2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship


The 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 16th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia during July 2018. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation took part in the tournament featuring two groups of five and six teams.
Malaysia beat Myanmar 4–3 in the final for their first title in the championship.

Participant teams

All of 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were eligible for the tournament. Only Australia did not enter the tournament.
A total of 11 teams from 11 member associations entered the tournament, listed below:
TeamAssociationAppearancePrevious best performance
FA Thailand14thWinners
Vietnam FF14thWinners
FF Cambodia9thGroup stage
FA Brunei DS8thGroup stage
FA Indonesia9thWinners
Lao FF10thThird place
FA Malaysia12thRunners-up
Myanmar FF12thWinners
Philippine FF8thGroup stage
FA Singapore11thThird place
FF Timor-Leste7thThird place

Squads

Group stage


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Group B


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Knockout stage

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

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winner

Awards

Incident

At the end of semi-finals match between Indonesia and Malaysia during the preparation for penalty shoot-out, the stadium suddenly facing a power outage. The Perusahaan Listrik Negara explained that it is not caused from their power distribution since the stadium management only use PLN distribution outside the stadium. When the match was resumed and the penalty shoot-out ended with a score 3–2 against the host, dissatisfied Indonesian supporters began to throwing bottles and rocks at the Malaysian team after their team failed to qualify to the finals which causing the Malaysian team to run to their dressing room for safety. The Football Association of Indonesia then sent a letter of apology to the Football Association of Malaysia and promised such incident will never recurred again in the future tournament they host. A meeting was then held between Indonesian Sports Minister and Malaysian Sports Minister Syed Saddiq in response towards the incident.

Goalscorers

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