1994 AFC Youth Championship

The 1994 AFC Youth Championship was held from 11 to 25 September 1994, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The tournament was won by for the first time by Syria in the final against Japan.

1994 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	َIndonesia
Dates	11–25 September
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Syria (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	70 (2.92 per match)

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	4	3	1	0	13	3	+10	10
Iraq	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
Indonesia	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
Qatar	4	1	2	1	5	7	−2	5
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	5	15	−10	0

11 September 1994 (1994-09-11)

Iraq	3–2	Kazakhstan
Mahdi Mushraf

11 September 1994 (1994-09-11)

Indonesia	1–1	Qatar

13 September 1994 (1994-09-13)

Iraq	1–2	Syria
Hashim

13 September 1994 (1994-09-13)

Qatar	3–2	Kazakhstan

15 September 1994 (1994-09-15)

Iraq	3–0	Qatar
Mahdi Mushraf

15 September 1994 (1994-09-15)

Syria	4–0	Indonesia

17 September 1994 (1994-09-17)

Kazakhstan	0–3	Indonesia

17 September 1994 (1994-09-17)

Syria	1–1	Qatar

19 September 1994 (1994-09-19)

Iraq	0–0	Indonesia

19 September 1994 (1994-09-19)

Syria	6–1	Kazakhstan

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	9
Thailand	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
South Korea	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	5
Bahrain	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	3
Kuwait	4	0	2	2	3	9	−6	2

12 September 1994 (1994-09-12)

Japan	0–2	Thailand

12 September 1994 (1994-09-12)

Kuwait	1–1	Bahrain

14 September 1994 (1994-09-14)

Bahrain	0–2	Japan

14 September 1994 (1994-09-14)

South Korea	3–1	Thailand

16 September 1994 (1994-09-16)

South Korea	2–2	Kuwait

16 September 1994 (1994-09-16)

Thailand	1–1	Bahrain

18 September 1994 (1994-09-18)

Japan	2–0	Kuwait

18 September 1994 (1994-09-18)

Bahrain	2–2	South Korea

20 September 1994 (1994-09-20)

South Korea	0–1	Japan

20 September 1994 (1994-09-20)

Kuwait	0–4	Thailand

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 September
	Japan	3
					25 September
	Iraq	0
					Syria	2
	23 September
					Japan	1
	Syria	1
	Thailand	0
					Third place
					25 September
					Thailand (pen)	1 (3)
					Iraq	1 (2)

Semifinal

23 September 1994

Japan	3–0	Iraq

Jakarta, Indonesia

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23 September 1994

Syria	1–0	Thailand

Jakarta, Indonesia

Third-place match

25 September 1994

Thailand	1–1 (3 PK 2)	Iraq

Jakarta, Indonesia

Final

25 September 1994

Syria	2–1	Japan

Jakarta, Indonesia

Winner

1994 AFC Youth Championship winners
Syria First title

• Syria and Japan qualified for 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, as well as Qatar, which already qualified as the host.