendance: 225
Referee: Ahmad A'qashah (Singapore)
East Timor  7–2  Brunei
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Attendance: 124
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
Indonesia  7–1  Philippines
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Laos  1–0  Brunei
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Indonesia  4–0  East Timor
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
Myanmar  4–1  Philippines
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Attendance: 87
Referee: Lim Bunthoeun (Cambodia)

Philippines  0–1  Laos
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Attendance: 123
Referee: Ahmad A'qashah (Singapore)
Brunei  1–6  Indonesia
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Attendance: 100
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
Myanmar  1–0  East Timor
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Attendance: 65
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

East Timor  5–2  Philippines
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Brunei  0–2  Myanmar
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Attendance: 122
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
Indonesia  2–1  Laos
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Attendance: 236
Referee: Lim Bunthoeun (Cambodia)

Philippines  4–1  Brunei
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
Laos  4–0  East Timor
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Attendance: 108
Referee: Myat Thu (Myanmar)
Myanmar  1–1  Indonesia
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Attendance: 122
Referee: Xaypaseuth Phongsanit (Laos)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 4 0 1 17 6 +11 12 Knockout stage
2   Malaysia 5 3 0 2 9 3 +6 9
3   Vietnam (H) 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7
4   Cambodia 5 2 0 3 7 13 −6 6
5   Thailand 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
6   Singapore 5 1 1 3 3 12 −9 4
Source: aseanfootball.org
(H) Hosts
Thailand  1–1  Singapore
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Cambodia  1–5  Australia
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Attendance: 295
Referee: Xaypaseuth Phongsanit (Laos)
Vietnam  1–0  Malaysia
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Attendance: 5,279
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

Malaysia  3–1  Singapore
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Attendance: 355
Referee: Dwi Purba Wicaksana (Indonesia)
Thailand  3–4  Cambodia
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Myat Thu (Myanmar)
Vietnam  1–4  Australia
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Attendance: 4,535
Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

Singapore  0–3  Vietnam
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Attendance: 2,065
Referee: Xaypaseuth Phongsanit (Laos)
Australia  3–1  Thailand
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Attendance: 418
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
Malaysia  3–0  Cambodia
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Cambodia  0–1  Singapore
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Australia  0–3  Malaysia
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)
Thailand  0–0  Vietnam
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Attendance: 10,550
Referee: Dwi Purba Wicaksana (Indonesia)

Singapore  0–5  Australia
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Attendance: 356
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Vietnam  1–2  Cambodia
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Attendance: 2,564
Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)
Malaysia  0–1  Thailand
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August – Thủ Dầu Một
 
 
  Indonesia3
 
19 August – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Malaysia (a.e.t.)4
 
  Malaysia0
 
17 August – Thủ Dầu Một
 
  Australia1
 
  Australia2
 
 
  Myanmar1
 
Third Place
 
 
19 August – Ho Chi Minh City
 
 
  Indonesia5
 
 
  Myanmar0

Semi-finals

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Indonesia  3–4 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia
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Attendance: 564
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Australia  2–1  Myanmar
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  • La Min Htwe   18'
Attendance: 251
Referee: Ahmad A'qashah (Singapore)

Third place match

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Indonesia  5–0  Myanmar
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Attendance: 275
Referee: Souei Vongkham (Laos)

Final

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Malaysia  0–1  Australia
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Attendance: 859
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)

Winner

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2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship Winners
 
Australia
5th title

Awards

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Top Scorer Award Fair Play Award
  Dylan Ruiz-Diaz
  Bagus Kahfi
  Mouzinho
  Myanmar

Goalscorers

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There were 127 goals scored in 34 matches, for an average of 3.74 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Australia 7 6 0 1 20 7 +13 18 Champion
2   Malaysia 7 4 0 3 13 7 +6 12 Runner up
3   Indonesia 7 5 1 1 28 8 +20 16 Third place
4   Myanmar 7 4 1 2 12 10 +2 13 Fourth place
5   Laos 5 3 0 2 8 5 +3 9 Eliminated in
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6   Vietnam 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7
7   East Timor 5 2 0 3 12 13 −1 6
8   Cambodia 5 2 0 3 7 13 −6 6
9   Thailand 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
10   Singapore 5 1 1 3 3 12 −9 4
11   Philippines 5 1 0 4 8 18 −10 3
12   Brunei 5 0 0 5 4 20 −16 0

References

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  1. ^ "ျမန္မာယူ-၁၈ အသင္းသည္ AFF U-18 NEXT MEDIA CUP 2019 ၿပိဳင္ပြဲ၏ အသန္႔ရွင္းဆံုး အသင္းဆု Fair play award ရရွိခဲ့သည္။" [AFF U-18 NEXT MEDIA CUP 2019 The cleanest team won the Fair play award] (in Burmese). Myanmar Football Federation. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019 – via Facebook.
  2. ^ Adwaidh Rajan (19 August 2019). "AFF U18 Championship 2019: Late goal gives Australia 1-0 win over Malaysia in tightly-contested final". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ Joey Lynch (20 August 2019). "Young Socceroos avenge earlier defeat to down Malaysia for AFF U18 Championship". Daily Football Show. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Regulations AFF U-18 Youth Championship" (PDF). AFF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2016.
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