2003 AFF U-18 Youth Championship

2003 AFF U-18 Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Myanmar Vietnam
City	Yangon Ho Chi Minh City
Dates	7–18 June
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Myanmar (1st title)
Runners-up	Malaysia
Third place	Singapore
Fourth place	Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	73 (3.65 per match)
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The 2003 AFF U-18 Youth Championship was held from 7 to 18 June 2003 and was co-hosted by Myanmar and Vietnam. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament.

Participating nations

• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

• All matches played in Yangon, Myanmar
• All times are Myanmar Standard Time (MST) - UTC+6:30

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	3	2	1	0	14	3	+11	7
Singapore	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Thailand	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
Laos	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

7 June 2003

15:30

Laos	0 – 3	Thailand
		Jakrit Inthapho 35', 88' Chakrit Buathong 78'

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8 June 2003

15:30

Singapore	1 – 1	Myanmar
Fazrul Nawaz 61'		Tun Min Oo 1'

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9 June 2003

17:30

Thailand	1 – 2	Singapore
Pondpisut Pue-On 9'		Mohd Firdaus 51' Mohd Khairul Amri 60'

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10 June 2003

17:30

Myanmar	8 – 0	Laos
Tun Min Oo 1', 34', 47' Bo Bo Aung 5', 9' Kyaw Zin Win ?', ?' Tun Tun Win ?'

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12 June 2003

15:30

Thailand	2 – 5	Myanmar
Pondpisut Pue-On 9'

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13 June 2003

17:30

Laos	1 – 3	Singapore
Soulikhan Phanthaya 47'		Mohd Khairul 10' Mohd Shafuan 55' Mohammad Nurhadi 57'

Group B

• All matches played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• All times are Indochina Time (ICT) - UTC+7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	4	4	0	0	14	2	+12	12
Vietnam	4	3	0	1	15	3	+12	9
Indonesia	4	2	0	2	3	6	−3	6
Cambodia	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
Philippines	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15	0

7 June 2003

14:00

Cambodia	0 – 1	Indonesia
		Putut Waringin Jati 2'

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7 June 2003

16:00

Vietnam	1 – 2	Malaysia
Phan Thanh Binh 86'		Norshahrul Idlan 69', 70'

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8 June 2003

14:00

Philippines	1 – 6	Vietnam
Meliton Pelayo 45' Jason Mortillero  second half'		Nguyen Tran Minh Hieu 4' Phan Thanh Binh 5' Nguyen Xuan Thanh 31' Tran Hong Quan 64' Le Xuan Hop 75' Nguyen Anh Duc 88'

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8 June 2003

16:00

Malaysia	3 – 0	Cambodia
Norshahrul Idlan 36' Mohd Hafiz Sobri 46' Fitri Omar 80' (pen.)

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9 June 2003

16:00

Indonesia	1 – 0	Philippines
Putut Waringin Jati 63'

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10 June 2003

14:00

Malaysia	3 – 1	Indonesia
Norshahrul Idlan 31' Choi Woh Seng 47' Mohd Hafiz Sobri Omar 78'		Putut Waringin Jati 36'

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10 June 2003

16:00

Vietnam	5 – 0	Cambodia
Phan Than Binh 48' Nguyen Vu Phong 50', 57' Nguyen Anh Duc 75' Doan Viet Cuong 86'

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12 June 2003

14:00

Indonesia	0 – 3	Vietnam
		Thanh Binh 9', 60' Nguyen Vu Pong 62'

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12 June 2003

16:00

Philippines	0 – 6	Malaysia
		Norshahrul Idlan 19' (pen.), 37', 45' Arman Esteban 27' (o.g.) Firdaus Yusoff 80' Mohd Nurul Azwan 90'

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13 June 2003

14:00

Cambodia	3 – 0	Philippines
Youerm Naran 18' Tong Sotto 27' Hao Sopha 86'

Knockout stage

• All matches played in Yangon, Myanmar
• All times are Myanmar Standard Time (MST) - UTC+6:30

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 June
	Myanmar	2
					18 June
	Vietnam	0
					Myanmar	4
	16 June
					Malaysia	0
	Malaysia	2
	Singapore	0
					Third place
					18 June
					Vietnam	1 (4)
					Singapore (p)	1 (5)

Semi-finals

16 June 2003

15:30

Myanmar	2 – 0	Vietnam
Kyaw Zin Win 73' Bo Bo Aung 80'

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16 June 2003

18:00

Malaysia	2 – 0	Singapore
Mohd Hafiz Sobri Omar 41', 64'

Third place play-off

18 June 2003

15:00

Singapore	1 – 1	Vietnam
Fazrul Nawaz 9'		Phan Thanh Binh 32'
Penalties
	5 – 4

Final

18 June 2003

17:30

Myanmar	4 – 0	Malaysia
Kyaw Zin Win 20' Myo Min Tun 43', 71' Tun Min Oo 62'

Winner

2003 AFF U-18 Youth Championship winners
Myanmar First title

References

• King, Ian "ASEAN U-18 Championship 2003" RSSSF.
• "1st ASEAN U-18 Championship 2003" Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine ThaiFootball.com