2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship

2009 AFF U-19 Championship
Competition Logo
Tournament details
Host country Vietnam
CityHo Chi Minh City
Dates4–12 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Vietnam
Fourth place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer Thamil Arasu Ambumanee (5 goals)
2008
2010

The 2009 AFF U19 Youth Championship or AFF U.19 Kova Paint Cup 2009 was the sixth edition of the tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation and was hosted by Vietnam for the second time. The matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City from the 4th to the 12th of August 2009.[1] Vietnamese company Kova Paint have become the sponsors of the tournament.[2]

Teams

 Brunei,  Philippines,  Laos and  Indonesia were scheduled to take part in the competition but withdrew a week before it started due to health concerns over the swine flu.  Malaysia also planned to withdraw but went ahead and took part in the competition.[3]

 Macau were also planning to join this edition of the tournament,[4] but their plans never came to fruition.

Tournament

All times are Indochina Time (ICT) - UTC+7

Group stage

Prior to withdrawals, the following was the original grouping of the teams.[5]

Group A Group B Group C

 Singapore
 Malaysia
 Vietnam
 Philippines

 Cambodia
 Australia
 Laos
 Thailand

 Indonesia
 Myanmar
 Timor-Leste
 Brunei

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Australia 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 Singapore 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Cambodia 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source:
Cambodia 0 – 3 Thailand
Report Adisak 41'
Sarach 73'
Natthawut 84'

Singapore 1 – 1 Australia
Khairul 65' Report Babalj 20'
Thanh Long Centre

Thailand 1 – 1 Australia
Surachet 90' Report Franjic 84'

Singapore 3 – 1 Cambodia
Syafiq 57'
Safuwan 79'
Zulfahmi 90+1'
Report Udom 17'
Thanh Long Centre

Cambodia 0 – 3 Australia
Report Virgili 41'
Taseski 42', 51'
Thanh Long Centre

Thailand 1 – 0 Singapore
Adisak 77' Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Vietnam 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
 Malaysia 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
 Myanmar 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Timor-Leste 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source:
Myanmar 3 – 0
Awarded[6]
 Timor-Leste
Thanh Long Centre

Malaysia 0 – 2 Vietnam
Report Đình Bảo 47'
Văn Quyết 61'

Timor-Leste 1 – 7 Malaysia
? Report Thamil 18' (pen.), 33', 73' (pen.), 84', 87'
Fandi 24'
Fadhli 82'
Thanh Long Centre
Referee: Allan Martinez (Philippines)


Malaysia 2 – 0 Myanmar
Saiful 8'
Zack 14'
Report

Vietnam 3 – 1 Timor-Leste
Quốc Phương 26', 80'
Trần Tuân 90+2'
Report Fonseca 36'
Thanh Long Stadium

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long)
 
 
 Thailand 1
 
12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long)
 
 Malaysia 0
 
 Thailand (p) 2 (5)
 
10 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long)
 
 Australia 2 (3)
 
 Vietnam 1
 
 
 Australia 4
 
Third place
 
 
12 August – Ho Chi Minh City (Thanh Long)
 
 
 Malaysia 0
 
 
 Vietnam 3

Semi-finals

Thailand 1 – 0 Malaysia
Surachet 55' Report
Thanh Long Stadium

Australia 4 – 1 Vietnam
Leckie 28'
Bowles 70'
Virgili 82'
Groenewald 86'
Report Minh Tuấn 34'
Thanh Long Stadium

Third place play-off

Malaysia 0 – 3 Vietnam
Report Tấn Tài 26'
Quốc Phương 35'
Minh Tuấn 68'
Thanh Long Stadium

Final

Thailand 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Australia
Natthawut 69'
Adisak 101'
Report McGowan 90'
Lum 120'
Penalties
5 – 3
Thanh Long Stadium

Winner

 2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship winners 

Thailand

2nd title

Goalscorers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ho Chi Minh City to host two AFF conmpetitions in 2009". ASEAN Football Federation. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Tập đoàn KOVA tài trợ chính giải bóng đá vô địch U19 Đông Nam Á 2009". VFF.org.vn (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Đội tuyển U19 Indonesia xin rút khỏi giải U19 ĐNA 2009". VFF.org.vn (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Macau to compete in ASEAN tournament in Vietnam". Macau Daily Times. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Giải U19 Đông Nam Á 2009: Việt Nam cùng bảng Singapore, Malaysia và Philippines". VFF.org.vn (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 16 March 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Great start for Thailand and Vietnam". ASEAN Football Federation. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 23 February 2010. Myanmar were awarded a 3-0 win as Timor-Leste's squad did not show up. The Timorese will arrive only later in the night.