The 1998
AFC Youth Championship was held from October 17 to October 31, 1998, in
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city i ...
,
Thailand
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. The tournament was won for the ninth time by
South Korea
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in the final against
Japan.
Participants
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Thailand
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(qualified as hosts)
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China
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India
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Iraq
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Japan
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Kazakhstan
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Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
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Kuwait
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Qatar
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Saudi Arabia
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South Korea
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The teams that reached the semi-finals qualified for the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
:1.Teams tha ...
in
Nigeria
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.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semifinal
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Third Place Match
Final
Winners
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The following teams qualified for the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Nigeria between 3 and 24 April 1999. This was the 12th edition of the tournament.
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
:1.Teams tha ...
.
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External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Youth Championship 1998
Youth
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
1998 in Thai football
1998 in youth association football