Asian U-19 Championship 1985

Qualifying Stage

West Asian Zone

Held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, December 1984

Group A
      Bahrain         4-0 Pakistan
      Qatar           4-0 Pakistan
      Qatar           bt  Syria
      Bahrain         bt  Syria
      Saudi Arabia    drw Bahrain
      Saudi Arabia    4-1 Pakistan
      Saudi Arabia    2-1 Qatar
      Syria           7-0 Pakistan
      Saudi Arabia     -  Syria
      Bahrain          -  Qatar

 1.SAUDI ARABIA 3  2  1  0   -    5
 2.Bahrain      3  2  1  0   -    5
  .Qatar        3  2  0  1   -    4
  .Syria        3  1  0  2   -    2
 5.Pakistan     4  0  0  4  1-19  0

Group B
      UAE             bt  South Yemen
      Kuwait          bt  South Yemen
      UAE             drw Kuwait
19-12 Iraq            awd South Yemen     [awarded 0-2, originally 0-1]
21-12 Iraq            awd UAE             [awarded 0-2, originally 1-0]
23-12 Iraq            0-0 Kuwait

 1.UAE          3  2  1  0   -    5
 2.Kuwait       3  1  2  0   -    4
 3.South Yemen  3  1  0  2   -    2
 4.Iraq         3  0  1  2  0- 4  1

NB: the matches against South Yemen and UAE were awarded 0-2 against Iraq
    because Ahmed Adnan and Muhammed Khalaf had (without permission) changed
    their shirts, each wearing the other's number.

Semi-finals (if any) unknown

Third place match
28-12 Kuwait          2-0 Bahrain

Final
28-12 Saudi Arabia    1-1 UAE             [4-2 pen]

Saudi Arabia and UAE qualified.


East Asian Zone

Held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 1984

Group A
14- 3 Bangladesh      1-0 Singapore
15- 3 South Korea     4-0 Hong Kong
16- 3 Bangladesh      2-0 Hong Kong
17- 3 South Korea     4-1 Singapore
18- 3 Bangladesh      0-0 South Korea
18- 3 Singapore       1-0 Hong Kong

 1.SOUTH KOREA  3  2  1  0  8- 1  5
 2.BANGLADESH   3  2  1  0  3- 0  5
 3.Singapore    3  1  0  2  2- 5  2
 4.Hong Kong    3  0  0  3  0- 7  0

Group B
14- 3 China           1-0 Japan
15- 3 Indonesia       1-0 Japan
16- 3 China           2-2 Thailand
17- 3 Thailand        2-0 Indonesia
19- 3 Thailand        2-0 Japan
19- 3 China           7-0 Indonesia

 1.CHINA        3  2  1  0 10- 2  5
 2.THAILAND     3  2  1  0  6- 2  5
 3.Indonesia    3  1  0  2  1- 9  2
 4.Japan        3  0  0  3  0- 4  0
Burma withdrew from Group B.

Other East Asian Zone teams which withdrew or declined to enter:
 Brunei, Iran, Macao, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka.

Semi-finals
21- 3 Thailand        0-0 South Korea     [AET, 4-2 pen]
21- 3 Bangladesh      0-1 China

Third place match
23- 3 Bangladesh      0-2 South Korea

Final
23- 3 China           2-1 Thailand

China and Thailand qualified.


Final Tournament

Held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 1985

15- 3 China           1-0 UAE
16- 3 Saudi Arabia    4-1 Thailand
18- 3 China           2-2 Saudi Arabia
19- 3 UAE             7-1 Thailand
21- 3 China           2-1 Thailand
22- 3 UAE             2-2 Saudi Arabia

 1.China        3  2  1  0  5- 3  5
 2.Saudi Arabia 3  1  2  0  8- 5  4
 3.UAE          3  1  1  1  9- 4  3 
 4.Thailand     3  0  0  3  3-13  0

China and Saudi Arabia qualified for the 1985 World Youth Cup.

Note: the President of the Asian Football Confederation later reported that UAE team officials had 
      attempted bribes to fix matches (in particular, the UAE vs Thailand match).


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