2004 AFC Youth Championship

2004 AFC Youth Championship
Kejohanan Remaja AFC 2004
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	25 September – 9 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (11th title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	82 (2.56 per match)
← 2002 2006 →

International football competition

The 2004 AFC Youth Championship was the 33rd instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 25 September to 9 October 2004 in Malaysia. The tournament was won by for the eleventh time by South Korea in the final against China PR.

Venues

The matches were played in the following five venues in four cities.

Johor Bahru
Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	Johor Bahru Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya Ipoh 2004 AFC Youth Championship (Malaysia)	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 15,000

Kuala Lumpur	Petaling Jaya	Ipoh
Kuala Lumpur Stadium	Petaling Jaya Stadium	Perak Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 42,500

Qualification

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Quarter-final
2	Malaysia (H)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Quarter-final
3	Nepal	3	1	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25)

Japan	3–0	Nepal
Takuya Kokeguchi 15' Sota Hirayama 33' Hiroki Nakayama 59'

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru

September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25)

Vietnam	0–1	Malaysia
		Krishnan Linggam 62'

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru

September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)

Nepal	1–0	Vietnam
Pradeep Mahajan 61' (pen.)

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru

September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)

Malaysia	0–3	Japan
		Takuya Kokeguchi 2' Yojiro Takahagi 42' Takayuki Morimoto 68'

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru

September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)

Japan	1–0	Vietnam
Takayuki Morimoto 66'

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru

September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)

Nepal	0–3	Malaysia
		Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 43' Ahmad Azlan Zainal 68' Janak Singh 90+3' (o.g.)

Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Johor Bahru

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Quarter-final
2	Qatar	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Quarter-final
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25)

China	0–0	Iran

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25)

Qatar	1–0	Indonesia
Emad Al-Dahri 10'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)

Iran	1–2	Qatar
Adel Kolahkaj 45+2'		Waleed Abdulla 2' (pen.) Khalid Al-Hajari 54'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

September 27, 2004 (2004-09-27)

Indonesia	1–5	China
Boaz Solossa 57'		Hao Junmin 11' Tan Wangsong 14' Zhou Haibin 20' Zhu Ting 39' Shen Longyuan 90+2'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)

China	1–0	Qatar
Dong Fangzhuo 56'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)

Iran	6–2	Indonesia
Milad Midavoodi 39' Mehrdad Oladi 43', 57', 61', 71' Hamed Rasouli 79'		Aditya Prananda 65' Boaz Solossa 82'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Quarter-final
2	Syria	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Quarter-final
3	Laos	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26)

Uzbekistan	5–2	Laos
Nodirbek Kuziboyev 54', 71', 74' Marat Bikmoev 84' Sadriddin Abdullayev 89'		Sengaloun Souvanh 57' Visay Phaphouvanin 82'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26)

Syria	2–1	India
Safir Al-Atasi 55' Abdul Razak Al-Housain 77'		Vimal Pariyar 30'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)

Laos	1–4	Syria
Bounmy Insysiangmay 34'		Abdul Fattah Alaga 10' Abdul Alrazak Al-Housain 32' Mesalaz Kailouni 35' Majed Al-Haj 73'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)

India	1–2	Uzbekistan
Manjit Singh 67'		Aleksandr Kletskov 28' Sadriddin Abdullayev 90+'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

September 30, 2004 (2004-09-30)

Uzbekistan	1–1	Syria
Daut Djatdoyev 3' (pen.)		Aatef Jenyat 79'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

September 30, 2004 (2004-09-30)

Laos	1–0	India
Soulikhan Phanthaya 77'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Quarter-final
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Quarter-final
3	Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26)

South Korea	0–3	Iraq
		Mubarak 42', 84' Majeed 90+1'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26)

Thailand	2–1	Yemen
Teeratep Winothai 3', 39' (pen.)		Abdo Al–Edresi 37'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)

Iraq	2–0	Thailand
Zaki 7' Sabah 32'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)

Yemen	0–4	South Korea
		Kim Seung-yong 9' Kim Jin-kyu 13' Park Chu-young 37', 79'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

September 30, 2004 (2004-09-30)

South Korea	1–1	Thailand
Park Chu-young 41'		Kim Tae-won 7' (o.g.)

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

September 30, 2004 (2004-09-30)

Iraq	2–0	Yemen
Kadhim 33' Yousif 87'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

3 October – Johor Bahru

Japan (p)	0 (5)
		6 October – Kuala Lumpur
Qatar	0 (3)
		Japan	2 (1)
3 October – Kuala Lumpur
		South Korea (p)	2 (3)
Uzbekistan	1
				9 October – Kuala Lumpur
South Korea (a.e.t.)	2
				South Korea	2
3 October – Kuala Lumpur
				China	0
China	3
		6 October – Ipoh
Malaysia	0
		China	1
3 October – Ipoh
		Syria	0	Third place
Iraq	0
				9 October – Kuala Lumpur
Syria	1
				Japan (p)	1 (4)

				Syria	1 (3)

Quarterfinals

October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)

Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Qatar

Penalties
	5–3

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru

October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)

China	3–0	Malaysia
Chen Tao 46' Zou You 51' Zhou Haibin 64'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)

Uzbekistan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Nordibek Kuziboyev 78'		Kim Seung-yong 39' Shin Young-rok 105'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)

Iraq	0–1	Syria
		Majed Al–Haj 75'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Semifinals

October 6, 2004 (2004-10-06)

Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Kazuma Watanabe 90+2' Sota Hirayama 120'		Baek Ji-hoon 33' Park Chu-young 113'
Penalties
	1–3

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

October 6, 2004 (2004-10-06)

China	1–0	Syria
Zhu Ting 54'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Third place playoff

October 9, 2004 (2004-10-09)

Japan	1–1	Syria
Keisuke Funatani 32'		Tatsuya Masushima 40' (o.g.)
Penalties
	4–3

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Final

October 9, 2004 (2004-10-09)

South Korea	2–0	China
Park Chu-young 37', 44'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Winners

AFC Youth Championship 2004 winners
South Korea Eleventh title

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.

6 goals

Park Chu-young

4 goals

Mehrdad Oladi
Nodirbek Kuziboyev

2 goals

1 goal

Hao Junmin
Tan Wangsong
Zhou Haibin
Shen Longyuan
Dong Fangzhuo
Chen Tao
Zou You
Zhou Haibin
Aditya Prananda
Vimal Pariyar
Manjit Singh
Adel Kolahkaj
Milad Midavoodi
Hamed Rasouli
Fareed Majeed
Wissam Zaki
Haidar Sabah
Omer Kadhim
Ali Yousif
Hiroki Nakayama
Yojiro Takahagi
Kazuma Watanabe
Keisuke Funatani
Kim Seung-yong
Kim Jin-kyu
Kim Seung-yong
Shin Young-rok
Baek Ji-hoon
Sengaloun Souvanh
Visay Phaphouvanin
Bounmy Insysiangmay
Soulikhan Phanthaya
Krishnan Linggam
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
Ahmad Azlan Zainal
Pradeep Mahajan
Emad Al-Dahri
Waleed Abdulla
Khalid Al-Hajari
Safir Al-Atasi
Aatef Jenyat
Abdul Fattah Alaga
Mesalaz Kailouni
Marat Bikmoev
Sadriddin Abdullayev
Daut Djatdoyev
Abdo Al–Edresi

1 own goal

Tatsuya Masushima (against Syria)
Kim Tae-won (against Thailand)
Janak Singh (against Malaysia)

Countries to participate in 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

External links

"FootballAsia - AFC Youth Championship". www.footballasia.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Tournaments

Youth Championship	Malaya 1959 Malaya 1960 Thailand 1961 Thailand 1962 Malaya 1963 South Vietnam 1964 Japan 1965 Philippines 1966 Thailand 1967 South Korea 1968 Thailand 1969 Philippines 1970 Japan 1971 Thailand 1972 Iran 1973 Thailand 1974 Kuwait 1975 Thailand 1976 Iran 1977 Bangladesh 1978 Thailand 1980 Thailand 1982 UAE 1985 Saudi Arabia 1986 Qatar 1988 Indonesia 1990 UAE 1992 Indonesia 1994 South Korea 1996 Thailand 1998 Iran 2000 Qatar 2002 Malaysia 2004 India 2006
U-19 Championship	Saudi Arabia 2008 China 2010 UAE 2012 Myanmar 2014 Bahrain 2016 Indonesia 2018 ~~Uzbekistan 2020~~
U-20 Asian Cup	Uzbekistan 2023 TBD 2025