title: 1990 AFC Youth Championship
text: # 1990 AFC Youth Championship
  
  The 1990 AFC Youth Championship was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1990. The tournament was won by for the seventh time by Korea Republic in the final against North Korea.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  ### Qualified teams
  
  * Indonesia (Hosts)
  * Bahrain (Group 1 winners)
  * Qatar (Group 2 winners)
  * Syria (Group 3 winners)
  * India (Group 4 winners)
  * South Korea (Group 5 winners)
  * North Korea (Group 6 winners)
  * Japan (Group 7 winners)
  
  ## Group stage
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
  | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 |
  | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
  | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
  | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
  | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
  | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Qatar | 0 |
  | South Korea | 1 | | |
  | South Korea | 1 | South Korea (pen) | 0 (4) |
  | | | North Korea | 0 (3) |
  | Syria | 1 | North Korea | 0 (3) |
  | North Korea | 2 | | |
  | North Korea | 2 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | Syria | 1 |
  | | | Qatar | 0 |
  
  ## Winner
  
  * AFC Youth Championship 1990 winners
  * South Korea Seventh title
  * South Korea, North Korea, Syria qualified for 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. South Korea and North Korea entered a unified team in the World Cup.
  